This data helps designers plan for the fullest range of complex requirements at the earliest stages, from safety to stakeholder requirements, from operations to maintenance, from re-use and net zero to wider sustainability goals..
Once you’ve identified the problem you’re trying to solve and the value you’d like to achieve, it’s time to start evaluating processes.The first step is to start modelling your project and working out how you’ll use particular processes to achieve your desired value outcomes, as well as to find the optimum balance between them.. 1.
For more about developments in approaches to Value in construction and the built environment, see the Construction Innovation Hub’s work in this area.https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/value/.Using process engineering to deliver broader outcomes.
This is particularly pertinent in the construction industry right now.For a long time, we’ve been chasing capital cost, regardless of carbon emissions or societal outcomes.
We haven’t previously placed value on things like sustainable design and this has led us into some of the issues we’re now facing, like climate change.
As a result, we need to look at broadening out the outcomes we expect to get from construction projects, both now and in the future.Existing offices, like all buildings, will almost always harbour some latent issues that will add complication during design or construction.
This can range from old plant in need of an upgrade, to asbestos or structural defects.Office to lab conversions can make good economic sense, however risks and realistic cost and programme contingencies should be captured from day one to avoid future disappointment.
Early strip-out, surveys, and review of existing information including the Health and Safety File are all good practice.. 11.Sustainability..
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