Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Hardcover – March 12, 2019, by Caroline Criado Perez (Author) – Chapter on: - “When Drugs Don't Work”Click the 'play button' above to watch the episode, or read our 5 Key Takeaways from this episode below.... 1.
She says these are the industrialised construction projects we need to be talking about - the ones that everyone needs to do.. Kit-of-parts architecture and the benefits of standardisation.Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood and Design Lead for the Construction Innovation Hub, is equally enthusiastic about the changes taking place within the industry.
and the shift toward industrialised construction.He reminds us that post-war housing was built using a kit-of-parts approach and that Roman forts were prefabricated.A thought-leader and leading author within the MMC/Platform construction space, Johnston talks about the development of the.
UK Government’s Construction Playbook., whose core policy – harmonise, digitise and rationalise demand – creates a new opportunity to apply a consistent set of technical standards to assets being built across the public sector..
This level of standardisation has the capability to create fewer documents and standards, giving the market a much better opportunity to respond, he says.
Johnston feels that the adoption of a more standardised, foundational approach will act as a springboard, setting up the opportunity to work with more sophisticated industrialised construction techniques like prefab and DfMA.. Amy Marks is fine with the idea of standardisation but thinks things also depend on how performance-based, or prescriptive those standards are.alongside the main guide, which offers supplementary guidance to those interested in exploring embodied carbon in more detail.
Helen Hough, our Head of Sustainability, who led the graphics team for the main guide and participated in the workshops collating industry knowledge for the.Embodied Carbon Primer.
says, ‘Reducing embodied carbon is just as important as reducing operational carbon, if not more so, as its effect on our environment is mostly felt on day one of a building.Embodied Carbon Primer.