Design
Design for life
Is component-based design a game changer for the construction industry ?
By Claire Rutkowski
Facing high demand for infrastructure upgrades , a UK environmental agency was searching for a consistent process to create and exchange digital information , including the reuse of existing designs . Mott MacDonald created a centralized library of parametric smart objects to support the reuse of design content using standard rules and formats . The result ? Impressive environmental , financial , and process-oriented benefits .
The component library provided better data for carbon calculators and designs were able to achieve whole-life carbon and whole-life cost objectives . Return on investment ( ROI ) from content reuse in the first three months was x3 and is expected to grow to x25 ROI over two years .
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