Understand the potential reuse of buildings or building components locally, including the need to transport and store materials.. Balance cut and fill to reduce off-site waste and new material brought to construction sites.. Use lean design principles to reduce the amount of material overall.
The difference may be in the maturity of the technology.Without proven repeatability, regulation will remain arduous.
Development is in progress, but the market is still some years from a pilot..Some of the group suggested that the market for this technology is currently dysfunctional: modular nuclear developers have an idea and are looking for niche markets (for instance, replacing coal-fired power stations with SMRs, as well as data centre power).It was suggested that the DC industry could help focus and accelerate development through the creation of an Industry-Brief defining the market.
This idea, of course, would need further collaboration across the DC ecosystem.. To bring the session to a close, there was a round-up of the issues and barriers that need to be solved in the short term.How to deal with irregular site design, different business drivers and limitations of template designs.
How to do the above and meet acceptable price points.
How to find sites with reliable power.There is no question that a digital marketplace for Platforms is achievable; the policy context is in place and there is a growing body of work that would support this.
It’s up to the industry to decide what it looks like.We should shape this now, proactively, rather than wait for external forces or commercial imperatives to impose something on us..
Considering the examples above, here are the key aspects I believe a digital marketplace for construction Platforms should include:.Create a direct link between customers and manufacturers, reducing transactional friction.
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