Design the business case first to avoid missing ways to discover what value looks like.
We’ll be able to evaluate specifically how an energy project, a transport project, a school and a housing scheme interact.Digital twins and federated digital twins will enable us to understand how things are actively performing..
Whereas, originally, this effort focused on the capital phase of a single construction project, with digital twins we’ll be dealing with the whole life of an asset, and how it relates to, and integrates with,its environment and the other assets around it.That level of data will provide huge knowledge and insight, which in turn will help us to make better decisions supporting our broader set of Design for Value outcomes.We’ll be able to make decisions about how we want to intervene, and it could end up shaping the policy environment.
That’s when we’ll really see the true power and value of data.. A Kit-of-Parts Approach and the Creation of a Digital Marketplace for Construction.In the utopian future state we seek, buildings will increasingly be configured using Platform construction methodologies and a kit-of-parts approach.
The parts will be interoperable and there will be common interface standards and rules.
If a new, highly energy-efficient product creates local jobs, then we’ll need a clear route to market for that product, as well as a value-based decision about how it’s deployed.COVID-19 has simply accelerated this journey, or accentuated the need to move forwards at speed.
As a result, the UK government is now looking to double down on the current plan to develop construction Platforms and to make things happen even more quickly.This should send a strong message to the construction industry.
This shift is coming.We've already seen other sectors - entertainment, retail, music - being disrupted over the last 25 years.