Discrete event simulation (DES) in the construction industry

Traditional Approaches won’t work – a platform (P-DfMA) approach will.

The purpose of digitisation is to facilitate the process by reducing the burden on those people of large amounts of admin and tedious, repetitive tasks that can be done better by machines than humans.. Benefits for architects:.A digitised planning process will involve a change in the way architects are required to produce some information on their designs, and it will enforce a rigour and consistency in the technical elements of designs (which does not imply or require any constraint on creativity).

This is not a huge departure, however: rigour in approach is good practice, and the information required is already largely included in BIM models..The most significant change for architects will be to free up large chunks of their time to devote to the creative part of their work, which is where they can add the most value (and which is why they became architects in the first place)..Better information for planning officers:.

As for architects, digitisation is about giving them access to more and better information on which to base their decisions, and creating more time in which to make them.Making these decisions is why people become planners in the first place..

If architects are using 3D models, why would planners use 2D drawings and not those models?

When daylight tracking is measurable and predictable (if complex), why would planners be checking the architects’ sums, armed with a calculator, when a ‘digital app’ could do this more efficiently?If you'd also like to continue to learn about our Design to Value approach, DfMA and Modern Methods of Construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.

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Over the last few months, we’ve seen changes to the fabric of our daily lives that would have taken years to bring about under normal circumstances.. We can learn from this.Often the only thing standing between us and positive change, is us..