PROJ EC T E X AMP L E S
Imperial West. Enabling manufacture and assembly.
Block F at Imperial College’s White city campus is a 35-story residential development. Housing 192 apartments, it also features A3 retail space at ground level. Improving efficiencies Prior to commencing work on the Block F detailed design, we proposed to Crown House Technologies (CHT) that we could work together in order to develop the RIBA stage 4A design for an off-site manufacture and assembly process. It was agreed that a collaborative approach would dramatically reduce the requirement for any re-working of the MEP services design. This meant a reduction in both the time and resource required by CHT’s installation drawing production team. Proactive communication During the RIBA stage 4A design process, we held regular meetings to discuss the arrangement of the engineering services within pre-fabricated frames. Further to this, we also explored how the engineering services and access arrangements to bathroom pods needed to be configured in order to enable the desired sequence of the works on site. The process was a resounding success and achieved the project objectives in terms of designing for DFMA. Even better? This approach had the added benefit of informing the architectural and structural design to such an extent that there were minimal (if any) services clashes to resolve during installation stage.
Client: Laing O’Rourke Architect: PLP Architecture
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