When choosing who to fund, the TCN+ team sought projects targeting the construction industry’s pain points, as well as programs showing innovative potential.
Host a widely distributed network of suppliers, from major materials suppliers to specialist SMEs.Ensure vendors are rigorously pre-qualified to ensure consistency and quality of components.
Ensure transparency and provenance of raw materials and documentation of the complete manufacturing process etc.. Objectively allow buyers to compare products against a range of value criteria; not just costBe a neutral broker, charging buyers and sellers a small fee to use the service on the market does not itself influence the price.Allow for standard products as well as compatible enhancements.Facilitate use of a range of configurators via API’s or plug-ins.
Provide instant pricing for the most standard items, with other orders priced in hours.Ensure data security while also capturing appropriate data to fuel the application (in time) of machine learning and AI to help with pricing and pipeline prediction.. Obviously, this is a complex challenge.
It raises a whole range of issues that would need resolving regarding insurances, warranties, IP, etc.
And there is the big question of who would own the marketplace?He notes that traditional architectural education needs to adapt to tech-savvy students who often know more about certain tools than their professors.
However, he emphasises that the core value of architectural education lies in teaching critical thinking and problem-solving skills rather than specific technical knowledge.. 5.Communication and language in architecture.
Randy highlights the importance of effective communication and storytelling in architecture, drawing from his background in playwriting.He discusses how terminology (like AI, MMC, DfMA) can be both important for precision but also potentially confusing, emphasising the need to understand context and underlying meanings rather than getting caught up in exact definitions..