Robust testing and early collaboration with manufacturers and utility providers are key to ensuring new solutions are both effective and safe..
To do this with maximum effect we adopt an integrated design approach and use the latest digital construction technologies..It is the fundamental similarity between complex projects that led us to develop a method that is at once systematic, probing and analytical, and open and engaging in a way that both stimulates and supports a team’s creativity.. We realised that reaching the most efficient version of the most effective solution to their problem in an iterative and collaborative way, is what would truly deliver value to our clients.
As design becomes an increasingly automated activity, our role has been to develop a robust framework that focuses on organising the creative steps in the overall design process that are not easy to automate.These are the steps that require human judgment and interaction with stakeholders.. Design to Value – building on combined strengths.We call this method ‘Design to Value ’.
It focuses on the objectives of our clients and all stakeholders, and combines their expertise in their products or service, with our expertise in design, engineering, modern methods of construction, manufacturing and digital construction technology We use this combined expertise to drive value into the design process..Although this might sound obvious, it’s a long way from what actually happens in a lot of situations, which aren’t Design to Value led.
Typically, clients spend a lot of time thinking about what they want out of a building.
They try to formulate the solution as precisely as possible and then appoint a design consultant to turn that into a good design.Changing platform technology could place additional demands on operations above and beyond those of securing ongoing supply and product transfer..
The compulsion to change seems not yet powerful enough to overcome these barriers or to put it another way, has not yet reached the activation energy threshold.That said, some companies are getting closer..
The compulsions to invest in capacity, whether new or replacement capacity, are clearly there.All the companies have made strong sustainability commitments, all of them have ageing assets which over the next decade require significant investment, all of them have new products which they want to get to the market as quickly as possible.