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OUR MISSION & VISION
from INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEM (IPD) utilizing DESIGN for MANUFACTURING & ASSEMBLY (DfMA) -2
MMA are the architects behind inbox health clinics nationwide and our scope of services has evolved to an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) system. We are not only the designers; we are the manufacturers, assemblers, builders, and sourcing team for every component and system of the project. The prefabrication, modularization and standardization of construction processes and assets within factory-controlled environments, supported by DfMA techniques, offers a viable solution to traditional build challenges. By presenting transformative improvements across the asset lifecycle in time, cost, quality, health, and safety, off-site construction offers predictability, accuracy, and consistency.
The traditional Design-Negotiated Bid-Build archetype often results in construction deliverables that lack build consistency, as means and methods are managed by various contractors resulting in finish and quality inconsistencies from box to box. At a time when our industry is facing a skills shortage, taking the build off site into a factory-controlled environment reduces the levels of resource required and is not dependent on traditional construction skills. Developing solutions that are ‘assembled’ rather than ‘constructed’ offers the prospect of using fewer people in a more controlled and safer environment. MMA identified this problem early on and devised an improved construction methodology focusing on DfMA.