By standardising certain elements, like in the apparel industry, there's potential for increased creativity and efficiency.

HH: Listen to your sustainability team.They have so much knowledge they will be able to share with you.

It’s not just for them to tell you what to do as such, but as an architect you will have the most impact on a building if you try to work as a team.Incorporating passive design in your projects will mean less M&E services will be required, which means you will benefit architecturally from things like higher ceiling height, larger areas needing smaller risers and smaller plant rooms.All in all, the technical spaces in a building become a lot smaller.

This will also mean the capital cost should come down and certainly the running costs will decrease.Ultimately, you will have a happy client who won’t have to pay as much to run the building every year.With the Circle Reading project, architects Bryden Wood have employed a design ethic powered by both clinical practicality and build efficiency, delivering a hospital not only visually distinctive, but one which utilises insightful, use-driven design and cutting edge manufacturing processes.

It’s a space which continually upends expectations - a structure of steel and concrete, much of which was built offsite..

The achievement has been made possible by the implementation of a bespoke Design for Manufacture and Assembly system, which Bryden Wood developed in conjunction with Circle and tailored specifically for their needs.We’ve seen some successful examples of standards being set through private initiatives.. BRE’s BS6001.

framework for the responsible sourcing of construction products relates to a couple of hundred products, is certified and very influential.However, the framework would have had a completely different standardisation process if it were an ISO standard.

As soon as things move into the realm of creating international standards, the issues surrounding language become even wider, and political and cultural issues also come into play, so it’s incredibly challenging.Furthermore, there are also important documents like.