We’ve found that most clients want a certain level of standardisation.
It’s a balancing act to make sure a building can be adaptable without over-designing the structure, architecture and MEP.But when we build smarter we can do this.
Repeatable building modules which can be switched in and out depending on requirements, such as glazing vs solid cladding modules, or heating vs heating and cooling fan coil unit modules, are simple features which may prevent a building from being torn down mid-way through its life expectancy.Through a small number of new parts, the building has a whole new lifespan, limiting its embodied carbon when compared with the alternative of a new build.. Building less volume reduces costs, embodied carbon and operational carbon.And with more thought to whole life performance, low carbon, sustainable buildings can keep delivering benefits even after their lifetimes.
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http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesWe’ve talked extensively about the benefits a Platforms approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) can bring to a construction project.
Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030. , published in September 2021, the IPA has announced that the Government will mandate a platforms approach within two years for social infrastructure..Kätelhön, Arne, et al,.
Kätelhön, Arne, et al,.Gabrielli, Paolo, et al,.
, p7043.. For further reading, see also:.Schlögl, Robert, et al,.