Office buildings that already provide these facilities may be more cost-effective overall..

Many structural elements, such as steel beams or concrete prefabricated floor slabs, have a life expectancy which far outlasts a building’s lifespan.By knowing these products are going to waste through the demolition of existing buildings, designers can incorporate these components into their design from the outset, using fewer new natural resources and raw materials..

Instead of breaking components into smaller pieces and recycling the individual materials, reusing a component in its primary form has a higher value for sustainable construction.It results in fewer modifications, and less manufacturing and construction.This uses fewer materials, less energy and minimises environmental impacts.

The value of the item is retained with the potential to reuse it again in the future.This enables circular principles to continue in the future.. Design for optimisation.

Sustainable construction increases the lifespan of buildings through flexible and adaptable design.

When designing new or refurbished buildings we must plan for the unexpected.Bryden Wood is a great place to work.Richard Simpson joined Bryden Wood in 2006 to form and lead the growing Engineering team alongside the already well-established Architectural practice.. Before joining Bryden Wood, Richard worked for a number of engineering consultancies, and most latterly ran a team of MEP engineers at Faber Maunsell.

It was whilst working at Faber Maunsell that Richard first worked with Bryden Wood on a number of hi-tech Data Centre projects.These schemes were designed to be delivered using DfMA (Design for Manufacture) techniques and required extremely close collaboration between Architect and Engineer, a collaboration which culminated in Richard joining Bryden Wood some years later.. Richard’s Engineering background coupled with a strong cross discipline understanding enables him to harness the full breadth of skills at Bryden Wood, with a particular focus on the delivery of hi-tech and complex facilities, where appropriate using DfMA and Offsite delivery techniques.

Richard has experience of running design projects across a number of sectors including Healthcare, Education, Pharmaceutical/Process, Commercial, Aviation and.Alongside project focussed work at Bryden Wood, Richard is also responsible for contract and commercial management within the practice.Together with Mark Bryden, Martin founded Bryden Wood Associates in February 1995.. From 1989-95 Martin worked with Nicholas Grimshaw at Grimshaw Architects on a collection of the UK’s most influential buildings, several of which have become iconic examples of the ‘Hi-tech’ movement.