Jaimie Johnston and Kevin Masters talk to ICE Publishing about automated construction
However, it’s important to keep in mind the temporary nature of construction sites.
She’s also aware that there’s a monetary opportunity here, on top of the current $14 trillion industry ecosystem.The projection is that the industry will make a 45% shift to industrialised construction.
Companies that do this well will increase their value, but changes will be necessary.For a start, technology spending will double.. We’ll also need to have a complete understanding of how the traditional and industrialised aspects of a building will interact with each other, she says.. “You're talking about interstitial spaces, adjacencies, attachments, components.You need to know it for everything,” Marks says..
Looking toward the future: sustainability in construction.Still, the reality is that the construction industry has been in a state of poor productivity and other difficulties for decades, so why is it that we finally appear to be standing on the cusp of an industrialised construction transformation?.
We’re ready now, Marks says, and we don’t really have a choice.. “Technology has changed, the environment has changed, the workforce has changed, the designs are more complex.
There’s a lot of things closing in on the space that's creating a lot of dissatisfaction, and the people who have the money are the most dissatisfied - the big end-users, the big governments…”.Interconnectedness is essential for innovation.
Jaimie highlighted how the boundaries between industries are rapidly blurring, creating new opportunities for collaborative solutions.By linking sectors such as pharmaceuticals, digital design, energy, and process engineering, industries can share knowledge and resources, leading to faster and more impactful advancements.
He cited the development of a low-carbon Ventolin inhaler by GSK, a collaborative effort across multiple fields, as a case in point for what interconnected, interdisciplinary work can achieve.. 2.The urgency of accelerating industrialisation.