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At Bryden Wood, we combine our core principle of Design to Value with an overarching digital methodology to deliver master plans that tackle the most complex of scenarios.This enables us to give clients overall clarity and big-picture understanding, together with highly detailed recommendations and a range of practical, prioritised solutions..
Recent clients like GSK, Johnson Matthey and MSD have all faced similar problems: large and complex sites that have developed organically over time, resulting in some parts being highly utilised and others much less so, or even being mothballed altogether and standing unused.. For each site, creating a master plan is initially about bringing to life the full range of issues for that site, and exploring multiple layers of value drivers – financial, operational, environmental, aesthetic, attractiveness for investment, and so on – and not just for the status quo, but also modelling future scenarios.An effective master plan gives the client clarity, understanding and tools for improvement.. A Design to Value master plan is not simply a design, or a set of drawings or visuals for a site.It is a means to understand current processes and activities, and plan for their development in what may be a changing and unpredictable environment, with multiple stakeholders and agendas..
The very process of creating such a plan – gathering all the relevant information and data and presenting it back to clients in a structured way – is in itself a highly productive exercise, allowing people to pull back from the detail of day-to-day operations, and take a more holistic view of what they are doing.Many activities, processes and sites develop organically over time, meaning that the big picture can become confused or even lost altogether.
Agreeing what needs to be done can be a challenge in itself, as it can be hard even to know where to start.. Design to Value master planning is a highly collaborative process, customised to the client’s specific situation and requirements, which aims to create sufficient understanding from which to decide what, how and when to improve – and why.
And given that the constant in every project is uncertainty and change, it must always allow for multiple variables, both known and unknown..He would like to see more of the sub trades and supply chain making successful requests to use more construction technology.
In ten years, he hopes to see the industry building the same amount in five days that it currently builds in six and a half.We need to use construction technology to enable workers to live more normally, he says, with businesses profiting as a result.
The answer isn’t simply to do more jobs, it’s to accomplish more while simultaneously improving quality of life for construction workers.McKinsey have discussed suicide rates in construction previously, as well as other difficulties the industry is facing.
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