Similarly, labs in office buildings can result in additional occupancy types (‘purpose groups’ in the UK) and will therefore drive the need for additional fire compartments.. Possible solutions could include storing materials or siting labs on ground or lower floors, local gas generation (to reduce peak volumes), detection, shut-off and alarm systems, local extract or natural ventilation, and it may be necessary to divide labs up into smaller compartments to keep hazardous material quantities below acceptable limits.
I have been in design meetings at these early stages where discussions are happening about what might be on the first, second or third floor of a building.This is before the requirement for a building, let alone a building of a number of stories, has been established.
Although, there is a good chance some sort of building will be required, the speed with which the teams grasp onto the physical and the detail is astounding.In tandem with the physicalisation of a building is the push to attach a capital cost to this now crystalised construction.What has disappeared and often is lost forever is the purpose and value of the project.
If we could live with not-knowing, if we can weather uncertainty then we can find better outcomes..The horrific experiences of two people in the 20. th.
Century formed the foundation of an abiding philosophy.
Victor Frankl, who survived a concentration camp in WW2 and went on to write “Man’s search for meaning” and General Stockdale, who was captured in Vietnam and survived brutal imprisonment, both concluded that living with the uncertainty in those times was key to survival.Industry challenge.
Design and project management processes differ per project, standardisation of such a number of differing variables is almost impossible.Platforms solution.
P-DfMA distils down the variables considerably, providing a smaller number of solutions and components to share across industry, enabling the standardisation of both design and project management processes.Harmonised cross sector requirements unlock the standardisation required to consolidate technical requirements.