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Product platform rulebook

2024-07-22T13:34:02Z

JWHillier:

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook (Edition 1.2 March 2023]), is an open-access guide to support industry – clients, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and product suppliers – in building capability and capacity to develop and deploy product platforms to meet demand.

Published by the Construction Innovation Hub (and authored by [https://akerlof.co.uk/ Akerlof], Atkins and Mott Macdonald), the rulebook aims to:

* Educate: to provide an introduction to the principles of product platforms
* Empower: to provide a framework that guides, supports and empowers those seeking to develop and/or deploy product platforms
* Enable: to establish rules, principles and a framework that support consistent development and deployment of product platforms, stimulating the potential for cross-platform harmonisation and cultivating market capacity to respond to an aggregated pipeline.

The rulebook provides an outline of the principles of product platforms, what they are and the benefits they can bring in the construction sector, a set of rules and principles that should be followed in order to develop a valid product platform, guidance for those wanting to develop a product platform, recommendations for government and industry and best pratice examples of how product platforms have been applied in practice.

The release of the Product Platform Rulebook was also supported by additional materials, not least [https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/media/rzwdinep/the-value-of-platforms-final-upload-april-2023.pdf The Value of Platforms] (a value assessment of platforms) and [https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Platforms-in-the-Wild-Akerlof.pdf Platfoms in the Wild] (details of how platforms are applied by Tier 1 contractors).

See also: Platform approach to construction.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Industrialised construction
* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Deployment Manual.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Roadmap.
* Product Platform Specification.

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Product platform rulebook

2024-07-22T13:33:52Z

JWHillier:

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook (Edition 1.2 March 2023]), is an open-access guide to support industry – clients, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and product suppliers – in building capability and capacity to develop and deploy product platforms to meet demand.

Published by the Construction Innovation Hub (and authored by [https://akerlof.co.uk/ Akerlof], Atkins and Mott Macdonald), the rulebook aims to:

* Educate: to provide an introduction to the principles of product platforms
* Empower: to provide a framework that guides, supports and empowers those seeking to develop and/or deploy product platforms
* Enable: to establish rules, principles and a framework that support consistent development and deployment of product platforms, stimulating the potential for cross-platform harmonisation and cultivating market capacity to respond to an aggregated pipeline.

The rulebook provides an outline of the principles of product platforms, what they are and the benefits they can bring in the constructionsector, a set of rules and principles that should be followed in order to develop a valid product platform, guidance for those wanting to develop a product platform, recommendations for government and industry and best pratice examples of how product platforms have been applied in practice.

The release of the Product Platform Rulebook was also supported by additional materials, not least [https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/media/rzwdinep/the-value-of-platforms-final-upload-april-2023.pdf The Value of Platforms] (a value assessment of platforms) and [https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Platforms-in-the-Wild-Akerlof.pdf Platfoms in the Wild] (details of how platforms are applied by Tier 1 contractors).

See also: Platform approach to construction.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Industrialised construction
* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Deployment Manual.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Roadmap.
* Product Platform Specification.

[[Category:Publications_/_reports]] [[Category:Theory]]

Product platform rulebook

2024-07-22T13:33:25Z

JWHillier: Created page with "[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook (Edition 1.2 March 2023]), is an open-access guide t..."

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook (Edition 1.2 March 2023]), is an open-access guide to support industry – clients, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and product suppliers – in building capability and capacity to develop and deploy product platforms to meet demand.

Published by the Construction Innovation Hub (and authored by [https://akerlof.co.uk/ Akerlof], Atkins and Mott Macdonald), the rulebook aims to:

* Educate: to provide an introduction to the principles of product platforms
* Empower: to provide a framework that guides, supports and empowers those seeking to develop and/or deploy product platforms
* Enable: to establish rules, principles and a framework that support consistent development and deployment of product platforms, stimulating the potential for cross-platform harmonisation and cultivating market capacity to respond to an aggregated pipeline.

The rulebook provides an outline of the principles of product platforms, what they ar and the benefits they can bring in the constructionsector, a set of rules and principles that should be followed in order to develop a valid product platform, guidance for those wanting to develop a product platform, recommendations for government and industry and best pratice examples of how product platforms have been applied in practice.

The release of the Product Platform Rulebook was also supported by additional materials, not least [https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/media/rzwdinep/the-value-of-platforms-final-upload-april-2023.pdf The Value of Platforms] (a value assessment of platforms) and [https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Platforms-in-the-Wild-Akerlof.pdf Platfoms in the Wild] (details of how platforms are applied by Tier 1 contractors).

