The question now is how we allow for changes that may well cycle round in a matter of months..
What do you do at Bryden Wood?.“I am what’s called a BIM (Buildings Information Modelling) Coordinator, which means I digitally design and deliver building services in the Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Engineering department.
The 3D design models I create contain all the data that’s needed.So you can see not just how an assembly looks, but how it will operate as well.The M&E models can be combined with mechanical, structural and architectural models to make a complete “virtual” building.
That lets us see how systems interacts with other aspects of the design, and also allows us to assess compliance.”.How do you create the models?.
“It’s all done in software suites which I learnt to use at Bryden Wood.
Usually, I work in a project team alongside other people under the direction of a Project Manager.Sharing data across the design, engineering, planning and construction elements of development will enable us to push and promote modern methods of construction with all of the associated sustainability and energy benefits.
When design and planning happen more quickly, people will want to see construction happen faster too.MMC won’t need to be enforced, developers will come on board willingly because MMC will provide much quicker outcomes, with much greater levels of certainty.
Ultimately, when we make MMC and design for precision manufacturing the default option, we’ll be able to make better homes for people.. At Bryden Wood we’re currently working on the New Hospitals Programme, which is the first real enactment of the Construction Playbook.Within the lifetime of that programme, we hope to have fundamentally changed the way physical building is done, the way we use MMC, and the way we deliver assets.