, or wherever you get your podcasts.Whether you missed the live event or wish to revisit the thought-provoking discussions, this recording offers a front-row experience to John's expertise and vision.

He was an original member of the UK Government BIM Task Group and was the co-author of the 'Design for Manufacture + Assembly' overlay to the RIBA Plan of Works.. Jaimie's books on P-DfMA include ‘.Delivery Platforms for Government Assets: Creating a Marketplace for Manufactured Spaces.

This work was adopted as a key articulation of the UK Government’s aspiration to adopt a more industrialised approach to construction and was referenced in their ‘.Construction Playbook.’ and the Construction Innovation Hub’s ‘.

Product Platform Playbook.’, which describes it as ‘seminal’.

The P-DfMA approach is also central to the Infrastructure and Project Authority’s ‘.

Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030.What struck me most, though, was the very human and humane way people came together - caring about those wishing to catch their flight to New York, caring about one of the passengers who started to feel ill, finding space where there seemed to be none; and the humour, sharing stories, and keeping each other’s spirits up.. My sense is that we can always see the future as dark and full of threat.

It can feel like walking into a cave, where, given the darkness, our imagination takes over to ready us for all the potential threats.We listen for the fall of rocks, we see flashes of images that may or may not be there, we feel the air around us, and we search for odours which could point to pending doom.

Indigenous Americans used to describe each of these fears as friends who helped us to stay safe.The fear of falling is a friend who reminds you to stay away from the edge and to keep hold of something.