Constructing Excellence calls for radical digital transformation in construction

Latest News Thu, Dec 14, 2017 2:43 PM

At its Annual Conference, Constructing Excellence, an independent movement dedicated to improving the industry, is revealing a new strategy that aims to accelerate the digital and offsite revolution (including AI, factory production, BIM and open data) in the construction sector.

Constructing Excellence co-chair Mark Farmer, author of the acclaimed Modernise or Die report, has long campaigned for a drastic sector shift to adopt more modern methods of construction to alleviate skills shortages, improve productivity and delivery, and greatly enhance the performance and quality of new homes and buildings.

Major industries, such as automotive, food processing and agriculture have all evolved over time and embraced new ways of working including supply chains, lean, and digital, however, construction is still adapting to these new ways of working. To drive the industry forward, Constructing Excellence is looking to work with leading edge organisations to address the sector’s urgent need to modernise.

The key objective for 2018, is the enabling of new delivery models to be adopted across the sector:

  1. Increased standardisation and pre-manufactured content
  2. Digitally enabled integrated teams working collaboratively with long-term relationships and aligned commercial arrangements
  3. A client-led transformation by procuring for outcomes and long-term performance of assets.

Mark Farmer commented: “We see 2018 as the year when Constructing Excellence shifts gear and turns words into action. Our goal is to positively disrupt industry delivery processes to transform performance throughout the sector.

“The agenda for change is clear, the necessity and drivers are well understood and now it is time for practical change in boardrooms and on projects, which is crucial if we’re to bring industry practices into the digital age and create a brighter future for the sector.”

One of the key drivers of attracting and engaging with young people in the industry is Constructing Excellence’s Generation for Change (G4C) network, which is at the forefront of the sector’s transformation to the digital age.

Whilst the construction industry is not as far evolved as other key sectors in terms of modernisation, there is change happening at base level. A recent report by by Bim+ predicted that the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) among Computer Aided Design (CAD) users will increase 140% over the next five years. Some businesses are also exploring ways in which to use robotics in day to day construction. Already spray concrete robots are in use on Crossrail, and Skanska are implementing robotic construction units to carry out tasks on site, whilst factory-built homes are becoming more prominent, especially in the affordable housing sector.

Drones are also being used by Building Control, monitoring through aerial inspections, providing time and cost saving benefits, whilst and the recent completion of the first 3D printed concrete house shows that 3D technology in the construction market is a reality.

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