Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) can transform the way we build in the near future. Now, a lot of construction work is done on site - noisy, dusty, level-by-level. With DfMA, building components such as precast walls are built using precision robotics and automation in a factory, like a manufacturing process. See this video which shows precast walls being manufactured in an Integrated Construction and Prefabrication Hub (ICPH), packed and shipped off, just in time, to be assembled on

Design for Assembly (DFA) is a design principle and methodology in product design and assembly module definition that optimizes the ease and efficiency of assembling a product, to reduce production costs and enhance product quality and reliability. This approach considers how to assemble a product from its individual components right from the initial design stage. This article will offer some guidelines as to how to approach this as an integral part of the product definition that influences and