This eradicated the need to replace or shut down the operation, saving the client more than £120 million – not to mention tonnes of embedded and emitted carbon in the construction of a new asset..
demonstrate Bryden Wood’s capability in providing specialist façade design and detailing services.The St James Centre is a project which uses a natural stone façade.
We are providing structural engineering design for all precast panels including the design of bracket connections as well as all stone design and detailing (partly handset and partly panelised).We have led the interface detailing between the different façade packages and have carried out all the façade performance engineering and detailing, including: structural, thermal and condensation risk, waterproofing, air tightness, fire and acoustics.. We work with:.main contractors who are interested in innovation and exploring the benefits of alternative construction systems or DfMA conversions; and looking to de-risk certain packages, eg facades.
Specialist subcontractors for facades, M&E prefabrication etc.particularly on complex projects.
Fabricators and suppliers of precast, GRC, GRG etc.. Clients who understand the benefits of special or modern methods of construction and want to guide their contractors to adopt them; especially clients with geometrically complex projects who want early proactive input to make sure that architectural ambition can be made practically deliverable for their contractors.
The key benefits we bring to contractors and projects are:.We aren’t only talking about the creation of more ideas and possible solutions in significantly less time, or an increase in metrics leading to more informed decision making overall.
It also means that more people can become involved in the decision about which solution is best for a particular site or project.This increase in participation leads to far greater benefits for the project than just progressing in a very linear way, resulting in one solution produced by a single design team.
On top of this, having the ability to generate a data model and undertake significant amounts of simulation, allows aspects of a design to be tested much more rigorously than by traditional means.Together, all of these factors culminate in the delivery of the best possible buildings.. Education, Construction Technology and the Future of Construction.
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