Most issues we come across on a project are due to missing services or undefined duties within the laboratory equipment list.. Labs without extracting equipment can follow the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidance for air change rates, with supplementary cooling required from internal units such as fan coil units.

The single address with three blocks in it?.Next came the question of how best to approach obtaining the information.

Ricketts says local authorities were using a combination of approaches, from trawling through records (building control, planning and housing), to looking at GIS mapping, and even cycling the borough.In the end, his team used 3D modelling to help them identify the buildings above 18 metres, but many of them turned out to be private buildings, making it necessary to link with Land Registry and Companies House in order to find and contact the owners to obtain the data.He adds that it’s difficult to make sense of so much information in a single Excel spreadsheet, and says it ended up multiplying exponentially..

Although Ricketts is keen to begin to harness the benefits and opportunities that will come from digitising the planning system, he agrees with Sharp’s observations about security and the possibility of accidentally sharing too much.He believes it will be much better to build in the necessary data security right from the beginning of the process, and says that will be a key next step to address.

This will mean that applicants will share with the local planning authority only as much as is actually needed.

Unlike the 2D plans and PDF documents currently in use, BIM and digital technology enable applicants to segment their designs, making this possible and less prone to mistakes.. Ricketts says that next steps will revolve around using the Gateway One process that’s come out of the Hackitt Report and the Building Safety Bill, and will involve extracting and digitising important fire safety information from architecture and engineering models.However, value is actually much more than that.

It includes things such as the expected lifetime of components and materials, the wellbeing of the workforce, and the impact on the environment and climate change.On top of this, there’s the value of aesthetics and how things make us feel, as well as the value derived from doing; the personal development or learning someone might gain as a result of working on a project.

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.