See also: Platform approach to construction.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Industrialised construction
* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Deployment Manual.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Roadmap.
* Product Platform Specification.

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Industrialised construction

2024-07-22T13:25:32Z

JWHillier: Created page with "Industrialised Construction is defined by the [https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/workstream/next-generation-delivery/industrialised-construction/#:~:text=Industrial..."

Industrialised Construction is defined by the [https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/workstream/next-generation-delivery/industrialised-construction/#:~:text=Industrialised%20Construction%20approaches%20are%20centred,projects%20using%20standard%20repeatable%20processes. Construction Leadership Council] as 'an approach that aims to improve productivity, predictability, and performance by reducing unnecessary variation in what we deliver, and how we deliver it'.

Industrialised construction represents a shift from the current way of project based working towards a model that is characterised by common / standardised processes, mechanised production, and advanced technology. Whilst, much of the industry views [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Modern_methods_of_construction MMC] as synonymous with offsite, prefabricated solutions, particularly volumetric modular, the term industrialised construction seeks to realise more fundamental and far-reaching transformation.

The [https://akerlof.co.uk/industrialised%20construction/ benefits of industrialised construction] include:

* Enhanced productivity and cost-efficiency through standardised processes and economies of repetition
* Greater predictability and certainty in project outcomes, reducing risks and variability
* Seamless data exchange and integration of digital tools and techniques throughout the development lifecycle
* Improved quality and safety due to controlled manufacturing environments and consistent procedures, resulting in higher-quality buildings with fewer defects
* Increased sustainability with reduced waste, better resource management, and promotion of circular economy principles
* Adaptability to meet specific project needs while maintaining efficiency
* Transformed supply chains featuring long-term relationships and collaborative innovation
* Broader and more diverse workforce opportunities with stable employment, skills development, and training programs for new technologies and processes
* Continuous improvement across multiple programmes and projects, fostering sector-wide learning
* Improved industry resilience through reduced uncertainty and volatility, encouraging investment in innovation

In leveraging the use of common, repeatable data, systems / components, processes and relationships, product platforms are a way of embedding the principles of industrialised construction across what and how we build.

See also: Platform approach to construction.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.

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Product Platform Deployment Manual

2024-07-22T13:16:25Z

JWHillier:

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook, Edition 1.2 March 2023], published by the Construction Innovation Hub, defines a Product Platform Deployment Manual as: ‘The manual for deploying a specific product platform in a project setting, including configuration, ordering, supply chain management, assembly and how complementary components interface to form all or part of a finished building.’

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Roadmap.
* Product Platform Specification.
* Product platform.

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Product Platform Roadmap

2024-07-22T13:15:45Z

JWHillier:

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook, Edition 1.2 March 2023] published by the Construction Innovation Hub, defines the Product Platform Roadmap as: ‘A detailed breakdown of activities to inform planning and investment decisions, that sets out the order in which the product platform provider needs to develop product families and constituent parts.’

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Deployment Manual.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Specification.
* Product platform.

[[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:Definitions]] [[Category:Construction_management]] [[Category:Construction_techniques]]

Product platform

2024-07-22T13:13:53Z

JWHillier:

[https://akerlof.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIH-product-platform-rulebook-edition-1.2.pdf The Product Platform Rulebook, Edition 1.2 March 2023], published by the Construction Innovation Hub (and authored by Akerlof, Atkins and Mott Macdonald), defines a product platform (PP) as: ‘A kit of parts, associated production processes, and the knowledge, people and relationships required to deliver all or part of construction projects using a platform approach' It continues to outline that 'a product platform provides a stable core which is configured and combined with complementary components (via defined interfaces) to suit a particular project. A product platform also includes the processes tools and equipment required for assembly’.

Product platforms are therefore not buildings but 'common components, processes or knowledge, applied to deliver a range of distinct assets (that may range from specific parts to whole buildings) efficiently through economies of scale and scope'.

The combination of common, repeatable assets with complementary elements, brought together with standard interfaces, enables a product platform to be extended to produce product families (a group of related products that share common features) that serve a variety of market segments.

In leveraging the use of common, repeatable data, systems / components, processes and relationships, product platforms are a way of embedding the principles of industrialisation (and industrialised construction) across what and how we build – the projects, the buildings and parts that form them.

See also: Platform approach to construction.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

* Industrialised construction
* Kit of parts.
* Platform approach to construction.
* Platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly.
* Platform construction.
* Platform.
* Product Platform Deployment Manual.
* Product Platform Development Framework.
* Product Platform Roadmap.
* Product Platform Specification.

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