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The works should be complete early 2022.. Pharmaceutical Facility Design for GSK.

Authors: Steven Tilkin and Tanya Oram..There are many ways to approach master planning in design.

At Bryden Wood, we combine our core principle of Design to Value with an overarching digital methodology to deliver master plans that tackle the most complex of scenarios.This enables us to give clients overall clarity and big-picture understanding, together with highly detailed recommendations and a range of practical, prioritised solutions..Recent clients like GSK, Johnson Matthey and MSD have all faced similar problems: large and complex sites that have developed organically over time, resulting in some parts being highly utilised and others much less so, or even being mothballed altogether and standing unused.. For each site, creating a master plan is initially about bringing to life the full range of issues for that site, and exploring multiple layers of value drivers – financial, operational, environmental, aesthetic, attractiveness for investment, and so on – and not just for the status quo, but also modelling future scenarios.

An effective master plan gives the client clarity, understanding and tools for improvement.. A Design to Value master plan is not simply a design, or a set of drawings or visuals for a site.It is a means to understand current processes and activities, and plan for their development in what may be a changing and unpredictable environment, with multiple stakeholders and agendas..

The very process of creating such a plan – gathering all the relevant information and data and presenting it back to clients in a structured way – is in itself a highly productive exercise, allowing people to pull back from the detail of day-to-day operations, and take a more holistic view of what they are doing.

Many activities, processes and sites develop organically over time, meaning that the big picture can become confused or even lost altogether.They could easily be placed inside a concrete mix, and would simply broadcast for the next five years uninterrupted.. At Bryden Wood, we anticipate that this type of construction technology work could also fuel the next generation of concrete mixes, as well as influencing the type of AI technology that’s starting to plan schedules and program onsite.

Logistics could also be affected.Essentially, there is a massive, potential long-term benefit to gathering this type of data.

Unfortunately, while we already have the ability to use IoT successfully to gather substantial amounts of this type of useful information, investment for this type of work isn’t necessarily present at the moment.Currently, fund managers are focusing more on internal building technology.