So desk fans are not recommended, except in rooms with good airflow and high air changes.
In the UK, offices can be converted into labs without needing Planning Permission since they now fall under the same ‘Use Class.’ This includes facilities used for “research and development of products or processes,” “industrial processes,” or the “provision of medical or health services.”.There are of course caveats, and there may be other Planning or legal conditions to consider or parties to notify.
An office to lab conversion also cannot be detrimental to the amenity of residential areas (e.g.noise, vibration, fumes), and this may still require demonstration via CFD or noise modelling.Appointment of a Planning Consultant and application for a Certificate of Lawfulness is often advisable..
Furthermore, new external chillers, AHUs (air-handling units), stacks and fans, louvres, waste stores, external access, and other material changes to the office building may still result in the need for Planning Permission.This can add many unexpected weeks or even months to a project and introduces an element of risk.
In the fast-moving life science industry this is particularly frustrating and removes much of the benefit of converting an office in the first place.
The faster a lab can be designed, the faster these issues can be assessed and potentially mitigated.. Planning and other permitting matters will of course differ significantly outside the UK and a different approach will also be necessary.. 7.Available to purchase at.Design to Value evolved gradually and intuitively – and holistically.
From designing the brief to considering how elements should be delivered on site to how best to engage the supply chain to how to repurpose existing technology – these things were always central to the Design to Value thinking, even before being labelled as such.. Design to Value purports that the front-end of the project needs to focus on developing data to support decision making at all stages of a meandering process – where each decision step is influenced by the one before.This has to be done on a project-by-project basis because decisions vary accordingly, demanding different amounts and kinds of work and design elements.
Fundamental questions of viability and value must be asked early and answered using data-driven modelling and schematics..Sitting with the client and asking questions forms the basis of every project that follows a Design to Value approach.