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Safety related and non-safety related systems are separated and simplified.

We’ve been able to look at things like different concrete mixes, relating to the self-compacting nature of the concrete.Through evaluation of embodied carbon, we’ve been able to offer lower carbon concrete mixes, tested before being transferred.

In this case, Easispace put temperature sensors in the concrete, with mobile phone alerts indicating when the concrete became strong enough to strike the shuttering.This process of fine tuning the concrete enables it to be kept as low-carbon as possible, optimising it for strength, while still keeping the building process as quick as possible.It’s a good example of the improvements made viable with prototyping, which aren’t achievable when a project is live on-site for the first time.

This transformational process of on-going refinement and progress isn’t possible in traditional construction, where every building is bespoke.It’s yet another benefit of a Platform construction approach, which helps us to achieve greater sustainability in design..

Addressing the climate emergency in construction.

Currently contributing 39% of global carbon emissions, there can be no doubt that the construction industry has a serious and urgent role to play in addressing the climate crisis.Instead they used a process of discussion.

They brought together those already living in the city, those who would need to provide services and through agencies heard the voices of refugees themselves.They allowed worries, concerns and aspirations to be voiced, using the modelling to inform debate and to regulate emotional catastrophising.

No process like this can be perfect but it can be good: constructive, educational and democratising.Research suggested that many of these values had been achieved..