For example, why detailing doesn’t quite fit when a worker is sitting at a boom lift nine metres off the ground and drops the spanner.
They had a very large system, which had been put in 20 years ago.They wanted to analyse how much of its capacity was used and when, and what its overall condition was.
We did a full review, which showed that because conditions had changed since it was designed, it was massively oversized, and not fit for purpose anymore.As a result, we've done a feasibility study for abandoning the existing system and putting in several smaller plants.This would have multiple benefits, not least in saving on expensive pipe work to carry water long distances, because it's such a large site.
But also, the bigger the pipe loop, the more problems you have with water quality.We should be installing this new system soon..
Converting offices to labs.
This is something else we’re looking at – or designing the mechanical and electrical engineering systems in new office buildings so that they are flexible enough to change usage later.The UK’s Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) recently established a Joint Industry Working Group on MMC which proposed the following categorisation: 3D primary structural systems, 2D primary structural systems, Non-system components, Additive Manufacturing, Assemblies and sub-assemblies, Material and Product Innovations and Site Process Innovations.
This categorisation is quite diverse and includes a range of pre-manufactured and pre-assembled systems but also non-system components, site-based material innovations and process innovations..There is no fixed list of MMC methods in each category.
There is great scope for the construction industry to innovate and develop new MMC methods to expand the toolkit and enhance the DfMA designer’s ability to achieve benefits on future construction projects..Under the MHCLG categorisation, volumetric modular construction (known in Singapore as Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction or PPVC and in Hong Kong as Modular Integrated Construction or MiC) is an example of a 3D primary structural system..