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Join us for this 3-hour workshop to understand what you need to do differently as an architect on offsite projects as opposed to traditional construction. This interactive session will be delivered virtually online.

What is this workshop about?

Architects are best placed to influence clients and others in a project team in the adoption and delivery of Design for Manufacture and Assembly and as a result driving best practice in Offsite construction.

This workshop builds on the fundamentals of Offsite construction to improve your confidence in adopting DfMA, referencing the most up to date industry knowledge and some of the case studies from the latest edition of the DfMA Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work.

What will I achieve?

By the end of this 3-hour session, you will have a greater understanding of…

• Getting the brief right at the front end: understanding the RIBA Plan of Work
• Learning to articulate client requirements in a way that does not preclude offsite
• Optioneering – available systems and when to use which system
• The implications of offsite vs. traditional construction
• Collaboration, standardisation and reusable design (platform design and reusable design)
• Design demarcation and responsibility of parties
• Design freeze: early certainty and early engagement
• Implications for: onsite assembly (including lifting); logistics; climate change and impact on sustainability issues; performance gap.

What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?

This intermediate workshop is aimed at architects and designers. It builds on the fundamentals of offsite, so if you are new to the subject we recommend completing the Offsite Fundamentals - Systems e-learning module available free through the School first.

What are the attendance requirements?

These sessions have limited spaces, so before booking please ensure you can attend, and can meet the full attendance requirements.

Please arrive promptly and stay for the duration of the event. This means arriving no later than 15 minutes to the workshop and attending the full 3 hours. No recordings will be available of the live session.

To receive your CPD accreditation and for this to be tracked through your Supply Chain Sustainability School dashboard make sure your full name is reflected on your Zoom account when you join the session.

Please note, if you fail to meet the attendance requirements, unfortunately you will not be issued a CPD Certificate.

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