We shouldn’t be packaged up and commoditised.
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:.
A fundamental issue is the lack of integration across key areas..This includes a disconnect between university education and industry needs (e.g., scientists understanding automation and vice versa), and a 'peculiar' investment environment in the UK where there's a significant gap in funding to take intellectual ideas to an investible stage.. 3.
Regional Silos and 'Primate City' Structure Impede Network Building:.
Although the strategy discusses focusing on industrial clusters, there's a concern that these clusters might become siloed and compete rather than forming a connected network..Understand the potential reuse of buildings or building components locally, including the need to transport and store materials.. Balance cut and fill to reduce off-site waste and new material brought to construction sites.. Use lean design principles to reduce the amount of material overall.
This will also reduce the embodied carbon..Consider design for deconstruction at the start of the design process rather than try to retrofit it into the design part way through.. Be clear on the potential flexibility that is needed by the proposed occupants and consider what future flexibility could be included with minimal additional materials, allowing the building to be adaptable and future-fit..
Embrace digital design to have more understanding and control over the design decisions and material quantities.. Use recycled materials wherever possible and adapt project aspirations to suit..Develop clear and concise operation and maintenance (O&M) information to enable the future building to be well maintained and have the potential to be reused or recycled as valuable components in the future..