This process is broken down into spaces where key parts of value are added.

• open dialogue.• rapid iteration.

• divergent thinking.• evidence-based design.• innovation and invention.

• trying things and failing fast.These processes act as a tool bag: one is never sure at the start of a project the necessary order of things – although dialogue always comes first..

Many clients might expect a roadmap that they can follow, but part of Design to Value is the capacity to live with a bit of uncertainty.

Clients need to understand that their project team members might feel uncomfortable about a new and unfamiliar process and we encourage the senior client representative to reassure their team that this is expected and it’s okay.Overall, there is a global recognition that a more manufacturing-like approach is needed.

‘Volumetric’ seems to be the first and most obvious starting point, but we believe there is a need for a wider and more sophisticated ecosystem of DfMA.There may be parallels with what happened with BIM.

The UK was the first to mandate Building Information Modelling and our standards became quite widely adopted, or were at least used as a starting point, globally.It will be interesting to see if construction Platform design has a similar global appeal, once people have understood the limitations of modular.. COVID-19: accelerating the shift to construction Platforms?.