Advancing Prefab | Amy Marks, Queen of Prefab, and VP of Enterprise Transformation at Autodesk
Learn more about our approach to architectural design.At Bryden Wood, we strive to create exceptional design solutions that deliver better value for clients and a better built environment for society.
Built Environment Matters.underscores the transformative potential of industrialised construction and the critical role of collaboration, technology, and innovative thinking.
As Amy Marks noted, the shift is already underway, and companies that embrace this change will position themselves as leaders in a rapidly evolving industry.. Stay tuned for more insights from Bryden Wood and.learn more about Industrialised Construction hereHistorically, mathematical modelling and simulation have been confined to sectors and projects with a focus on manufacturing, operations, logistics and supply chain.Despite the availability of the technology since the 1980s, the construction industry has been much slower to apply these methods; most likely due to the nature of building design, with one-time projects using many unique elements and few repeatable processes.. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is a method of modelling a system by evaluating a series of activities at the time they occur, or by evaluation at set points in time (every second, for example) with no change assumed to have occurred between the time steps.
This type of simulation is well suited for activity-based operational modelling where the complexity of continuous simulation is not required.. DES is typically used to understand and improve the performance of a system, in the research and development or design phase, or for processes already in operation..Bringing the construction industry up to speed with DES.
Research in the sector has found that while construction-related spending is 13% of global GDP, productivity has been flat for decades – with an ageing workforce and additional post-Brexit losses affecting the UK.
Similarly, construction accounts for a large portion of global waste and carbon emissions, but is yet to see large improvements.When asked about COP26, Gogan says she noticed a couple of major changes at the event this past year, which stood out from previous conferences.
One of the key things she noticed was that representation from the Global South is increasing.The Global South is composed of poor countries who lack access to energy to help build their economies and infrastructure.
Gogan notes that the people in these areas are already very exposed to climate impacts, and they’re also much less resilient to them.These countries have a simultaneous demand for both energy growth and decarbonisation, meaning that they’re in very serious need of clean energy solutions..