When daylight tracking is measurable and predictable (if complex), why would planners be checking the architects’ sums, armed with a calculator, when a ‘digital app’ could do this more efficiently?

We used the principles of Design to Value described above to define a standard set of components and assembly techniques which form the basis of a huge range of buildings, from residential to industrial architecture.. We called this a Platforms approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA).. Our Platform construction work.is well documented and has been endorsed by the UK government for use across its development programme.. Evidencing the benefits of Design to Value.

We are currently on site in central London with., constructing a major commercial office design development using Platforms construction, which is already showing exceptional environmental gains, for example: a 40% reduction in steel used; 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..In 2019, a new GSK facility started production in Parma, Italy.

The initial requirement was to design and build a pharmaceutical facility in 15 months that would usually have taken closer to three years to complete, in order to maintain supply of a life-saving treatment for people with HIV.We achieved this mould-breaking pharmaceutical facility by, as described, investing significant time and focus in modelling the problem before going anywhere near construction..

The Parma project is an evidenced demonstration that our Design to Value approach made it possible to design, construct and commission a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in record time without increasing budgets or compromising on any aspect of quality.. A proven approach: shaping the future of construction with DtV.

At Bryden Wood, we do not come to a project with a ready-made solution.Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).

As part of this role Adam was involved in the design and construction of the EcoCanopy modular school system..Following this experience Adam became involved in the design of larger scale development projects incorporating BIM and DfMA techniques, initially working on the 2012 Athletes’ Village and East Village projects, followed by the design and implementation of a standardised “chassis” solution for a mixed-use residential development.

Some of the concepts developed at this time have contributed to Bryden Wood’s Platform approach to DfMA..Recently Adam became involved as a project leader in the development of early stage design concepts and business case alignment for the Front End Factory initiative with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), utilising advanced digital tools and off-site manufactured components for GSK’s portfolio of global capital projects.