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What does DfMA stand for?).This framework proposes Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV) as a metric for assessing the scale of MMC adoption on a project.

PMV is calculated as the percentage of cost that is derived before any site works and strongly encourages maximising the proportion of off-site works.. As a result, many parts of the construction industry are focusing more and more on off-site prefabrication in pursuit of benefits including lower cost, reduced delivery timescales, higher quality, improved health and safety, less waste and more productive site labour..But is off-site always the best way to achieve these benefits?Construction sites have been around since the dawn of civilisation.

Do we really want to walk away from all that learning, and start moving as much of the construction process as possible into distant sheds?.Is on-site construction really all that bad?.

Construction sites could be defined as locations where finished assets are built.

They can be messy, congested, dirty and chaotic places.Some companies are exploring an industrial synergy with food production using low grade heat and heat pumps, but this is in early development..

The feeling in the room was that, due to the regulations, Europe is pricing itself out of the general market – although due to data sovereignty a market will be retained.. Generally, green energy is more expensive, which also distorts the market.But programmes like the Bernwick bank 4-GigaWatt wind farm may ease the UK situation in the longer term..

Although self-generated power looks like a silver bullet, bought utilities are significantly cheaper than those self-generated.These pressing needs are making self-generation and nuclear a more likely option.. Fusion as well as fission is being discussed, but what is a realistic timescale?.