Whether you're an industry newcomer or a seasoned professional, there's something for everyone.From Orac in Blake’s 7 and K9 in Doctor Who to HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The Chip as future enabler.We are often asked what ‘Chip’ stands for.

It doesn't stand for anything.It's based on the idea of a microchip within a computer.The microchip is the bit that does the hard work.

It's the intelligent bit and the bit that adds value.. Chips are enabling tools that do a lot of work and add a lot of value.Within our wider Design to Value approach and methodology, they provide a common language for all the people involved in a project, they enable collaboration and the rapid development and testing of multiple ideas.

We've seen the benefits they deliver..

Using the same concept to enable advanced and automated design will only multiply those benefits.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.This in turn means we’re able to automate the design process (to a certain level), or certainly automate the production of the BIM model.. Standardising components and digitising workflows enables architects and designers to spend more time generating ideas and better designs, more time performing simulation and testing.

Once the optimal design for a site is decided upon, the digital model, already aware of the required mechanical electrical components, wall types, doors, structural components and so on, is able to generate a LOD 400 bill of materials quality BIM model very quickly.. It’s worth stressing that using modern methods of construction in this way doesn’t mean taking jobs away from people.There’s so much to be designed!

MMC will simply enable us to keep up with the needs of society.The more buildings that can be described by technical standards, state-based standards and rule sets ripe for some form of algorithmic design, the more we will be able to design more efficiently, more quickly and to a higher quality.