Five Things on a Sunday – 12/26/21

This project was the city’s response to the allocation of 20,000 migrants fleeing Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq to be housed.

There are a lot of value aspects to be considered when implementing a Design to Value approach.. 1.Once you’ve identified the problem you’re trying to solve and the value you’d like to achieve, it’s time to start evaluating processes.

The first step is to start modelling your project and working out how you’ll use particular processes to achieve your desired value outcomes, as well as to find the optimum balance between them.. 1.For more about developments in approaches to Value in construction and the built environment, see the Construction Innovation Hub’s work in this area.https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/value/.

Using process engineering to deliver broader outcomes.This is particularly pertinent in the construction industry right now.

For a long time, we’ve been chasing capital cost, regardless of carbon emissions or societal outcomes.

We haven’t previously placed value on things like sustainable design and this has led us into some of the issues we’re now facing, like climate change.Façades & finishes..

Existing office façades and finishes may be unsuitable for more stringent lab conditions.. For most office to lab conversions façades will simply require locking of openable windows and general making good.However, for Containment Level 3 (or BSL3) labs and above, cleanrooms, environments requiring exceptionally tight tolerances, and other more onerous requirements, façades can be quite problematic.

Airtightness is a particular challenge that can make a perfectly adequate office facade ill-suited for lab use, or may result in suppliers unwilling to guarantee lab performance, or disputes during commissioning.In such cases, rather than re-clad the building (which defeats most of the point of a conversion) a possible solution is a ‘box in a box’ lab fit-out, though this will be more expensive and will reduce net usable space..