A Platforms Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA): Maximising Value with Lean Construction and Sustainable Design

Built Environment Matters

Bryden Wood Board Director and Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE, talks about a platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly (P-DfMA) and how it can benefit architects, the construction industry, the built environment and society as a whole.

Bryden Wood is a technology-led design company focused on Design to Value in construction. Their pioneering work with platform design enables sets of components or assemblies to be configured in a variety of different ways, in order to create a variety of different assets within the built environment. Part of a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach to construction, the benefits of platforms design include improved efficiency, costs, quality, safety and sustainability. The construction industry currently contributes 39% of global carbon emissions, so we need to act. Join us as we discuss how using Modern Methods of Construction can help the industry move towards a brighter future.

Artwork: Megan Chown, Bryden Wood
Podcast Music: Tamar Zak-Collins

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1. A Platforms Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA): Maximising Value with Lean Construction and Sustainable Design (00:00:00)

2. What are Platforms? (00:01:20)

3. How do you apply that principle to construction? (00:02:47)

4. Why is it so critical we adopt this approach? (00:04:12)

5. Can you clarify are Platforms the same as Design for Manufacture and Assembly or other Modern Methods of Construction? (00:06:35)

6. What are the benefits of Platforms? (00:13:18)

7. Thinking about architects, how will they benefit specifically? (00:21:24)

8. And what about society as a whole, how will we all benefit from the adoption of Platforms? (00:27:55)

9. So tell us how do the benefits of Platforms compare with other Modern Methods of Construction? (00:31:33)

10. Can you explain in more detail how Platforms delivers these benefits? (00:38:23)

11. But does using Platforms mean that every building will look the same? (00:44:51)

12. Are Platforms unique to Bryden Wood, or are they open to other people to use? (00:50:10)