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Transforming Performance and Productivity in the Construction Industry.

That’s when we’ll really start getting the level of information we can use and build upon for best effect..The Forge, London.

Bryden Wood’s work with Landsec on The Forge in London represents just such an exciting opportunity and case study.The Forge is a world first, an office building created using a platform based (P-DfMA) approach to design and construction.The project aims to produce the UK’s first net-zero carbon commercial building.

With this innovative project we’re witnessing years of development work coming to fruition, which is better enabling us to understand both the challenges and the benefits of this new process on a deeper level..If we truly aim to create a better future for construction, we must first recognise that implementing a new way of working will require a process of continual learning and progress.

We need to be documenting, capturing, sharing and improving our processes, not just finishing a project with relief and moving to the next one.

Approaching our processes from a mindset of constant questioning and exploration, with a goal of deeper understanding, is what really gets people thinking and seeing things differently.The spurs are arranged in ’T’ shapes, creating outdoor courtyard spaces with plants.

Green spaces offer opportunities for both leisure activities and vital employment to prisoners, encouraging them to value their environment.. Barless windows that do not open and have integrated ventilation grills.This type of glazing provides comparable security without the need for bars addressing specific security threats, preventing waste being thrown from windows and reducing noise spreading beyond the prison wall.. Social interaction between staff and prisoners is key to rehabilitation.

Victorian-style gallery blocks with a warden’s desk at one end have been abandoned in favour of a staff station placed more centrally, in a way that encourages interaction rather than observation.. Main, central functions like dining, exercise equipment and access to medical care have been broken up and placed in each house block.Each block can contain a kitchen for communal cooking, classrooms, cardio gym equipment, a medicine point and laundry services, to create an environment more conducive to rehabilitation..