The Secret to Keeping Wood Counters Beautiful

Programme acceleration is a key driver for battery plants, where producing the first batches is a critical milestone.

Managing condensation.The spaces between heated, humid, pool halls and cooled gyms, or external areas, are particularly challenging.

Condensation can cause staining or mould growth on the building fabric, and saturate insulation layers, degrading their performance.There are also health and safety risks from mould spores or people slipping on surface water.Working closely with Grahams, MSL and Saunders Boston, Bryden Wood used AnTherm software along with finite difference numerical modelling, building thermal modelling and probabilistic weather data, to assess condensation risk.

As a result, design changes could be made to reduce condensation.. As these two excellent new facilities open their doors, the communities that they serve can feel the benefits of a well-managed indoor climate, and the client can be confident that they have assets that manage energy efficiently.Engineering matters.Engineering is an important part of Bryden Wood, and the wider UK Economy.

An Engineering UK survey found that no less than 27% of enterprises in the UK are engineering-related, with the sector growing in size by 5.6%, from 2015 to 2016.

The industry already generates 23% of the UK’s total turnover and employs 5.6 million people, but more are needed.We maximise the value of the asset by balancing a wide range of criteria.. Design to Value may lead to a solution that is very different to the one initially conceived, but it will be a solution that is fully thought through, appropriate and complete; a built asset that delivers value across the piece.

This leads to wide-ranging benefits: cost-savings, increases in speed, quality and safety, and the creation of more sustainable buildings with projects delivering greater social value.. Social value in architecture, focusing on process.In 2019, our project with GSK in Parma, Italy, won a ‘Facility of the Year Award’ for social impact from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).

The project delivered a finished and operational facility in just 15 months, as opposed to the usual three to four years.The purpose of the facility was to ensure continuity of supply of a vital HIV treatment, and therefore the social value of the project was huge.