Especially in this environment, where there are a lot of females.
Designing with/for components promotes offsite assembly of repeated modules.Any leftovers from building the components can be used on subsequent projects, recycled onsite or restocked, minimising wastage.. How can we minimise risk in the building sector?.
Minimising risk in the construction industry is important in encouraging developers and designers to take account of circular economy principles.Early decision making will give developers and funders confidence in design and construction choices and will have the largest impact as a result..The following are suggestions of how risk can be minimised whilst maximising impact and implementing sustainable construction:.
Ask yourself whether you really need to build a new building or whether repurposing an existing building could achieve the same end goal..Undertake a pre-demolition audit to understand the potential for reuse on the existing site.
Use this information to develop sustainable construction design solutions..
Understand the potential reuse of buildings or building components locally, including the need to transport and store materials.. Balance cut and fill to reduce off-site waste and new material brought to construction sites.. Use lean design principles to reduce the amount of material overall.This is arguably exactly where we are today with industrialisation – the ground is shifting quickly, fissures are opening up, lethal challenge and paths to opportunity are open to us like they were to our ancestors in the Rift Valley.
We need to be at the right scale to survive and prosper.. More in my next Blog….Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..
While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.