I like the way that we don’t say no to anything.'.

As a result, these are particularly important factors to consider in the design and construction of pharmaceutical facilities..In summary, Chips allow us many different perspectives on parts of a project.

And crucially, they provide the common language for communication between all the different people involved in executing that project..Improving pharmaceutical facility design with Chips, generative design and automation.We are now using chips as the basis of generative designs to allow us to automate the design process.

In this context, generative design means using computers to assemble designs based on a set of rules, components and input parameters.We generate very large numbers of options for a particular design requirement, and then get humans back in to look at those critically.. We can generate many more options using automation.

Sometimes we find something which human expertise has not spotted.

Generative design can create unexpected options with high value.. We are now working on making Chips available to very large numbers of users through a web interface, to use generative design for pharmaceutical plants.Ricketts says local authorities were using a combination of approaches, from trawling through records (building control, planning and housing), to looking at GIS mapping, and even cycling the borough.

In the end, his team used 3D modelling to help them identify the buildings above 18 metres, but many of them turned out to be private buildings, making it necessary to link with Land Registry and Companies House in order to find and contact the owners to obtain the data.He adds that it’s difficult to make sense of so much information in a single Excel spreadsheet, and says it ended up multiplying exponentially..

Although Ricketts is keen to begin to harness the benefits and opportunities that will come from digitising the planning system, he agrees with Sharp’s observations about security and the possibility of accidentally sharing too much.He believes it will be much better to build in the necessary data security right from the beginning of the process, and says that will be a key next step to address.