The latter are more voluntary organisations, aiming to demystify some of the complexity around net-zero.
Industrialised ConstructionThe Benefits of Design to Value: To the Environment.As society’s awareness of its impact on local ecosystems grows to a realisation of the global impacts of climate change and the continued and rapid destruction of habitats, diversity and the planet’s interdependent networks of life, Design to Value offers the opportunity to respond with purpose and adequacy.
Although the green agenda has been around for a couple of decades, the response has been piecemeal, discreet; some would say derisory.The focus on meeting standards or gaining accolades has at best stifled major impact and at worst has lulled the industry and society into the idea that we were making great strides and further action was not necessary..The facts are becoming increasingly clear: putting grass on roofs or achieving a gold plaque changes almost nothing; we need ambitious and holistic solutions at every level..
In the past, shifting a project to prioritise the environment was often and easily rejected or written off as something that could be and needed to be sacrificed on the altar of cost.Design to Value naturally seeks wider and synergistic value, leading, supporting and embracing these needs as an opportunity to innovate: the environment is not an encumbrance, but a space for crucial change through design..
Thinking beyond standards, Design to Value can look at absolutes and even further can look for redemption.
The most significant and perhaps difficult question needed to be addressed in every project is: how can we not build things we don’t really need even if they have a financial return?We have brought it into line with current building regulations, and industry best practice, through good modern design.. We are now in the installation stage and our role is working with the contractor to ensure the mechanical and electrical systems installed meet the client brief and design vision.
The works should be complete early 2022.. Pharmaceutical Facility Design for GSK.We've done a lot of work for GSK over four sites now, principally in Stevenage, where we built a new cryogenics building.
This was a really interesting project because there are two things in it that are probably unique, certainly in the UK, if not in the world..This building contains hundreds of thousands of samples, stored in vats of liquid nitrogen at -278o centigrade.