Powering M&E innovation in leisure centres.

Having all data centralised in a BIM model provides instant access to both the cost and availability of a project’s components, and creates a more direct relationship with the supply chain cutting down transaction costs..

The horrific experiences of two people in the 20. th.Century formed the foundation of an abiding philosophy.

Victor Frankl, who survived a concentration camp in WW2 and went on to write “Man’s search for meaning” and General Stockdale, who was captured in Vietnam and survived brutal imprisonment, both concluded that living with the uncertainty in those times was key to survival.The artificiality of grasping for certainty was a flawed survival strategy.Facing and accepting where you are today, with hope and certainty that you will find a solution, a way out at some point equipped people advantageously..

Both gripping stories and afar from the project world, and yet they can tell us something about the human condition and how the intuitive response to find certainty, something to hold onto, is very unhelpful at times..So what does this mean in the world of projects?

It means ensuring that the purpose, aspiration and hope for the project is kept alive.

In practical terms a problem statement and value drivers help this.This digitisation or automation of all aspects of the design and the data attached to it, allows an automated checking process that isn’t subject to human error, so teams can be confident that the testing and certification is rigorous and holistic..

In traditional construction, data is manually tweaked, but this human interpretation and intervention can break the compliance thread.When automated, it is easier to track even the smallest of changes and immediately understand the implications of substitutions.

The data remains ‘clean’..The digital library establishes a digitised quality assurance process that means we can trace and record critical data from design through to operation..