Fast Lab aims to reduce the initial lab design time from months down to weeks.
MEP has a short lifespan compared with other elements and as such it is even more important to consider the whole life impact of services, alongside the operational carbon impact..At two thirds of the whole life carbon, embodied carbon is critically important within an office building.
Decisions made during early design stages should prioritise embodied carbon alongside design, function, and aesthetics..The brainstorming sessions on how to move from the BaU scheme to a platform-led scheme (back in 2019) included embodied carbon as one of the technical indicators, giving as much weight to carbon as other metrics such as productivity, safety, and cost..The data collected on this project is valuable, not because it shows how well the buildings perform against benchmarks, but because the data can influence future projects right now.
If every project was able to reduce embodied carbon by nearly 40% it would revolutionise the industry..The Forge stands as a beacon of what is possible when we rethink design and construction.
Its success is a collaborative triumph, and a reflection of our shared vision for a more efficient, sustainable built environment..
Learn more about The Forge.Zig talks with Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, about using data to create better healthcare facilities.The demo version is a series of dashboards showing how sets of interoperable data will enable the planning process at its various stages; which elements can be automated and which will require human intervention; and where we can connect with existing solutions.. Standardising and digitising the rules and datasets will enable us to move from demo to reality.. As said earlier, this is not a question of starting from scratch (or reinventing the wheel): the data already generated through the use of BIM and 3D modelling will form the basis of this process.
Established formats such as BCF already allow for rich data sharing (although they are not always used to achieve this).The task that lies ahead – and the project that will fundamentally reshape the landscape – is to define shared underlying rules that will allow the existing parts to connect, and facilitate the creation of new applications to plug the gaps and create onward connections.. Impact on key planning roles.
A digitised planning process will not replace humans with computers.Creating standardised data or the means of standardising existing data across the planning process will enable us to automate those elements which are machine-readable (eg to assess whether standard information supplied by the architect/designer is complete and compliant), and then transparent decision-making by planners.