Automated construction: boosting on-site productivity using a platform-based approach

The podcast emphasises the urgent need for innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing to address current challenges and future demands.Last year saw the completion of The Forge in London – the world’s first major commercial building constructed using a platforms approach to DfMA (P-DfMA).

“I started saying industrialised revolution because I truly meant it.This is a revolution.

There used to be days when I felt like I was carrying a heavy backpack full of rocks uphill.But now there's an army behind me, a battalion.There's like, countries with armies behind us.

And I think you've probably felt the same way.Sometimes it felt pretty lonely out there.

But you know, it's not lonely anymore.

That's so good.”.An office to lab conversion also cannot be detrimental to the amenity of residential areas (e.g.

noise, vibration, fumes), and this may still require demonstration via CFD or noise modelling.Appointment of a Planning Consultant and application for a Certificate of Lawfulness is often advisable..

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.This can add many unexpected weeks or even months to a project and introduces an element of risk.