The compulsions to invest in capacity, whether new or replacement capacity, are clearly there.
Fast Lab aims to reduce the initial lab design time from months down to weeks.While all stages of a lab construction project can undoubtedly be accelerated, in our experience the biggest gains are to be found during the earliest stages of a project.. Fast Lab is a service by Bryden Wood that aims to accelerate the lab specification, design, and internal approval process, so that permitting, procurement, and construction can start as quickly as possible, and with a design that is less likely to change and cause future delay.
Fast Lab achieves this by:.Translating scientific and technological requirements into a lab design and key project and business metrics.. Exploiting the standardisation opportunities across all life science lab projects..Enabling a rapid and iterative design process.. Providing inputs and feedback to/from all stakeholders (e.g.
lab managers, project managers, Quality, EHS, tenants), improving buy-in and reducing future change.. Embedding data and learnings from every project to continuously improve the service over time.. Fast Lab works by:.Using a standardised capacity model to rapidly translate scientific, technological, and commercial requirements (e.g.
test types, technology options, demand scenarios) into an equipment list..
Using a design configurator to rapidly translate this equipment list, a library of equipment and building components, and codified design rules (e.g.MEP calculations are still in their infancy compared with the rest of the building, meaning more research and data collection is required to create robust calculations and benchmarks.
MEP has a short lifespan compared with other elements and as such it is even more important to consider the whole life impact of services, alongside the operational carbon impact..At two thirds of the whole life carbon, embodied carbon is critically important within an office building.
Decisions made during early design stages should prioritise embodied carbon alongside design, function, and aesthetics..The brainstorming sessions on how to move from the BaU scheme to a platform-led scheme (back in 2019) included embodied carbon as one of the technical indicators, giving as much weight to carbon as other metrics such as productivity, safety, and cost..
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