“Yes, it’s about ability.
Our M&E engineers work alongside architects and other disciplines in highly collaborative project teams, from the earliest stages and through projects, meaning that M&E building services are never an afterthought or an add-on.DfMA works best with tight coordination between disciplines – standardisation and innovation do not recognise traditional professional boundaries and value comes in many forms.. We know from extensive experience as M&E consultants and engineers that an integrated approach brings the best results.. Our approach to DfMA has delivered proven results in our M&E services work on.
pharmaceutical facilities.M&E systems and the platform approach to DfMA.Our platform approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) takes DfMA even further.
P-DfMA identifies commonality across entire sectors in the built environment to define the ‘kit of parts’ of components and processes that we can use to deliver a wide variety of built assets.(You can read more about P-DfMA.
The step change achievable with P-DfMA is in bringing the benefits of standardisation across all services and to the entire building – and adding value at every stage.
P-DfMA sees the project as a whole, understanding the positive and negative effect of each design decision on as many other aspects of the project as possible; seeking shared efficiencies between all elements of the building.Limited risers in offices can also result in more service crossovers and congestion, increasing this depth further still.
It is often possible to mitigate some of this through good design, such as lowering ceilings in corridors to accommodate main ductwork runs or positioning lower height rooms close to risers.Ground floor units and older office buildings may also have larger floor-to-floor heights, and there can even be opportunities to increase headroom by removing raised-access floors (though this will impact floor thresholds.)
A deeper ceiling void may also introduce the need for sprinklers or fire detection systems.. 3.Structural frames in existing office buildings may be unable to support higher lab loads or vibration sensitive equipment..
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