Construction platforms

tinyurl.com/ISCFplatform

Platforms are sets of components that interact

in very well defined ways to allow a range of

products and services to be produced.

This is how manufacturing processes drive up

productivity.

A new construction eco-system

• Digital design using BIM • Draws on digital versions of

platform components • Supply chains build up around

components and systems

People

The value in infrastructure is in it’s use

Citizen-centric services

Services – exploiting existing assets

• World’s largest taxi company owns no taxis (Uber)

• Largest accommodation provider owns no real estate (Airbnb)

• World’s most valuable retailer has no inventory (Alibaba)

• World’s largest movie house owns no cinemas (Netflix)

• Largest software vendors don’t write the apps (Apple & Google)

@pittso #TransformingConstruction