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However, the result is that embodied carbon in buildings, due to material usage and the amount of carbon which is integral to the building itself, becomes a larger proportion of the overall carbon emitted from the building across its lifespan.

The Construction Innovation Hub’s ‘.Defining the Need.

’ analysis of the Government estate identified the most common elements with the greatest potential to deliver the required assets – this was a precursor to the Construction Playbook’s ‘Harmonise, digitise, rationalise’ policy.One insight was that 3 structural typologies represent most of the Government estate.These typologies were called Platforms because they embody the common features of multiple assets: structural grids, beams, columns, connectors, slabs etc.

Behind these commonalities lies a common kit of components, a much smaller set of components vs bespoke, traditional construction.. A limited number of components streamlines compliance.The analysis showed that in fact 70% of the public sector estate could be delivered by one structural platform: a mid-span c.8m structural solution.

As platforms ‘lock down’ the set of component specifications that sit behind design, this reduces the set of technical variables and requirements.

This immediately standardises the process and streamlines the range of technical compliance as a result.Our approach to developing a brief is to place it firmly in the context of being a part of the process which ends with a fully functioning hospital.

The brief cannot – or should not – exist in splendid isolation.It must take into account the massing of the hospital, the plant and M&E requirements, servicing facilities, the extent and location of the car parks.

In our minds, the brief is intrinsically linked to the construction strategy.It is intrinsically linked to the overall feasibility of the building.. We are an integrated company, with multi-disciplinary teams working across all our projects from the earliest stages.