This needs to change, she says, or what we’re aiming to do will be nearly impossible.. “You can't have the same behaviour and think you're going to have some dramatically different result (that's going to be great) all of a sudden.’.
However, Lincoln emphasises that Edged’s approach differs, likening these facilities to repeated products that can be continually refined.'From day one at Edged, my role as Director of Design is really trying to develop our language - call it our ‘kit of parts’ - that is agnostic to site, that can address as much of the range of constraints a site can provide, and that allows us to have repeatable components we can manage, condition, and learn from as we deploy them in projects and see the site adaptation that occurs when we do that.'.
By viewing each data centre as part of a coherent system, Edged can design and build with greater efficiency.Rather than starting from scratch for every project, the team focuses on standardising essential components, creating a ‘platform’ that allows for repeated deployments - each time with lessons learnt fed back into the model.. Why Industrialised Construction makes sense.Traditional construction often requires multiple on-site trades performing one-off tasks, which can be time-consuming, costly, and prone to errors.
In contrast, Lincoln points out that data centres, with their highly engineered interiors, are prime candidates for a more industrialised, standardised approach.By developing a core ‘kit of parts’, Edged can:.
Streamline supply chains.
so that manufacturers fully understand each component’s specifications.. Reduce on-site labour.Our current decisions are based on cost, rather than value and outcomes.
Initial capital costs and whole-life costs will always be important, but all of the various value metrics and value drivers need to be considered alongside them..Therefore, another solution which might evolve in the process of transforming construction would be the creation of a digital marketplace.
Such a scenario would stipulate certain quality and ethical thresholds for supplier participation.It could be similar to an Amazon model, but with products, sub-assemblies and systems supporting and providing value-driven data.