(2/2020) which sets out a range of government projects for which MiC adoption will be mandatory.
The need for wired ethernet and the development of CAT standards is driving larger service voids (bigger, more expensive lab buildings) which in turn restricts flexibility and adaptability..The data issue is another factor impacting the skill sets required in the laboratory..
Although the automation path forward for laboratories is uncertain, it was felt that longer-term plans and strategies were needed.. For example, if automated systems become prevalent, they become increasingly critical to operations and supply chains.This brings with it a need for increased reliability, redundancy and contingencies..There is a paradox; what does long-term planning look like when there is little clarity on how individual technologies will deliver or develop?
How do we demonstrate clear business cases for investment when many approaches are not yet ready for deployment and those that are ready have not been tried and tested?.There is also a significant cultural change to work through as activities which were previously seen as high-value, almost crafts, become commodity services..
There is clarity in the fact that changes in equipment and technology will have significant impact on buildings, structural loading, vibration control, floor-to-floor heights and special layout.. Less quantifiable is how buildings will need to change to support the change in the people operations of scientists, engineers, technicians and managers.
Laboratories can be sited in warehouse or industrial zones which could serve the need of building adaptability very well..It’s just so beautiful in an urban way.’.
Khalifa adds, ‘We’re really young in our profession and are forever learning, so it’s great to see how Bryden Wood have dealt with the Retrofit sympathetically.It’s great to see how they have attempted to do things we wouldn’t have thought of.’.
THE BRYDEN WOOD PERSPECTIVE: PAUL O'NEILL.When embarking on the project to reimagine and develop the building into Great Western Studios, we knew ‘the constraints of the build would be its making,’ says Bryden Wood Board Director, Architecture,.
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