However, because we are not seeking to apply a single solution to the entire process, we will not be seeking to change the entire process at the same time.
Delivery Platforms.’.. All of this informed continued strategic thinking within central government.
In November 2018, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) launched its call for evidence, ‘Proposal for a New Approach to Building,’ calling for the adoption of Platforms.At the same time, the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) was announced, partly to accelerate the design and development of Platforms.. Also in 2018, The UKRI backing of Demonstrator projects, such as SEISMIC, opened the door to even greater collaboration between Bryden Wood and others, resulting not only in a digital configurator for designing schools, but also a collaboration between two of the industry’s leading modular competitors, Elliot and McAvoy, resulting in a standard modular connector..In 2019, with Landsec and Easi-Space, we were successful in bidding for funding from UKRI to support a collaborative project to research and test automation in construction.
This is our work on Platforms for offices and commercial developments..This work is now a key focus for the CIH, and it is the heart of the demonstrator project that has won this latest funding from UKRI.
The close collaboration between Landsec, Easi-Space, the Bryden Wood design team and a new supply chain, is now applying the P-DfMA design and prototype learnings to a live Landsec project in Sumner Street, central London..
This development will be two office buildings around an internal courtyard, rising to nine storeys and covering a total of 135,000 sq ft.Embodied carbon for a recent DC project.. MEP systems, especially cooling and power distribution, account for a considerable proportion of a data centre’s embodied carbon.
By leveraging CFD, we can effectively minimise this impact by optimising cooling efficiency.Structures contribute to approximately 10% of the overall embodied carbon on a DC project, making it important to explore options that enhance design sustainability through material reduction..
Examples of typical options we analyse to optimise the design:.Different equipment selections –.
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