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Within change and complexity, we cannot hope to reach these aspirations by simply sticking with tradition.

The benefits of this new way of working warrant the risk, and there is a risk when suggesting something new and different.Success will come from approaching it like a journey and doing things collaboratively..

There are new ideas and technologies to embrace, new people to hire with different skill sets.These things are risks to an industry worried about profit margins, business and retaining current clients.As such, we see that it’s simultaneously an easy thing to do, and a very difficult one.

Toyota, who are fantastic at lean manufacturing, welcome competitors to look at their processes.They realise that it's not just about understanding the how, because what Toyota are doing requires a different mindset, a different set of ambitions.

Without those things, understanding the process won’t help..

The bottom line with respect to our current situation is that the world isn’t going to become any less uncertain, any time soon.In addition to conventional methods, alternatives have been developed that deploy prefabrication, pre-assembly, design standardisation and/or automation to some degree and these are collectively referred to as Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)..

Exploring the MMC toolkit: from offsite construction to PPVC and beyond.MMC is the collective term for the innovative construction methods that can be deployed by the DfMA designer.

MMC can be considered as the DfMA designer’s “toolkit”.The DfMA designer finds the most suitable innovations in the MMC toolkit (or develops new innovations) to meet a project’s unique challenges..