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These days we use terms like ‘industrialised construction’ to refer to the overarching DfMA principle being used throughout the built environment.Marks has embraced industrialised construction as a term, however, but she acknowledges that some industry professionals, working in areas that aren’t directly related to construction, don’t always feel represented by it.. There’s also the term ‘Modern Methods of Construction’ (MMC), which Marks says she used to use but doesn’t anymore.

These days she finds the meaning too ambiguous.In 2005, she bought a 76-year-old company that built steel and concrete volumetric modular, as well as some assemblies.They worked on a huge variety of projects: telecommunications, data centres, schools, hospitals, generator enclosures, and embassies for the government.

Marks notes that people tend to think standardised design is something new, but it isn’t.It’s just an idea that’s coming back, growing in scale, and becoming more mainstream.. Another issue we have in the construction industry, she explains, is that when we talk about this type of industrialised construction work, we tend to focus on the projects we consider to be the sexy, quirky ones.

We talk about the asterisk, which will never be done again..

In actuality, her volumetric modular company had built hundreds of schools for New York City.The ethos of the office at Bryden Wood is very good and very strong in terms of letting everybody, both men and women, participate and provide opinions that are heard.. We’re working on a bigger effort here...trying to demystify the [robotics] technology for as many people as possible, so that we are all on the same page as we try to implement and adopt it within the construction industry...

If we’re talking about offsite construction, automation is essential to scale up.I think it’s really important to rethink the construction process and that’s where robotics and advanced fabrication technologies help.’.

ANNA KAPANI - COMPUTATIONAL DESIGNER.'I feel that there’s nothing that can stop me.