The tier one contractors are trying to drive innovation in a different way, he says, and the smaller players are looking for a point of difference..

This is how the power of kit-of-parts thinking begins to tie in with everything else.If engineers and architects would go back to construction sites out of sheer interest, Lamont says, we could get back to the beginning of what we’re doing and achieve more human results.

Ultimately, it’s a focus on connection and humanity that will facilitate the great unlock for the construction industry.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesTo stop the worst scenarios from materialising, we need to decarbonise electricity and heat production.To help do that, we must address the future of coal.

At Bryden Wood, we are working with., a non-profit organisation focused on action for climate and prosperity, on a major initiative: Repurposing Coal.

The future of coal and advanced heat.

More than 2,000 Gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity is operating in the world today, adding roughly 15 billion tons of CO₂ emissions per year.Obviously, there’s a challenge in thinking about ceiling heights and so on, but mostly the complexity is around air exchange.

In an office, you aim for one and a half air changes per hour, whereas with laboratories, because they've got lots of safety cabinets and other devices, we have to look at 10, 15 or even 20 changes an hour in some places.So the ductwork has to be 10 times as big, and the risers 10 times as big to carry the air up and down, and so on.

Designing in flexibility presents lots of interesting challenges.. Master planning and MEP Design for a precious metals refinery.We started working on this precious metals refinery in 2016.