{"id":72348,"date":"2020-02-25T07:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=72348"},"modified":"2020-02-25T07:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:25:14","slug":"construction-method-bim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/construction-method-bim\/72348\/","title":{"rendered":"The construction method reshaping the London 2012 Athletes\u2019 Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mace Tech\u2019s<\/a> High Rise Solutions combines BIM and digital technology with an on-site, self-contained factory approach to reduce construction times while improving quality<\/h2>\n

A \u201cnext generation\u201d construction method that combines digital BIM technology with a new offsite manufacturing approach to construct buildings faster, safer and to a consistently higher quality has been launched at the redevelopment of the former London 2012 Athletes\u2019 Village in Stratford.<\/p>\n

Mace Tech, a new business unit of global consultancy and construction firm Mace that will head up the deployment and delivery of advanced offsite sub-assembly construction methods, said the system, High Rise Solutions (HRS), is an evolution of the thinking behind the award-winning Jump Factory<\/a> \u2013 a self-contained factory build around the perimeter of a new development that uses efficient material handling and just-in-time delivery of prefabricated elements to construct buildings floor-by-floor.<\/p>\n

The Jump Factory approach allowed Mace Tech to reduce design and construction programmes by 25%, vehicle movements by 40% and waste by 70%.<\/p>\n

Following the success of the Jump Factory, Mace worked with Australian firm Hickory to adapt the building system for construction in the UK. Using parametric modelling tools and artificial intelligence, HRS is able to draw from a catalogue of components to design and manufacture the structure and fa\u00e7ade subassemblies offsite.<\/p>\n