The discussion points out the tension between the desire for bespoke designs and the benefits of standardisation and modularisation in construction.

It’s the benefit of early stage involvement.The earlier we can get involved, the more impact we can make and the more energy and cost savings we can bring to a project.. IP: What is the future of sustainability?.

HH: I think there’s a massive push at the moment for battery technology, as a very specific example.There’s been a general realisation that there’s not enough power in the world, so people are looking into the likes of local generation.I also feel there’s a big issue around the embodied carbon that goes into making a battery and how batteries are reused and recycled.

As such, there’s going to be quite a distinct focus on looking at some of the new technologies and working out whether they are actually going to be suitable in another fifty years time..I also think there will be a huge drive to reduce material quantity in buildings.

As a result, there will be less carbon going into the building and the lifecycle impact of the building will be lower.

I don’t believe this is necessarily achievable just by changing materials.Reduce, rationalise, standardise and optimise the building and engineering systems that are needed for a refurbished plant, in order to.

Reduce, rationalise, standardise and optimise the design, approval, manufacture, assembly and operation processes, in order to.Reduce, rationalise, standardise and optimise the interactions between the required different supply chain organisations, to realise the processes described above at the scale that is required.. Terra Praxis are creating a business model that uses technology to connect people, organisations, and resources in an interactive ecosystem in which value can be created and exchanged.

To realise this ecosystem, Bryden Wood is involved in developing a technological infrastructure that provides tools and services that make it easy for customers and suppliers to interact to realise the required refurbishments.. To make that possible, Bryden Wood also need to create an engineering platform solution: a building system that can deliver the required variety of solutions for differing requirements in different situations, but that is rationalised, standardised and optimised appropriately to enable the required simplification of all processes that make it possible for the supply chain to collaboratively deliver this built solution.. New nuclear: system simplification and standardisation with P-DfMA.Existing coal plants vary widely.