convincing mechanisms to ensure that what was designed is what is built..
Consequently, we will be looking for added value from our manufacturers, and this will change how we think about the procurement process going forwards..In fact, we think it’s likely the procurement process will suddenly become more akin to a model like Amazon.
That is to say, payments will be instant and delivery onto site will happen automatically.Additionally, these deliveries will be pre-coordinated with site activities and made by autonomous vehicles.This will make sure that components arrive exactly when needed and that deliveries place the least amount of stress on local infrastructure.. A for assembly in DfMA: automation in construction and fewer operatives on site.
At Bryden Wood, we’ve started an initiative called the Framework for Robotics and Automated Construction (F.R.A.C.).The purpose is to examine how we begin to design for automation, as well as to determine what level of automation is appropriate on-site.
We’ve also been exploring automation in construction at component level.
This is done via our work with Landsec and Easi Space at our Construction Platforms Research Centre in Ropley.The components that make up the built solution can be mass produced by existing manufacturing supply chains.
Significant parts of the assembly process can be done by non-nuclear construction supply chain, much more quickly, and decoupled from the nuclear parts of the building.This all means that a wide range of coal plant fleet owners will now have access to a cost-effective, non-risky, speedy solution for replacing coal.
A wide range of reactor manufacturers will have access to a significantly increased and different range of clients.Interesting large scale de-risked investment opportunities will become available, in companies that develop and deliver the constituent parts of the overall solution.