Social value in architecture and construction

While we’ll never get rid of the subjective element of planning, and certainly not the need for people, digitising planning could help reduce administrative burden, freeing up time for planners to do the more valuable, judgement based planning work and enabling us to make better, and more holistic, sets of decisions.. Another benefit it’s hoped will arise from digitising the planning system is to make planning more accessible to members of the public.

http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesDeveloping our Design to Value approach as pharmaceutical plant design consultants.In 2012, Bryden Wood and GlaxoSmithKline started working together to try and come up with a different approach to pharmaceutical capital projects.

We started from the premise that while a great deal of effort was expended by a lot of expert people within both pharmaceutical and engineering companies, and despite the significant sums being spent, capital projects often failed to meet business requirements.And how could we do better in our approach to pharmaceutical facility design?.We developed a particular set of tools and an approach that over time became what we now refer to as Design to Value.

As we have evolved this approach over the years, we’ve extended it to include many more pharmaceutical engineering projects, as well as a wide range of other sectors, from heavy industry to prisons.. Part of our role is to act as pharmaceutical plant design consultants.What we aim to do is make sure that projects are well aligned with business requirements; to define and design future assets that translate a company’s strategic objectives into tangible manufacturing facilities – and provide added value.

The key point here is that we put a great deal of effort into defining the business needs.

That is, after all, why we're doing the project.. We also invest effort into constantly assessing how well our design solutions match those needs.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesHow Can Value be Reinstated in the Built Environment?.

Central to Design to Value is the creation of blended, collaborative teams.And key to their success is that everyone on these teams, no matter how big or small their role, has a fundamental understanding of and input into the aims and vision of the project.. Of course, emerging from more specialised disciplines means that it can take some time for people to feel comfortable collaborating on a deep level.

In a good Design to Value system, everybody’s contribution is valuable, no matter what their role.Leadership and facilitation here are key.