There is little value in ten high-quality design packages if they do not interface and deliver efficiency in construction and effectiveness in operation.

Prefabricating sections or ‘lower order Chips’ (the standardisation process means the lower order Chips are often designed in a way that means they can be prefabricated e.g.an MEP cassette).

Culminating in the development or adoption of a platform solution to the reference design..Learn more about.Industrialised ConstructionThe Benefits of Design to Value: To the Environment.

As society’s awareness of its impact on local ecosystems grows to a realisation of the global impacts of climate change and the continued and rapid destruction of habitats, diversity and the planet’s interdependent networks of life, Design to Value offers the opportunity to respond with purpose and adequacy.Although the green agenda has been around for a couple of decades, the response has been piecemeal, discreet; some would say derisory.

The focus on meeting standards or gaining accolades has at best stifled major impact and at worst has lulled the industry and society into the idea that we were making great strides and further action was not necessary..

The facts are becoming increasingly clear: putting grass on roofs or achieving a gold plaque changes almost nothing; we need ambitious and holistic solutions at every level..We presented a wide range of variables, for example: density of operations in laboratories by m2; activity in terms of people per m2; test time by laboratory and category of test; laboratory capacity by time taken per test, and by number of tests carried out per year; and so on..

This gave the client a clear way to see the most pressing requirements, and an initial indication of how to prioritise and plan the way ahead.. We carried out further analysis of the full scope of what is covered by ‘Quality Assurance’ – from the routine to the exceptional – and what impact this activity has on value in the client’s manufacturing process (cost, speed, quality and flexibility, for example)..Finally, we offered options for strategic direction for improvement, combined with comprehensive and highly detailed potential improvements (using the 5S method).

These ranged from maintaining the current system but fixing the most obvious issues, through to relocation and/or consolidation of laboratories, and optimisation and automation of Quality Assurance processes.. A digital methodology.At Bryden Wood, we say that we are powered by technology as a methodology, a way of thinking that unlocks new approaches to complexity.