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Globally, the sector is forecast to more than double by 2030, while in the UK investment has already increased 12x over the last decade.

Information gathered through the project lifecycle is often focussed on that needed for construction, not necessarily that needed for operation..Platforms solution.

The digital record of data that sits behind the platform approach continues to add value throughout the operation of the asset and will facilitate increasingly data-driven use cases in the future including feedback loops and digital twins.. Data that feeds through to operation hand over and back into future design.The bedrock of data that threads all the way through the platforms process, can feed into the circular economy; building a core set of information that can be re-utilised, creating feedback loops that can then inform the design of future assets.In this way, Platform design and how it integrates with the bespoke sections of assets, becomes self-optimising.. Design that future proofs compliance.

The ability platforms give designers to consider and integrate all pertinent data in the earliest design concepts, mean that they can also consider operational efficiency.. On Landsec, the M&E solutions considered ease of cleaning and replacement.These cassettes were standardised across the building, so it merited the time to optimise them so that they would be of greatest value throughout the whole life of the asset.

The standardised steel beams were provided with more penetrations than the design required, this pre-enabled the asset for future adaptations: with additional fixing points already cast into in the slab, the model is less likely to need updating as adaptations or refurbishments take place.. Summary.

With the construction sector currently facing challenges on multiple fronts, it should be at least encouraging that a number of topics – sustainability, productivity and safety – all point in the same direction; a simplified and digitally-enabled design and construction process, using repeatable components manufactured at scale and assembled using standardised processes..'I feel that there’s nothing that can stop me.

I'm very young and I’ve just started out, but I don’t want to always have in the back of my head that it might be more difficult because I’m a woman.I feel that we’re all equal, so I go with that.'.

MARIA MAMOURA, DIRECTOR, CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.'Being part of the computational design team where we are introducing new technologies and methodologies, I have found people to be very open and there aren’t any preconceptions because I’m a woman, which is great.