Platform design and the future of construction, Built Environment Matters podcast with our Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE
In the first instance, it considers the notion that every project has a problem statement.
Translating scientific and technological requirements into a lab design and key project and business metrics.. Exploiting the standardisation opportunities across all life science lab projects..Enabling a rapid and iterative design process.. Providing inputs and feedback to/from all stakeholders (e.g.
lab managers, project managers, Quality, EHS, tenants), improving buy-in and reducing future change.. Embedding data and learnings from every project to continuously improve the service over time.. Fast Lab works by:.Using a standardised capacity model to rapidly translate scientific, technological, and commercial requirements (e.g.test types, technology options, demand scenarios) into an equipment list..
Using a design configurator to rapidly translate this equipment list, a library of equipment and building components, and codified design rules (e.g.building regulations, safety, and quality standards) into a coordinated and compliant multidisciplinary facility design..
Using an execution model to rapidly translate this lab design, historic project data, and other inputs, into a cost and programme estimate, as well as other useful business metrics.. Fast Lab allows teams to complete all these steps in a single workshop, with numerous design iterations, scenarios, and improvements taking place in real time.
This makes it possible to start permitting, procurement, and construction activities in a matter of weeks, rather than months, and opens the door to warp-speed lab deployment.. Fast Lab combines our experience in multidisciplinary lab design, capacity modelling, asset optimisation, automated design tools, and the creation of fast, scalable solutions to the world’s biggest construction challenges.Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Towards the end of the film, the three protagonists find themselves caught in a plant called the Devil’s Snare.This plant binds you tight and the more you struggle the tighter it binds.
You escape by stopping fighting, doing something different to what feels like the right and obvious thing; and by exposing the plant to light..In my inaugural lecture in the autumn, I suggested that one of our biggest challenges to solve going forward is trying to get free of the tendrils that bind us.