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The Innovate UK-funded SEISMIC project is set to transform school design and deliver a digitally-enabled standardised componentised construction production system<\/h2>\n

The Innovate UK-funded SEISMIC project aims to transform school design<\/a> and deliver a digitally-enabled standardised componentised construction production system. The SEISMIC (Standardisation of School Components) consortium is led by project integrators Blacc ltd<\/a>, and includes technology-led design company Bryden Wood<\/a>, two leading manufacturers of offsite buildings, Elliott Group<\/a> and the McAvoy Group<\/a> together with the Manufacturing Technology Centre<\/a> (MTC).<\/p>\n

Commenting on the partnership\u2019s vision, Richard Crosby, director of Blacc, said: \u201cBy applying greater use of standardisation, the aim is to develop a series of components to enable multiple offsite specialists to achieve unprecedented economies of scale and efficiency in manufacturing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will bring a higher degree of stability, predictability and transparency to the procurement process \u2013 to the benefit of both the client and the supply chain. It represents a window into a brave new world for UK construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Susan Hone-Brookes, chief engineer for construction and infrastructure at the MTC, commented: \u201cThis project will act as the fundamental catalyst which will form the core basis around all future building solutions, be it \u2018off-site\u2019, \u2018near site\u2019, or on site assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at the start of an exciting journey which will ultimately assist in the drive and delivery of the government\u2019s construction targets. The initial results have been encouraging with the frame component parts delivering a 70% reduction in parts and 50% reduction in weight which all contribute to an impressive embodied carbon reduction. Furthermore, the solution is fully de-constructible as final assembly is a bolted solution.”<\/p>\n

Darrin Witcher, senior transformation advisor at the MTC said the first step on the construction component journey was the standardisation of the modular frame<\/a>. \u201cThe consortium has developed a universal connector which enables frame connections across the industry to be standardised vertically and horizontally. Think of it as the \u2018Lego\u2019 building block for building design,” he said.<\/p>\n

Witcher added: “500 new schools need to be built every year with a \u00a35bn investment pipeline. Demand is outstripping supply and without significant innovation it will not be possible to deliver these schools at the volume and pace needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy standardising, it will be possible to reach design solutions quickly and build schools with components from multiple suppliers, sharing orders and smoothing order books, giving stability and predictability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outputs from the project will be ready for use and adoption later this year. The consortium seeks to build on this initial work with a focus on environmental components (facades, MEP, low carbon solutions) together with the expansion of a digitally-enabled componentised construction production system. SEISMIC is establishing ground rules for the future development of all building construction components.<\/p>\n

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