A wide range of reactor manufacturers will have access to a significantly increased and different range of clients.

underscores the transformative potential of industrialised construction and the critical role of collaboration, technology, and innovative thinking.As Amy Marks noted, the shift is already underway, and companies that embrace this change will position themselves as leaders in a rapidly evolving industry.. Stay tuned for more insights from Bryden Wood and.

learn more about Industrialised Construction hereHistorically, mathematical modelling and simulation have been confined to sectors and projects with a focus on manufacturing, operations, logistics and supply chain.Despite the availability of the technology since the 1980s, the construction industry has been much slower to apply these methods; most likely due to the nature of building design, with one-time projects using many unique elements and few repeatable processes.. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is a method of modelling a system by evaluating a series of activities at the time they occur, or by evaluation at set points in time (every second, for example) with no change assumed to have occurred between the time steps.This type of simulation is well suited for activity-based operational modelling where the complexity of continuous simulation is not required.. DES is typically used to understand and improve the performance of a system, in the research and development or design phase, or for processes already in operation..

Bringing the construction industry up to speed with DES.Research in the sector has found that while construction-related spending is 13% of global GDP, productivity has been flat for decades – with an ageing workforce and additional post-Brexit losses affecting the UK.

Similarly, construction accounts for a large portion of global waste and carbon emissions, but is yet to see large improvements.

With Discrete Event Simulation previously a niche activity requiring a specific skill set and often costly software, the industry has not been able to see and leverage the benefits, which include predicting the full effects of a project – whether related to efficiency, cost or the environment – until site work is completed.. A recent shift in the construction landscape has been an increasing focus on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, or DfMA, which aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the construction centre, improving productivity, reducing waste and aiming for net-zero carbon emissions.Although it felt like the world economy stopped in certain ways, it really didn’t.

Construction and manufacturing continued throughout the pandemic, as did the production of steel and concrete.What this really highlights though, is that while our own personal behaviour does contribute to the climate crisis, it’s actually the much larger macroeconomy that’s driving very large amounts of the emissions..

Although the reality of this situation is actually invisible to most people, it’s imperative that we start doing more than we’re currently doing.Nuclear power could become a key part of our decarbonisation strategy, and we’re starting to see an interesting shift take place.