With the right segregation, there are opportunities for waste management companies to work with manufacturers to find both technically and economically sound solutions to recycle back into manufacturing and/or into other supply chains.
It’s important that we use construction technology to improve these types of issues.. Standards and innovation in the Australian construction industry.Ultimately, the construction industry needs to find a balance between prescription and innovation.
Lamont believes we need BIM 19650 in terms of language and connectivity to ensure we’re getting the consistency of outcome we require.However, he doesn’t think BIM on its own is going to save the day in terms of driving industry change.He says both prescription and innovation have a role to play.
With respect to 19650 and UK standards, he says there’s a recognition in Australia that some kind of standard is needed to meet the requirement, but currently people are doing a little bit of their own thing.This is creating confusion surrounding outputs in terms of what people are receiving and why.
Currently, after designers create the concept design (including testing related to the engineering), things get handed over to the contractors to de-risk the program, make changes, and make the design work for them.
They then deliver what’s left back to the client.This approach means that, for M&E services, as well as across the whole project, we reduce cost, time, materials and waste, while increasing quality, worker safety and overall efficiency..
It is Bryden Wood’s integrated approach – where our M&E team forms a core part of the project team – that makes this possible.. M&E design at the Forge: a working example.The Forge, a commercial office development with Landsec in central London, is the first major building to use P-DfMA from building design to delivery.
The benefits of P-DfMA are showing in many areas of the project, but not least in the installation of M&E building services, in RIBA stage 5..The Forge is designed as open-plan office space, with exposed services and soffit.