At Bryden Wood, we’ve long been committed to the pursuit of digital innovation and construction technology.
During her time working with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) on the National Digital Twin Programme (NDTp), Sharp sought secure and resilient ways of connecting digital twins to deliver the common good, and looked for real examples of people trying to connect data in order to tackle cross-silo issues.The goal was to facilitate more efficient planning and operation, as well as to make data available to a wider ecosystem, including all of the people involved in critical infrastructure planning.. Sharp says CDBB knew the desired activity was possible theoretically, but needed a place where there was real demand to bring the information together.
When Jack Ricketts contacted her about his desire to digitise planning, it seemed a perfect opportunity..Stages of information transfer in design and construction.There are various stages of information involved in the creation of a new building, or an extension of a domestic dwelling.
Architects produce one set of information to one set of criteria, submitting it to planners who then need another, and particular, set of information.From there it goes to the people who might approve the building, or the people constructing the building.
In reality, though, all of these people just need slightly different slices of the same information.
If everyone could agree and collect information to the same standards, sharing the same pieces of information upon creation, and when changed, it would unblock the system and lead to significantly greater efficiency..This project has been a collaboration between the London Borough of Southwark, the Centre for Digital Built Britain, Bryden Wood and 3DRepo.. Benefits of a digitised planning process.
The benefits of a seamless end-to-end digital planning process will be many and wide-reaching.Removing the planning bottleneck: there has been significant progress in digitisation for design and construction, but planning, which sits in the middle, is lagging behind and causing delays.
The UK has huge construction requirements in multiple sectors – the planning process should be an enabler, not a barrier..Considering how much impact planning has on our lives, it is not as present or discoverable as many other aspects of contemporary living.
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