Platforms enable designers to consider, share and integrate all pertinent data in the earliest design concepts, locking this value in to the DNA of the design, delivery and operation..

We’ve got to get under the skin of the client, or Government department, and understand what’s really valuable.Moving to a value-based process requires us to be braver.

It requires more innovation..Using process design thinking to highlight efficiency.One thing which happens when working this way, is that we’re forced to approach projects differently.

Design to Value offers unique benefits but can also reveal some uncomfortable truths.. As an example: we were evaluating a brief to build a new carbonated drinks factory in Africa.The initial projected cost of £70 million was determined to be prohibitively expensive, and so the client asked for this to be reduced.

Our team went through a process of evaluation and analysis.

We adapted and optimised the factory size and construction techniques in order to substantially and successfully reduce the cost.. Something even more interesting happened in the process, however.Engineered timber fits this approach as it can perform as a structural element as well as an architectural finish.

Engineered timber is a sustainable product due to its low carbon footprint.It’s also lightweight, strong, stable, easy to handle, suitable for prefabrication, has thermal properties, as well as great aesthetic appeal..

Extract of data published by Price and Myers for the embodied carbon of superstructures in projects with 2 to 10 storeys and excluding basements.. Today, engineered timber is a suitable solution to reduce embodied carbon in buildings but this may change in the future once the construction industry moves towards new materials as an alternative to standard concrete and steel.. Constructing with timber presents its own technical challenges, but using a science-based approach to find the best solution means we can deliver not just an honest building but a resilient, high-quality asset.. End of life global warming impact.Although timber captures carbon, if left to rot naturally in an open-air landfill, it releases the stored carbon as well as methane, which has a greater global warming impact than CO2.