Accelerate Pharma Part 2: Transforming Value in the Pharmaceutical Industry | The Dyson Blog

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.”.

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.Rather than proposing a building to a client who in turn decides if they (a) like the idea and (b) can afford it, Design to Value first asks What is it that you need?

What are you trying to achieve?That of course could end up being a building.

In this framework, the brief becomes a much more malleable concept.

It’s a starting point.Where materials can be reused, these should be considered for reuse on the same or a local site, thereby reducing material miles and facilitating a more sustainable construction process.

Although the circular economy market is in its infancy, by considering material reuse during the earliest design stages we can help build that marketplace.In time, this market will help to further reduce material costs..

Following through the circular economy idea to the end of a building’s life, simple design choices allow new materials to be reused at that stage.Using reversable joints for steelwork connections so that beams and columns can be disassembled in their primary form, allows them to be re-used rather than be melted down and recycled as a raw material.