Rapid iteration of lab design.
The substructure used 50% cement replacement, used recycled aggregates from the demolition on site and procured the concrete locally.In addition, the basement volume was reduced which minimised the excavation and material usage resulting in a combined 46% improvement compared with the Business as Usual scheme..
The P-DfMA approach significantly reduced embodied carbon of the superstructure.This is due to the reduction in steel weight.Once the concrete mix was taken into account, the use of 40% GGBS and local procurement, and 26% recycled content of steel the savings are circa 60%..
The embodied carbon within the façade increased compared with initial projections.This is partly due to the anodized finish of the aluminium frame curtain walling (this couldn’t be altered due to the extant planning permission) and partly because the façade was manufactured in Poland – a country with both many transport miles and an electricity grid predominantly fuelled by coal..
The internal finishes and walls performed well due to the limited quantity of materials used.
The false ceilings were omitted to reduce materials needed, the curtain walling is self finishing to the inside of the external walls, the building is largely open plan reducing the number of internal walls required and finally the raised flooring is reused from an existing building.We make sure that the processes are understood by the entire team so the functional spaces can be determined to enable flow and adjacency diagrams to be created.
And we keep this visual representation of the lab through to service requirement drawings and zoning diagrams.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesPlatforms in Practice (September 2023).
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