What we are doing at this stage is offering a range of best possible options, to allow the client to decide for themselves the approach they want to follow.
A thought-leader and leading author within the MMC/Platform construction space, Johnston talks about the development of the.UK Government’s Construction Playbook.
, whose core policy – harmonise, digitise and rationalise demand – creates a new opportunity to apply a consistent set of technical standards to assets being built across the public sector..This level of standardisation has the capability to create fewer documents and standards, giving the market a much better opportunity to respond, he says.Johnston feels that the adoption of a more standardised, foundational approach will act as a springboard, setting up the opportunity to work with more sophisticated industrialised construction techniques like prefab and DfMA.. Amy Marks is fine with the idea of standardisation but thinks things also depend on how performance-based, or prescriptive those standards are.
She cautions that we don’t want a level of standardisation where there isn’t space for innovation, or which “precludes fabrication.”.These things really depend on who makes the standards, she says, what they are thinking of enabling in the future, and what their understanding of the future looks like.
Not all policymakers are thinking about industrialised construction, prefabrication, or DfMA.
They may be looking at things in terms of one particular market application, but not in terms of others.Working closely with Grahams, MSL and Saunders Boston, Bryden Wood used AnTherm software along with finite difference numerical modelling, building thermal modelling and probabilistic weather data, to assess condensation risk.
As a result, design changes could be made to reduce condensation.. As these two excellent new facilities open their doors, the communities that they serve can feel the benefits of a well-managed indoor climate, and the client can be confident that they have assets that manage energy efficiently.Engineering matters.Engineering is an important part of Bryden Wood, and the wider UK Economy.
An Engineering UK survey found that no less than 27% of enterprises in the UK are engineering-related, with the sector growing in size by 5.6%, from 2015 to 2016.The industry already generates 23% of the UK’s total turnover and employs 5.6 million people, but more are needed.
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