Exploring lean construction and the future of building design | Professor Iris Tommelein, University of California, Berkeley

Furthermore, new external chillers, AHUs (air-handling units), stacks and fans, louvres, waste stores, external access, and other material changes to the office building may still result in the need for Planning Permission.

Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.

He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.Available to purchase at.Design to Value book.value drivers are explored in depth.

Rather than a brief or a set of specifications, the design process is orchestrated at a higher level of Problem Statement and Value Drivers.Together, the development of these captures the purpose and evolves the understanding of requirements.

The Problem statement and value drivers may read something like this: -.

Manufacturing Site A has evolved over time into a Jigsaw of process buildings, development buildings, support functions, and office accommodation.This work has culminated in our Platforms approach to building, developed in close consultation with the UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) which recently led to the UK Government issuing a call for evidence on a Platform approach for DfMA (P-DfMA).. We define a platform as a set of components used for creating a range of products.

An analogy in the manufacturing sector would be a set of mechanical parts that is used to create the standardised chassis that sits inside many different models of car.Recent decades have seen rapid change in manufacturing efficiency driven by whole sectors working with a defined range of components to enable rapid innovation to take place.

Mass production encourages continual improvement in component design and manufacture, speeding up product evolution..Conclusion: Construction Platforms, a Way Forward.