We can achieve this through the reduction of raw materials, excavation and construction works, but also through shortened construction programme, which limits overhead and prelim costs, as well as creating a path towards more sustainable construction.. Low operational carbon.

While working on projects funded by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Ricketts sought to avoid the possibility of duplicating work, or becoming an accidental blocker to the process.He reached out to industry expert Miranda Sharp for help in making a shift towards digital data.

Sharp’s company, Metis Digital, works with a range of companies trying to connect technical assets and data to value.During her time working with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) on the National Digital Twin Programme (NDTp), Sharp sought secure and resilient ways of connecting digital twins to deliver the common good, and looked for real examples of people trying to connect data in order to tackle cross-silo issues.The goal was to facilitate more efficient planning and operation, as well as to make data available to a wider ecosystem, including all of the people involved in critical infrastructure planning.. Sharp says CDBB knew the desired activity was possible theoretically, but needed a place where there was real demand to bring the information together.

When Jack Ricketts contacted her about his desire to digitise planning, it seemed a perfect opportunity..Stages of information transfer in design and construction.

There are various stages of information involved in the creation of a new building, or an extension of a domestic dwelling.

Architects produce one set of information to one set of criteria, submitting it to planners who then need another, and particular, set of information.Fabricators and suppliers of precast, GRC, GRG etc.. Clients who understand the benefits of special or modern methods of construction and want to guide their contractors to adopt them; especially clients with geometrically complex projects who want early proactive input to make sure that architectural ambition can be made practically deliverable for their contractors.

The key benefits we bring to contractors and projects are:.Adjust role to fit actual project needs (integration and gap filling).

Integrated detailing and performance design (useful version of 'façade engineering').Focus on fabrication and construction.