Involving more people and projects to test the process and demonstrate value would also be a good thing..
But this moment also gives you an opportunity to make small changes to the way your systems operate; to make meaningful improvements to the efficiency of systems, control your energy bills and limit the impact of increased ventilation on the environment.105 Sumner Street - designed for development by Landsec - will be the first major building completed using our Platform Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) approach from building design to delivery.. P-DfMA is a versatile and customisable construction system for commercial, residential and other building types.. P-DfMA consists of common parts, all made from readily available materials, which have been designed to go together in rehearsed ways.Each part of the platform system has been designed to value based on its performance requirements..
This standard kit of parts can be configured to offer a broad range of building products without limiting design ambition.Design effort can be spent where it adds the most value – creating places where people want to live and work.. 105 Sumner Street consists of two new-build commercial office buildings, built around a publicly accessible internal courtyard, in total comprising c. 135,000 sq ft.It will be nine storeys high with reception and basement areas.
The development will be a high quality and sustainable building with a vastly improved streetscape and public realm, continuing the transformation of Southwark..It will use a hybrid steel and concrete structural platform that was developed as part of an Innovate UK First Phase Challenge Fund research project on Automated Construction.
The structural platform developed as part of the R&D project will provide the chassis for the office floor space and the project will include the development of cladding and building services components to create a reusable kit-of-parts-based solution for offices..
The project will validate and showcase the benefits that can be delivered using P-DfMA techniques, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and digital technologies on a large-scale new build commercial office development.Once cut down, part of this carbon (from leaves, roots, and small branches) is released and the remaining is stored in the trunk, which is used for timber.. New trees are planted in its place to ensure a constant process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
As trees age, they absorb less carbon dioxide, so it’s beneficial to replace them.This is known as a sustainably managed forest.. Our response is to:.
- Recommend that biogenic carbon capture is only accounted for if the timber has a responsible sourcing certificate, a clear circular strategy, and a clear commitment to facilitate reuse.. - Conduct a comprehensive circularity plan that includes solutions for deconstruction and a plan for reuse, upcycle and recycle..The impact of the timber industry on the natural environment.
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