Future Directions and Global Trends in Hospital Design:.
Five years ago, that simply wasn’t the case for most consultancies.There’s also a lot more guidance around now, for example, from bodies like the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE)..
Sustainable building materials and platform construction.One topic which must be addressed in relation to the reduction of embodied carbon is the sustainable use of building materials.This is an issue we’re particularly focused on at Bryden Wood, in our work with Platform construction.
This transformative kit-of-parts approach enables a reduction in the quantity and weight of building materials.With Platform construction we know exactly which components will go into a building.
As a result, we’re able to give considerably more care and consideration to the design, procurement and construction of each individual part.
Platform construction offers us a wide range of improvements when compared to traditional construction — it’s faster, safer and more cost effective, for a start.Columns - standard square hollow sections are used with little/no ‘fabrication’ (a single hole is punched or laser cut in each column);.
Beams are made using a standard rolled metal profile (metal coils are passed through a highly efficient, automated rolling process with virtually no waste, no double handling etc.)as a permanent shutter for concrete.
As much ‘intelligence’ as possible is then placed in the interfaces (e.g.bracketry which is self locating to control tolerances and is colour coded to ensure correct application etc.)