Advancing collaboration and innovation in construction with Integrated Project Delivery | Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction

Integrated Project Delivery promotes a high level of collaboration and shared commercial reward so that stakeholders are incentivised to work together in a better way.

This approach not only allows for precision in design but also facilitates the reuse and repurposing of building components, contributing to a circular economy in the construction sector..These takeaways reflect the comprehensive approach to sustainable design discussed in the podcast, emphasising the need for holistic and integrated strategies to improve the sustainability of the built environment.A Transformative Step in Residential Architecture Design Could Help to Solve the Housing Shortage Using PMH Construction Technology.

Advancing collaboration and innovation in construction with Integrated Project Delivery | Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction

Whether we call it a housing shortage, or a housing crisis, it’s no secret the UK is facing a serious problem.The lack of quality homes has been a key topic of discussion for many years within the construction industry.Back in 2017, the Mayor of London announced the need for at least 50,000 new homes per year in the capital.

Advancing collaboration and innovation in construction with Integrated Project Delivery | Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction

However, since then, only around 40,000 have been built, and only a little over 25% of those are considered ‘affordable.’ The disparity between need and production in residential architecture highlights a broader, but equally critical, issue - the problems and inefficiency of the wider construction industry.At Bryden Wood, we hope our housing design app, PRiSM, will help to form part of the solution.. Our problem as an industry is simple enough to understand; it stretches beyond residential architecture into other social infrastructure sectors as well.

Advancing collaboration and innovation in construction with Integrated Project Delivery | Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction

Traditional construction methods simply can’t meet the scale of demand for new built assets.

Not in the future.He enjoys the freedom of not having to ‘push things aside’ to walk between areas.

The hallways are very spacious, particularly when compared to the ‘narrow corridors’ of other hospitals in which he has worked.‘For safety reasons,’ he says, ‘I feel very reassured that it’s very safe in terms of evacuation and day-to-day movement.

It’s very good.’.Head of Nursing Paul Highton expresses this same sentiment when discussing the various options he has if needing to move quickly to another area of the facility.

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