which provide guidance for building owners and managers on how to start reoccupying their buildings.

The higher degree of accuracy and innovation in platform components ensures that what was designed and modelled is much more likely to be what is installed on site, with no need for site based problem-solving/adaptions vs. what has been designed and tested..Platform components create superstructures, which, while a relatively small proportion of the cost, are critical in maximising the accuracy of the installation.

The superstructure is highly dimensionally accurate, with fixings designed in to enable high levels of accuracy in the complementary elements that attach to it.This accuracy reduces the need for tolerance between interfaces, which is where issues often occur.On The Forge, the tolerance was reduced to.

5mm over a 9m bay..This accuracy also unlocks existing, but underutilised capabilities in the supply chain, encouraging optimisation of their products too.

In fact, a range of complementary elements have already been developed and delivered on The Forge..

Developing the façade solution around the structural platform at an early stage, allowed us to really optimise the use of materials and detailing and create the most efficient units for handling in the factory and on-site.. Wojciech Brozyna, Managing Director, Alupro.We developed our Rapid Engineering Model, or REM – a digital workflow that absorbs a huge range of data sets and design rules and generates a variety of outputs.

These outputs – including virtual reality motorway driving – allow us to visualise and assess risks and opportunities of a smart motorway at the earliest planning stages.It takes a few days to do what used to take months..

This approach – harnessing wide-ranging data, applying it creatively, iterating rapidly – can be applied in any number of other contexts, and we are currently working on several initiatives that need rapid implementation in the post-COVID world.Watch this space.. It’s all about agility; the ability to plan and respond to changing circumstances in complex situations.