This is an issue we’re particularly focused on at Bryden Wood, in our work with Platform construction.
So, the operatives need only match the colour with the type of interface.Platforms also simplify installation down into a series of simple, repeatable, highly productive, activities, which make the sequence of work entirely predictable, the quality assured and the speed of assembly vastly increased.. Key insight.
Consider the lifecycle of builds beyond completion: handing over all the information required to preserve the integrity of the build.Industry challenge.Information handover at completion has traditionally been protracted, incomplete, and ‘file based’.
Information gathered through the project lifecycle is often focussed on that needed for construction, not necessarily that needed for operation..Platforms solution.
The digital record of data that sits behind the platform approach continues to add value throughout the operation of the asset and will facilitate increasingly data-driven use cases in the future including feedback loops and digital twins.. Data that feeds through to operation hand over and back into future design.
The bedrock of data that threads all the way through the platforms process, can feed into the circular economy; building a core set of information that can be re-utilised, creating feedback loops that can then inform the design of future assets.Once a building is up to temperature it may well overheat as the ‘coolth’ normally recovered from an office is being thrown away.
In summer, this means chillers will be operating at maximum capacity (often less efficient), and they may not be able to deliver the total cooling required.. To make the problem worse still, it’s recommended that recirculating cooling systems (fan coil units or passive chilled beams) are switched off in rooms that have limited fresh air, to limit the movement of airborne particles.This would mean no comfort cooling in spaces such as offices in peak summer.
And although this will give great energy savings, the wellbeing of occupants will suffer as rooms overheat.. How can we keep offices at a comfortable temperature?.Keeping heat gains down in summer will help reduce the cooling load of the building, and give the cooling systems a fighting chance of keeping us at a comfortable temperature.
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