<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/A9202C70-514A-4CC8-B55B-AE8B9D4B1E57" ns1:id="A9202C70-514A-4CC8-B55B-AE8B9D4B1E57"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/C096FA19-DFE2-4506-8E4F-2EE8DB74A848" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/24A6F9FD-CA6D-4E60-8EFE-CCBFB4FDEEC7" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/35F6E2C7-281C-48D2-BF12-A2AD51752E56" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/0F968059-8F39-4FCE-96FC-0899B75FFA3B" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/FAABF2EB-AEB2-4A67-A79E-39B8F8121932" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/24A6F9FD-CA6D-4E60-8EFE-CCBFB4FDEEC7" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2BF77729-6BB7-4D92-9ADE-8954A012515F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1098BB84-D8AA-43F4-B77D-C842123F849C" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/8E38A887-3CD8-49FD-87E5-A1844E81B9CF" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/E362D958-DA91-494E-A8CA-C91BA3CF6B97" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/FA32CDC6-345A-4629-947E-1A8C252682E9" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/44D9DC59-AE19-4242-8786-466DF81E42BC" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/D1E59398-062A-441D-A567-1006043C7EDA" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">106163</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Product Based Building Solutions - High Productivity Digital Integrated Assured DfMA for Lifecycle Performance</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>ISCF</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>&amp;quot;**Productivity is a critical factor for the UK economy** -- especially in the construction industry. . As stated in the Farmer Review of the Construction Industry, we need to &amp;quot;&amp;quot;modernise or die&amp;quot;&amp;quot;, and this is recognised by the Construction Sector Deal.

While offsite manufacturing techniques improve both quality and productivity, a step change is needed to realise the true potential of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA). That step change is product-based design solutions and manufacturing capacity that unlocks optimised construction and extends efficiency throughout the delivery cycle. We call this **Product Based Building Solution (PBBS) DfMA 70:60:30** -- with 70% of the building being premanufactured, providing 60% greater productivity and 30% faster construction than traditional approaches.

The potential improvements to productivity are enormous, with only a small team of skilled technicians needed to place and integrate the pre-manufactured and quality controlled building components.

The key to realising this potential lies in having good products and approaching the early design process with product-based solutions in mind, rather than trying to apply them as an after-thought.

As such, Laing O'Rourke, AMRC, Hoare Lea, Autodesk, Project Frog, BRE, ActivePlan, Dynamic Knowledge, Converge, University of Cambridge have aligned to demonstrate this product-based approach to design and construction -- an approach that could radically change the industry. By creating a product-based approach to buildings, we have the potential to transform site construction to a place of assembly of pre-engineered and certified building products. Together, we will:

* Evidence **lower carbon lifecycles, targeting a 30% operational reduction** -- based on integrating heating and cooling systems within the structure -- and a **50% saving in embodied carbon** through a reusable structural system with predicable performance through smart commissioning and better science.
* Demonstrate **productivity improvements in each delivery phase** -- design, manufacture and assembly -- through physically and digitally enabled process efficiency and waste elimination.
* Use a product-based architecture with defined and repeatable interfaces to provide quality and certainty in delivery. This will include **facades, frame, internal walls and finishes, pods, and building services and controls**.

This will enable:

* **Digital demonstration** of configuration to products sets to a range of sector applications using real-world building examples
* **Physical demonstration** of integrated product-based building solutions at full scale for a representative building at Explore Industrial Park
* **Evidence of productivity and performance** assurance metrics and benchmarking to support further scaling up and adoption&amp;quot;</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>