one and works its way through eight stations, each with its own task and a target takt time of four days. “A module starts in station one and spends four days getting its structural steel,” James says. “Gantry cranes pick it up and move it into station two, where the frames go in. Station three is wiring and services, and so forth. It progresses down the line until, ultimately, in station eight, you’re left with a complete module that gets commissioned, wrapped, loaded on the truck, and sent out to site.” But the innovation at AMC1 goes beyond simply moving construction indoors. JMB has designed the facility around Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles, with each module developed not only for the finished building, but also for how it will be manufactured, lifted, transported, installed and connected on site. That approach has driven the development of a highly integrated production system combining digital design information, repeatable manufacturing processes, controlled lifting methodology, quality hold points and continuous improvement across each workstation. “We’re not just taking conventional construction and putting it inside a factory,” James says. “The building has to be designed around the manufacturing process from the very beginning. You have to think about how every component is fabricated, how the module moves through the factory, where it is lifted, how it travels, how it connects on site and how you remove THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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