This sometimes takes us in unexpected and surprising directions.
We also realised that the sort of P-DfMA systems we were designing for the MOJ could then be transferred across to other government infrastructure projects, thereby facilitating the wider adoption of these beneficial, lean construction processes.. Bryden Wood published the first book on platform design in 2017 (.new updated edition of Platforms book available to download here. )
and we have continued to expand on and optimise Platforms and other MMC methodologies in our work with both public and private sector clients.We’ve never sought to patent our work and we have open sourced the code for both of our construction design apps - SEISMIC and PRISM.Our goal is to bring about maximum benefit for the wider industry and society.
We encourage our clients to join us on this journey by allowing others to benefit from the knowledge and systems we create for each project.This creates a kind of reinforcing circle across the public and private sectors.
By working together, we believe the industry can apply these transformative, design to value processes at scale and thereby deliver enormous benefit for the world..
In fact, we’re already seeing a wide range of benefits from the adoption of Platforms (P-DfMA) and our wider approach using modern methods of construction.This US-based ‘manufacturing on demand’ company links customers wanting components (including BMW, General Electric, NASA, Dell and Bosch), to a network of 5,000 suppliers across the USA, Europe and Asia.
Typically, a client uploads a request for a proposal via 3D models or technical drawings and specifications.This is distributed to pre-qualified suppliers who have the capability and capacity to respond.
A price is calculated within seconds (for straightforward processes such as CNC machining) to a day or so for more complex requests.Xometry has a huge amount of pricing data from which it can generate instant quotes which can be validated or refined with vendors.