In a Platform marketplace, manufacturers would have to demonstrate their CQP process, ensuring performance of components meets the precise brief established by the ‘spatial analysis’ work.

Marks seems confident about the direction things are headed.. “Three-quarters of all specialty subcontractors have experience with multi-trade and two-thirds of general contractors have experience with multi-trade assemblies and prefabrication,” she says, referencing.McKinsey’s report.

about the state of U.S. construction over the past three years..In other words, it’s already happening.We just need it to get better.. A formula for change.

Regardless of BIM or digital twins, we won’t win if things continue as they are.We have fundamental problems which need to be addressed.

These include the lack of productisation in construction, as well as the lack of knowledge about DfMA principles and practices.. We have drawings moving back and forth across industry silos from architects and engineers to fabricators and beyond in a way that means “we build things, prefabricated or not, that aren't what was originally upfront in the process,” Marks says.. She believes this is where we will see the most change and brings up Gleicher’s Formula for Change (revised by Dannemiller), where dissatisfaction, vision, and steps toward the vision must be greater than resistance.. “I actually think we’ve hit dissatisfaction at this point,” she says, pointing out the various issues across the industry: construction companies unhappy with the money they’re making, designers unhappy with the roles they’re playing, owners dissatisfied with the inconsistency.. And the question that needs answering now is: “what does the future look like?”.

Marks says that her job at Autodesk is to help people envision what that future could be by taking the current building blocks and foundational pieces and expanding on them.Even traditional construction processes benefit from optimised Reference Designs.

However, the true potential lies in unlocking DfMA and industrialised construction.Initial assets may be built traditionally, but subsequent assets can be increasingly industrialised, engaging key suppliers for standardised equipment and prefabricated sections.

This phased adoption allows the supply chain to adapt confidently, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs over time..The above diagram showcases how Reference Design can be industrialised for efficient construction processes..