Of course, we do run the risk that the term “kit-of-parts” itself is becoming so commonly used now that it may become misused, an issue we’ve seen happen with other MMC nomenclature.
Green, clean, tidy spaces.Flexible, multi-use buildings to support education and work-centric activity.
Decent staff facilities.A progressive regime.The PETP team viewed emerging potential design solutions through two key lenses: effectiveness and efficiency.
‘Effectiveness’ is the ability of a design to deliver the required rehabilitative outcome, while ‘efficiency’ is the total whole life cost required to achieve this outcome..This collaborative assessment process included data visualisations and the transparent, objective evaluation of different potential solutions.
The team was able to balance the different and often competing interests of stakeholders using a range of techniques, including use of Virtual Reality (VR) to simulate how the new building would work and help them understand and contribute to the design..
Gathering feedback from groups including prison staff and those delivering services in prisons gained buy-in and approval from all levels – from senior policy makers to operational staff – and meant we were able to demonstrate best overall value for money.. Translating evidence into design.Collisions of people and ideas in a setting where the mundane can be left in the lobby.. A frivolous thought.
Well may be, but we did not lose sight of what we felt were the opportunities of place-making and culture setting in being an important element in solving some of the big problems in the world of infrastructure.. Zoom forward several years and the moment seemed right.Work and projects in a number of business sectors had demonstrated that there is an imperative to be able to industrialise technologies faster and to do so sustainably and cost effectively.
There are proven approaches to doing this, the problem seems to be the adoption of these approaches.. Our first attempt at the Grand Hotel of Value, was in fact more of a reception.Key client organisations in the pharmaceutical industry came together under the umbrella of Accelerate Pharma to be part of the thinking to address the opportunities.. With a great location, opposite the Watson Crick Institute, a light and vista filled room, with good food and an open and relaxed agenda and pace, this approach to cross-company, cross-sector collaboration was started..