The other reason, this is required is that we cannot pretend that, even in the more detailed levels of design, ideas, drivers and decisions, will not continue to evolve.

This Reference Design can then be built again and again as a fixed product, by clients who have control over site conditions, as per the MoJ Houseblocks..But for those who need flexibility, the Reference Design becomes far easier to configure flexibly into a physical asset when broken down into its ‘Chips’ (with more or less flexibility in how these are arranged depending on the asset type.)

By digitally modelling the design against the given brief/constraints using Chips, we can quickly see how well the design will work, and what we can adapt to fit the wide range of needs and constraints involved.This ability to adapt the configuration of a design would be impossible in a design expressed as 100% single components..The ‘local’ design is then focused on ground conditions, utilities, infrastructure, placemaking, flows of people etc..

Figure 2 Example configurations of healthcare Chips.Read more about our.

methodology here.. We introduced this concept to the New Hospitals Programme, developing the initial ‘Hospital 2.0’ solution.

While this has since evolved, the use of a Reference Design continues to be a central part of their strategy to deliver schemes across the UK..Once this level of understanding is in place, informed decisions can be made about the most effective ways to go about making things happen.. Johnston says this includes decisions about the level of granularity of component standardisation which is required, as well as whether work is best done on-site or off-site.

It’s really about individual value drivers and these vary from client to client depending on their needs.. “Construction too easily gets into the solutions mode,” he says, “and starts thinking of the solution before answering the question.”.Amy Marks says she worked with a technology client earlier in her career, who wasn’t at all interested in having his project finish sooner.

However, certainty surrounding the duration of the schedule was very important to him..This is a value-driver that is well known to Johnston, as a result of Bryden Wood’s work within the.