Multi-story building geometries with associated distribution complexities and more space for plant are having to be envisioned, carrying with them potential impact on CapEx and OpEx envelopes, as well as embodied carbon and carbon in use.

There’s also a lot more guidance around now, for example, from bodies like the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE)..Sustainable building materials and platform construction.

One topic which must be addressed in relation to the reduction of embodied carbon is the sustainable use of building materials.This is an issue we’re particularly focused on at Bryden Wood, in our work with Platform construction.This transformative kit-of-parts approach enables a reduction in the quantity and weight of building materials.

With Platform construction we know exactly which components will go into a building.As a result, we’re able to give considerably more care and consideration to the design, procurement and construction of each individual part.

Platform construction offers us a wide range of improvements when compared to traditional construction — it’s faster, safer and more cost effective, for a start.

However, one of the biggest benefits Platform construction offers is to give us more control, which ultimately facilitates meaningful embodied carbon savings..Certification to BSI and UKCA standards.

Fabrication of structures and components for structures up to 15 stories high using steel, aluminium and stainless steel.Execution Class 2 requires welds to be completed to ±0.4mm on steel and ±0.0 on aluminium.

Certification is for the full factory control procedure including procurement, processing, fabrication, storage, Q&A and delivery with documentation at every stage.Accuracy in pre engineered interfaces.