This would allow time for the Design Sprints to deliver the integrated design to the required definition at the end of the study..
Since 2018, Professor Glass has served as Director of Transforming Construction Network Plus.TCN+ is part of the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Transforming Construction Challenge, along with The Construction Innovation Hub, The Active Building Centre, and a raft of other UK based projects involving academic and industry stakeholders.
TCN+ is focused on shaping the future of construction by tackling problems that have plagued the industry for years: how to take advantage of digital opportunities, solve productivity issues, move to a manufacturing mindset, and cut carbon through energy efficient buildings.. Over the last few years, TCN+ has invested over £1 million pounds of funding into 14 innovative research projects.From digital twin initiatives to the evaluation of business models, the projects look to inform future practice and policy.When choosing who to fund, the TCN+ team sought projects targeting the construction industry’s pain points, as well as programs showing innovative potential.
Ideas addressing small business and regional initiatives were particularly welcomed, as the team were keen to support lesser known voices outside of the big firms.Some of the projects chosen were as follows:.
Transitioning to an automated construction supply chain: future business model innovation for SMEs.
: This compelling project, led by The University of Reading, explored the opportunities and constraints for SMEs in the adoption of robotics and automation.Since the last patent underlying the brick design expired in 1978 there are numerous legitimate systems such as Megaconstrux and Kre-O which are dimensionally identical to, and therefore compatible with, Lego bricks.. For the purposes of this article, however, I am even more interested in a company called Brick Link.
It was set up in 2000, initially called BrickBay, as a marketplace to allow fans of Lego to buy and sell vintage Lego sets and retired pieces.It has since grown into the world’s largest community of Lego fans, where people can also share ideas and designs.
It was acquired by the Lego Group in 2019..Brick Link is now an extensive marketplace hosting over 10,000 vendors in 70 countries.