scripting or use of software such as Solibri.
As we’ve waited for a successful vaccine to emerge, there have been over 200 in development, all at different stages with different probabilities of success.Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..
Circumstances like the pandemic raise the question: how do we deal with this type of complexity?The answer is, we use Modern Methods of Construction and we start to model it.We link in with the people who understand the development processes, and look at the physicality of the supply chains.
We look at what is likely to happen, the capacity different countries have to make different vaccines, and how such factors would affect the global supply.Understanding the picture in this way allows us to make decisions at an early stage about what we might do, should certain circumstances arise.
In this instance, we could decide in advance how we might react to a vaccine becoming available, and get it out to people quickly.. As the Factory in a Box project demonstrated, there are elements which are standardised across projects.
For example, they all need hygienic spaces, so we can make sure the hygienic components will be available regardless of the situation with projects.At the point of inquiry, we are trying to get that information loaded into that Chip..
When we are creating plans, we like to work in three dimensions from the very early part of the project.Chips help speed up the process, because we can move chunks of the design around very quickly and keep data associated with them.
We can do things like automate routing of certain utilities, based on the properties of the Chips.And that enables us to try lots of different options in a short amount of time.
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