MEP cassettes, which efficiently combine key components and processes.

Regulations should have a significant and authoritative amount of input as they are developed, particularly given the long-term nature of the work, with buildings expected to last between 60-100 years.Equally, spending more time in the design phase of a project would enable us to truly understand the brief and open up the problem statement, ultimately preventing projects beset with difficulties as a result of a lack of planning.. One challenge we’ll face going forward is that, as innovation increases and we begin to iterate more quickly, the lag between innovation happening and standards struggling to keep up, will begin to get in the way.

The construction industry will need to find better ways to reach a consensus faster and deliver better outcomes.Adopting more open source methods, perhaps akin to Wikipedia, could offer a solution.For example, Highways England is currently transforming the.

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB).into a new form, aiming to set the standard for engineering documents in the digital future.

This could present an interesting model.. Another example where UK construction has excelled in this regard is with BIM.

In the UK, our view and understanding of BIM is incredibly robust and widespread.They might be a pharmaceutical company trying to meet demand for their products in an emerging market; a hospital provider that aims to distinguish itself by providing an efficient and hotel-like experience to patients; or the government transforming the prison estate so that it is more rehabilitative.

These may sound like very different clients with very different problems, but what we have found is that their challenges are very similar: they all need a solution to a problem that is difficult to articulate because a lot of people are involved, with different values and different perspectives..The solution is beyond the competence of any single individual designer.

It requires knowledge and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders.Important decisions must be based on evidence, and we have to build a shared understanding of the problem and an agreement on the best solution throughout the process.