In addition, industry players themselves have seen the benefit of coming together, not just in terms of a recovery from the immediate downturn, but also through an understanding of how transforming construction into a more productive and sustainable sector in the future can be supported and accelerated.
We link in with the people who understand the development processes, and look at the physicality of the supply chains.We look at what is likely to happen, the capacity different countries have to make different vaccines, and how such factors would affect the global supply.
Understanding the picture in this way allows us to make decisions at an early stage about what we might do, should certain circumstances arise.In this instance, we could decide in advance how we might react to a vaccine becoming available, and get it out to people quickly.. As the Factory in a Box project demonstrated, there are elements which are standardised across projects.For example, they all need hygienic spaces, so we can make sure the hygienic components will be available regardless of the situation with projects.
Components could be ready to deliver very quickly.As soon as you start to model and gain understanding, opportunities and outcomes become apparent, even in times of great uncertainty.
This reality enables us to add value to the process..
The benefits of adopting a process engineering approach.It is not uncommon for permitted development on data centre sites to be limited to around 20 metres .
A typical hyperscale data centre design, with the racks, then space for cabling and power, then a ceiling void and structure, will have a storey-to-storey height of often of seven or eight metres, and sometimes more.In other words, you can have two floors for data halls in a 20 metre planning envelope.. A fundamental reassessment of the integration of cooling systems and structure, and optimised M&E services zones through close coupling of electrical and mechanical systems will yield geometric reductions that can reduce floor to floor height.
Constructing less costs less, but this approach has the potential to yield much more.For example, a reduction in floor to floor height to 6.5m would enable a three-storey data centre on that same site – an instant gain of 50% in site yield and significant reduction in cost per kW.. A similar approach to close integration of design and the arrangement of primary plant and ancillary systems will optimise the data centre facility plan footprint.