Wendy Bonard-Williams says that her favourite area of the hospital is the glass walkway up on the second and third floor.
As we have evolved this approach over the years, we’ve extended it to include many more pharmaceutical engineering projects, as well as a wide range of other sectors, from heavy industry to prisons.. Part of our role is to act as pharmaceutical plant design consultants.What we aim to do is make sure that projects are well aligned with business requirements; to define and design future assets that translate a company’s strategic objectives into tangible manufacturing facilities – and provide added value.
The key point here is that we put a great deal of effort into defining the business needs.That is, after all, why we're doing the project.. We also invest effort into constantly assessing how well our design solutions match those needs.This has often resulted in solutions that require no capital expenditure at all, because we find different ways of meeting the requirements..
The Design to Value approach relies fundamentally on close collaboration between a wider range of experts than is seen in conventional projects, particularly including business functions.These experts are actively involved in the definition and search for solutions on an equal footing with the engineering and architectural people who would normally be considered part of the project team.. We also use an iterative approach to pharmaceutical facility design, recognising that good solutions emerge from exploration of all the options.
So our chances of finding the optimum solution are increased when compared to more linear design approaches..
There are four principles that enable us to operate in this way:.Only industry-wide collaboration can change the sector.. Cross-industry associations and groups (like the UK’s.
Construction Innovation Hub. )are necessary to drive sector-wide change.
Multi-stakeholder reports and materials on the practical application of MMC with collaboration from builders, engineers, designers, suppliers, and integrators, will enable everyone to be heard and shape the change.. 5.We need to get rid of offsite stigma..