Offsite Manufacturing Building Blocks

现代建筑方法（MMC）的需求将允许建筑行业的数字化转型，并帮助实现零碳排放，这在英国政府的转型建筑工业战略挑战中得到了强调。然而，由于低供应能力抑制了需求，并且由于需求的不确定性，供应商不愿意增加产能，MMC的主流采用被推迟了（DfMA叠加到RIBA 2020年工作计划）。更糟糕的是，大多数非现场生产设施依赖于体力劳动。因此，英国政府在建筑业协议中设定的二氧化碳排放、生产力和效率目标未能实现。作为回应，DataFormLab正在开发一个企业对企业的建筑市场；非现场制造采购平台，具有连接设计和制造的无缝数字工作流程。作为采购平台的一部分，DataFormLab将模拟和评估非现场制造商工厂的自动化集成，以降低MMC的投资风险，并帮助制造商有效地将新技术集成到当前的工作流程中。离散事件模拟将用于创建工厂运营的数字孪生，并帮助他们做出数据驱动的决策。DataFormLab将确定不同的可用自动化技术，并开发相应的非现场制造“构建块”，同时还创建一个平台，将后者及其相关数据可视化，以促进与利益相关者的沟通。我们的愿景是促进一种新的建筑商业模式，允许快速采用MMC。该项目是一个整体解决方案，为希望参与行业数字化转型的各种规模的企业的需求量身定制。通过揭开自动化的神秘面纱，它使更多的制造商能够做出明智的商业决策，并进入自动化的场外建筑市场，从而导致整体心态的转变。DataFormLab将与利益相关者密切合作，以获得早期反馈。这将确保战略业务问题推动技术创新计划。

The need for Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) that will allow the digital transformation of the construction sector and help achieve zero carbon emissions, has been highlighted in UK government's Industrial Strategy Challenge for Transforming Construction. Nevertheless, the mainstream adoption of MMC is delayed, as demand is inhibited by low supply capacity and suppliers are reluctant to increase capacity because of the uncertain constancy of demand (DfMA Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work 2020).To make matters worse, the majority of off-site manufacturing facilities rely on manual labour. As a result, the UK government's CO2 emissions, productivity, and efficiency targets in the Construction Sector Deal are not being met.As a response, DataFormLab is developing a Business-to-Business marketplace for construction; a procurement platform for off-site manufacturing with a seamless digital workflow linking design and fabrication.As part of the procurement platform's onboarding process, DataFormLab will simulate and evaluate the integration of automation in offsite manufacturers' factories, in order to de-risk investment in MMC and assist manufacturers in efficiently integrating new technologies into their current workflows. Discrete Event Simulation will be used to create a digital twin of their factory's operation and assist them in making data-driven decisions.DataFormLab will identify the different available automation technologies and develop the corresponding offsite manufacturing 'Building Blocks', while also creating a platform for visualising the latter and their associated data in order to facilitate communication with stakeholders.The vision is to promote a new business model for construction, allowing for the rapid adoption of MMC. This project is a holistic solution, tailored to the needs of all sizes of businesses that want to participate in the digital transformation of the industry. By demystifying automation, it enables more manufacturers to make informed business decisions and enter the automated offsite construction market, resulting in an overall mentality shift.DataFormLab will work closely with stakeholders to receive early feedback. This will ensure strategic business questions drive technology innovation plans.