The materials specified for the internal wall include recycled materials, reducing their embodied carbon..
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesComplex HVAC requirements at Illumina.Illumina is a high-tech company, based in the USA but with a very large UK presence.
We first met Illumina because they were building their new UK HQ – a very large laboratory building – on Quanta Park, where we were already active.We were called in to assist with the mechanical and electrical engineering aspect of the project where additional technical input was required, to sit with the client and tie the various elements together, assess why it was going wrong, and help secure its completion and commissioning.. Illumina specialise in DNA sequencing.DNA analysis is a complex and data-intensive business.
Every sequence generates six terabytes of data, and Illumina’s HQ houses about 80 sequencers, running around the clock, generating significant amounts of heat.So, a key issue is to ensure there are aqequate cooling systems.
But we were tasked to review all equipment specifications, for the chillers, air handling units, pumps, or anything else, essentially to protect the client and make sure they got they were paying for.
And once installation was completed, we helped with witnessing commissioning, and then monitoring the functioning of the new building through its defects liability period..There isn’t anywhere for people to go to learn these things, so we can’t expect them to finish their education and be ready to enter the space.
That’s why our team at Autodesk is creating a knowledge centre - to pass on what they know through the software, through the technology..Leading the change.
According to Amy Marks, we need strong leadership figures in the industry who are going to take risks and be thought leaders.. “Every CEO that comes to me, I'm like, get ready, this is gonna take a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of effort, you're not going to get there on one project.”.She cautions against trying small, single aspects of industrialised construction on one project at a time, as the projects take years to complete and so the learnings are too few and take much too long to achieve.