Students sometimes wrongly think of crits as an occasion for your tutors to tell you everything you've done wrong, but should instead be seen as an opportunity to discuss the project and its aims objectively.. BW: What one piece of advice would you give to an architecture student prepping for their crit?.

We want to create a better future for our built environment, one that benefits both people and the planet.However, to do this we’ll need to transform not only our approach, embracing new, MMC methodologies such as Design for Value and Platform construction, but also the way we work together across the public and private sector.

Collaboration will be key to success, as we begin our journey reshaping construction into an industry fit for the future..The rise of the Construction Innovation Hub.My journey in government began in 2010.

I was involved in the nuclear sector when I was first approached to be an advisor in the UK Government Department of Energy and Climate Change.I quickly transitioned to a forerunner of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority where I spent nine years in central government before taking on my current role as Programme Director for the Construction Innovation Hub, with the aim of delivering the Construction Sector Deal.

I’ve worked through three different governments - Labour, Coalition and Conservative - but through them all there has been an increasing focus on the importance of infrastructure and transforming construction.. One thing I’ve noticed through this period is that we tend to think of ourselves in the engineering community as being innovators.

We think we're quite good at working out what needs doing, but actually, the real skill, and one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned during my time in government, is that working out what to do can be quite easy.Rapid Engineering Model.

(REM) for Highways England, or.Rail: Automated Infrastructure Design.

(RAID) for Network Rail.. ‘Delivery’.covers the new models and ways of working required to leverage the benefits of construction Platforms..