Our kit-of-parts cuts out repetitive decisions – accelerating productivity and freeing teams to focus their creativity where it can really make a difference.
Faster delivery
The first project is designed within standard timescales but delivered faster on site. Subsequent projects become faster and faster, in both design and assembly, as they leverage the kit-of-parts components, models and new workflow. Real-time feedback loops improve the process every day.
Managing costs
We determine the optimum kit-of-parts at an early stage from a range of innovative industrialized approaches. This means designs are tailored to the chosen method, to fully unlock the savings it offers.
Higher quality
Building components are precision-made in a controlled factory environment and assembled onsite to manufacturing tolerances. By setting program-level policies and removing repetitive, low-value decisions, project teams can focus on adding value and improving the process.
Improved sustainability
Sustainability goals can be set at a program level, with targets for continuous improvement. Shifting construction from site to factory reduces waste, facilitates circular economy principles, and means fewer deliveries, lowering transport emissions and pollution.
Where can we use this approach?
We believe the kit-of-parts approach can be used widely throughout the construction industry and are currently applying this to the aviation, rail, industrial, life sciences, defence, data centre and residential sectors. It drives the most benefits from working at a program level (across multiple projects) where each project is optimized for speed and decision-making once the first project is complete.
Isn’t this just volumetric construction?
No. Volumetric construction is just one of many Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) technologies that can bring the efficiency and speed of manufacturing to construction. But it’s not the only one, and it may not be right for every project.
Our kit-of-parts approach enables clients and design teams to identify the optimal construction material and method at the start of a programme, determining the most appropriate MMC technologies and the best balance between on- and offsite working. From concept stage onwards, the design can be optimised for delivery via the chosen solution and reused on future projects to free up design time and achieve economies of scale.
How is a kit-of-parts approach different to digital design?
Our approach is about a “left shift” – thinking about construction and logistics much earlier in the design process. Digital tools help to enable this, but it's the way of working that is different. For example, detailed fabrication information is produced at the concept design stage. This enables us to identify the components that can be fixed at the very start and make these components into a catalogue that can be reused across future projects, programmes or a wider set of assets in a portfolio. This speeds up decision-making for anything that is repeatable as these decisions are linked to fabrication-ready content.
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