You also have to be open to the very real possibility that its use may fundamentally alter that process for the better.As an industry, we have to get better at creating and sharing data, information and learning.
I recently delivered one of my university modules on project management or strategy delivery.The students, who are in their final year as undergraduates or doing postgraduate studies in engineering, to a person, held a passion for positive change.
When asked to compare their personal values with that of a business, they expressed how they wished to use their knowledge and skills to make a difference in the world.I am sure this is magnified millions of times across the world.They are not naive, most already have served time in industry, but they each hold a set of values which I found profound and uplifting..
The second reason to be hopeful comes whenever I investigate, look into, or hold discussions in and across many spheres.I see and hear stories about people doing great things with an intent of making the world a better, more sustainable place in the most holistic sense.
Specifically, I have had meetings with two of the organisations I partner with: my local Watermill Theatre, which, as well as producing truly magical theatre, has an outreach scheme that touches hundreds of lives, and the World Land Trust, which is actively protecting habitat and species diversity around the world.
With both organisations, we are looking at ways to work together to magnify our individual impact..Repeatable building modules which can be switched in and out depending on requirements, such as glazing vs solid cladding modules, or heating vs heating and cooling fan coil unit modules, are simple features which may prevent a building from being torn down mid-way through its life expectancy.
Through a small number of new parts, the building has a whole new lifespan, limiting its embodied carbon when compared with the alternative of a new build.. Building less volume reduces costs, embodied carbon and operational carbon.And with more thought to whole life performance, low carbon, sustainable buildings can keep delivering benefits even after their lifetimes.
Truly a win-win scenario..If you'd like to continue to learn about our Design to Value approach and Modern Methods of Construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.