Furthermore, it opens up an opportunity for machine learning and artificial intelligence to come into construction, as they require vast data sets to operate.

That's a massive role.It's a very interesting role,” he says..

Still, Johnston acknowledges that the design community is currently meeting the idea of DfMA with more fear than excitement.. “The old cookie-cutter buildings get trotted out as a reason not to do DfMA,” he says.“There’s so much to get on with, there's so much to build.There's so much opportunity in this space that designers should be seeing this as a phenomenal space to step into and an exciting place.

But it doesn't feel like that's necessarily landing with the design community at the moment.”.Marks describes the world of the “new possible,” where everyone becomes a productiser making products, where owners become true influencers, and where some, like the ‘super subs’, general contractors, and builders, become systems integrators.

In this space, she says, it is only the architects who become more fully what they’ve always been and always set out to be..

In this new world, she says, the architects will “truly become empowered architects, when you actually put real things in their hands…”.A Long-Term Strategy is Positive, But 'Industrialisation' is Missing:.

While setting out a 10-year industrial strategy is seen as a positive step for stability and clarity, the document is an 'industrial strategy' but not truly an 'industrialisation strategy.'.It identifies areas for growth but doesn't detail.

the UK will achieve this transformation, particularly given existing capabilities and people.. 2.Integration Gaps Hinder Progress: Education, Commerce, and Investment are Disconnected:.