Bryden Wood innovators reach WICE Awards finals

The second reason to be hopeful comes whenever I investigate, look into, or hold discussions in and across many spheres.

The Construction Innovation Hub is an initiative backed by the UK government, with a remit to drive innovation in the construction industry.The Hub is working to bring manufacturing expertise to construction.

As a result, we’re now starting to see concepts like Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP) coming into the industry.This framework is how manufacturing ensures the consistency of products, and it’s also how they track their progress.So, where will this end up?

Ultimately, we believe you will be able to get a price instantly from a vast, distributed network of small suppliers, as you develop your construction Platform model.These suppliers will also be publishing details of their pipelines and capabilities, enabling you to plan your project precisely.

Moreover, as all of these standardised components will be inexpensive, we don’t believe we’ll be costing solely on pure, capital costs.

There will also be a focus on other factors: the carbon footprint of the individual manufacturer, what they spend on R&D, staff welfare, and so on.If we understand exactly how the concrete cured and what went on in that process, we’ll know what stresses might be left in the building, thereby creating a long-term, high-value impact of that data.

In fact, some of the sensors needed to undertake this type of work are incredibly inexpensive.They could easily be placed inside a concrete mix, and would simply broadcast for the next five years uninterrupted.. At Bryden Wood, we anticipate that this type of construction technology work could also fuel the next generation of concrete mixes, as well as influencing the type of AI technology that’s starting to plan schedules and program onsite.

Logistics could also be affected.Essentially, there is a massive, potential long-term benefit to gathering this type of data.