Additionally, a biophilic design with a strong connection to nature has multiple healing and psychological benefits to building occupants..
She’s eager to see the transformation.. Johnston agrees that things are generally improving, but brings up the difficulty being created by large pockets of resistance still needing to be unlocked.He feels that government support is helping to advance the issue of industrialised construction in the UK, including with the previous BIM mandate..
However, both Marks and Johnston agree on the fact that it’s a true sign of progress to now be able to discuss the rise of industrialised construction in so many countries across the world.Ten years ago, Marks says, those types of conversations wouldn’t have existed at all..The different geos have different value propositions, just like clients, she says.
Their different paths and strategies reflect their individual needs “based on the current environments that are there and what they're trying to overcome.I think we can learn from one another,” she says.. For example, Singapore is very metrics-based.
They’re tracking everything with technology and bringing industry and universities together to view things from different perspectives.
In the United Kingdom, there’s great craftsmanship, as well as in Ireland, where they’ve adopted manufacturing techniques.We need to pause, reflect on our purpose, try to see different perspectives, different routes forward; bring light to our present.. We need to try different things, do things in different ways, make new connections.. A few weeks ago I was involved in a conversation about pharmaceuticals.
Many of the drugs we take are synthesised ultimately from oil or use significant amounts of fossil fuels to produce.Agricultural, paper and wastewater industries dispose of significant amounts of carbon-based compounds which could be the feedstocks for these drug substances.
Creating new connections between industries that work largely independently could have a significant impact on the sustainability of the pharmaceutical industry.This different perspective is exciting.