There are solutions and choices out there that can protect and repair and restore the ecosystem; and deliver fantastic experiences and deliver financial returns.
Remember when working from home was seen as a perk offered by progressive employers, while others worried about whether it was a good idea, or even possible?Necessity sorted that one out.
Some businesses have struggled, but many more have found that working from home isn’t such a big deal and are wondering what all the fuss was about..In the built environment, we didn’t have time to wonder how two-metre social distancing might work, we just had to get on and do it.COVID-19 forced our hand.
We also had a tantalising glimpse of what car-free cities look like and, better yet, sound and smell like (even if things went back to how they were pretty quickly).. We know it can be done.We’ve seen that in some circumstances we can deliver change, really quickly.
The question now is, what are we going to do next?.
Construction technology: Building with agility and building agility in.The structural platform developed as part of the R&D project will provide the chassis for the office floor space and the project will include the development of cladding and building services components to create a reusable kit-of-parts-based solution for offices..
The project will validate and showcase the benefits that can be delivered using P-DfMA techniques, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and digital technologies on a large-scale new build commercial office development.It is designed to a ‘zero carbon in use’ strategy, and is already achieving gains:.
efficiency: a predicted 9.5% reduction in capital cost, 13% reduction in programme, 40% reduction in steel used and 50% reduction in site operatives for superstructure and facade.sustainability: a forecast 19.4% reduction in embodied carbon per square metre, a 36.4% carbon reduction in the substructure and 20.2% in the superstructure and façade..