Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood and Design Lead for the Construction Innovation Hub, is equally enthusiastic about the changes taking place within the industry.
The LETI guides are available to download.here.. *scope includes substructure, superstructure, façade and MEP, which are all the aspects of the building where a Platform approach has been adopted.
FF&E, finishes and external works follow a traditional approach.Two new leisure centres in Barnet have opened to the public with state-of-the-art facilities.Barnet Copthall has competition, community and learner swimming pools, a sports hall, extensive contemporary gym facilities and health improvement rooms.While, Barnet Leisure Centre also has a community and learner pool, alongside a health and fitness suite, health improvement rooms, a library, tennis courts and multi-use games area.. Use of BIM for lean, sustainable solutions.
Working with the main contractor, Graham Construction, and sub contractor MSL Engineering Ltd, Bryden Wood made extensive use of BIM to solve the complex challenges to mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineers, such as heating large spaces, solving significant air handling challenges, mitigating the risk of condensation from the pools and managing CO. 2. levels efficiently in exercise areas.. Collaborative working.Bryden Wood built a detailed BIM model for M&E, which was key to effective collaboration between all stakeholders from contractors to the client, Barnet Council.
The virtual environment made it clear how a design detail or proposal would look, and fit, as you can see from the images.
More importantly still, it showed all stakeholders how different systems and proposals would.‘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.All of this evidence gathering, consultation and collaboration had profound effect on the design:.