It is the fundamental similarity between complex projects that led us to develop a method that is at once systematic, probing and analytical, and open and engaging in a way that both stimulates and supports a team’s creativity.. We realised that reaching the most efficient version of the most effective solution to their problem in an iterative and collaborative way, is what would truly deliver value to our clients.
In reflecting on the day, I believe what struck me most was what happened at the end of the timetabled discussion.Attendees stayed on, clustering into smaller groups and over coffee and lunch continued to build relationships, share ideas and challenges.
I was left thinking that this is how transformation happens..Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.
He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.Available to purchase at.In my last blog, I explored how innovative, value-driven conceptual design can be shepherded through basic / scheme design.
I believe that submitting a project to a sausage-machine-design approach at any point will allow much of the value to be lost or worse.
The question is how you can move into detailed design, construction and beyond while firmly keeping hold of that conceptual value..strobic fans), which may be necessary for some office to lab conversions.
Of course, local standards elsewhere will vary.. 5.Existing office buildings may struggle to accommodate new laboratory utility plant and distribution.. A typical lab will consume two to five times as much energy as an office and may also have additional back-up power requirements.
This means more power and cooling, and therefore more plant (e.g.chillers, heat pumps, generators, UPS) and distribution which can be difficult to install due to lack of space.
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