‘Taking construction to the next level’ with technology

David Clark, head of Manufacturing and Innovation at offsite specialist, the McAvoy Group, looks at the latest techniques for digitising construction, and at ‘how the new technology is taking offsite construction to the next level’.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been the subject of much debate in recent years, but the aim of driving greater collaboration between stakeholders and the principal contractor – and across the disciplines of architecture, engineering, manufacturing, and construction – has to be the right approach. Digital transformation is happening all around us, and the developing technologies – such as global connectivity, and new advances, such as drones, artificial intelligence, satellite images, robotics, and electric cars, are set to accelerate, and will continue to change the way we live. 

The construction industry, however, has been slow to adopt and benefit from the digital transformation. McAvoy’s view is that there is tremendous synergy between offsite construction and the latest digital techniques, which gives us the opportunity to radically improve the way that we design and produce buildings for our healthcare clients.