http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesHow Can Value be Reinstated in the Built Environment?.
By mapping and right-sizing the spatial, environmental, and material transfer needs of each step, the building can be designed to precisely match its functional requirements.This reduces capital costs, operational costs, and energy use..
Considerations for Right-Sizing:.• Technical and Plant Areas: Avoid over-allocating space.External plant (e.g., containerised for weather protection) can often replace internal areas, saving costs.. • Structural Efficiency: Large spans add significant structural costs.
Aligning internal spaces with process equipment minimises unnecessary spans..While right-sizing may increase envelope complexity, these costs are typically outweighed by the long-term benefits.. Bridging the Gap Between Design and Manufacturing.
Rationalising and optimising the design against process requirements allows for greater use of prefabricated components.. Standardising repeatable design elements.
can increase prefabrication, including:.Obviously, since I went to university and into the workplace, there aren’t a lot of females in the industry, but it's not something I generally think about.
Especially in this environment, where there are a lot of females.There are a lot of female architects.
We all work together on a project… it’s more of an even split in this office and we’re all working together and bringing the same sort of things to the table..I think the kinds of projects we get involved with [at Bryden Wood] are really interesting - the areas that we look into, the DfMA aspect of things.