Build Clever: specify low carbon materials with a focus on the recycled content of steel and concrete and the use of timber; maximise the recycled content of finishes, use reclaimed floors and explore system’s rental; where possible use low GWP refrigerants and avoid VRF systems..
Once this level of understanding is in place, informed decisions can be made about the most effective ways to go about making things happen.. Johnston says this includes decisions about the level of granularity of component standardisation which is required, as well as whether work is best done on-site or off-site.It’s really about individual value drivers and these vary from client to client depending on their needs.. “Construction too easily gets into the solutions mode,” he says, “and starts thinking of the solution before answering the question.”.
Amy Marks says she worked with a technology client earlier in her career, who wasn’t at all interested in having his project finish sooner.However, certainty surrounding the duration of the schedule was very important to him..This is a value-driver that is well known to Johnston, as a result of Bryden Wood’s work within the.
pharmaceutical industry.With pharmaceutical plant design and build, the business aim is to start manufacturing as soon as drug approvals are received, which maximises both health benefits for patients in need, and monetary benefits for the company.
Completing the build early is undesirable, as it results in the asset sitting empty.. It’s all about working out what’s most important, Marks says.
Clients can’t have everything, but they also don’t need everything.. “They just want something of value,” she says, “that you understand, and that they understand is of value.”.So they have a positive approach to it and even the staff, really.’.
‘I think it’s a lovely environment to work in,’ comments Highton, before adding that he admires the way Circle learns from every establishment it builds.‘I think the building lends itself really well to care and nursing,’ he says.
‘It makes giving good care easier.I very much enjoy working at Circle.’Architectural Assistant Mirabell Schmidt completed her Masters of Architecture degree at the University of Westminster in 2018.
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