I will count my worries and fears as friends helping guide me on a safe path.
But most of all, we must collectively rise to our own potential.We must embrace modern methods of construction, including P-DfMA, to move ourselves safely and efficiently into the next stage of the modern world.. To learn more about P-DfMA and Modern Methods of Construction, listen to Episode 1 of our podcast, Built Environment Matters: Platform Construction & Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA).
https://bit.ly/BrydenWoodPodcast.If you'd also like to continue to learn about our Design to Value approach, DfMA and Modern Methods of Construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesNecessity is the mother of invention.
It’s also the mother of get on with it.Over the last few months, we’ve seen changes to the fabric of our daily lives that would have taken years to bring about under normal circumstances.. We can learn from this.
Often the only thing standing between us and positive change, is us..
Remember when working from home was seen as a perk offered by progressive employers, while others worried about whether it was a good idea, or even possible?The close collaboration between Landsec, Easi-Space, the Bryden Wood design team and a new supply chain, is now applying the P-DfMA design and prototype learnings to a live Landsec project in Sumner Street, central London..
This development will be two office buildings around an internal courtyard, rising to nine storeys and covering a total of 135,000 sq ft.It is designed to a ‘zero carbon in use’ strategy, and the efficiencies and innovations inherent to P-DfMA are already achieving remarkable gains: 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.. Sumner Street is a game changer for construction.
But it’s important to see that it has not come in isolation.It is a big step on a journey that is a direct result of support and collaboration between UK government, key industry players and a new supply chain.. All the learnings from the Sumner Street project will be fed back into the work of the CIH, continuing the virtuous cycle; this initiative was promoted by government at the start, and is now demonstrating how that initial support is bearing fruit and will continue to do so..
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