‘I think that finding women working in construction now is much more normal than it was years ago, especially in the architecture sector.

is a whole-project approach, starting with design and working through to assembly.Designing with the detail of assembly in mind, and making sure that M&E engineers work closely with architects and structural engineers, we deliver built assets with performance as part of their DNA.

And nowhere is this more relevant than in data centre design.. A data centre is about performance above all – minimising cost per kW, maximising IT yield per square metre, minimising energy and water consumption, maximising the efficiency of M&E building services, and minimising waste..There are standard ways to address all of these value drivers, and many companies to do that.But to really raise the bar on what can be achieved with data centre design and M&E services, it’s essential to understand the mechanical and electrical systems, the architecture and the structure as being intimately interconnected and fully interdependent.

Each of these facets must work in harmony to maximise the potential for optimal data centre design and that is impossible to do when the project is divided up and these areas are treated separately..It is, however, possible to achieve through an integrated design approach and.

Data centres developments have baseline costs like utilities, land, civils and structure...

So the more data centre capacity you can fit onto your site, the more IT yield per square metre you will get, and the lower your cost per kW will be.. As data centre designers, we must aim to maximise the site yield.PMV is calculated as the percentage of cost that is derived before any site works and strongly encourages maximising the proportion of off-site works.. As a result, many parts of the construction industry are focusing more and more on off-site prefabrication in pursuit of benefits including lower cost, reduced delivery timescales, higher quality, improved health and safety, less waste and more productive site labour..

But is off-site always the best way to achieve these benefits?Construction sites have been around since the dawn of civilisation.

Do we really want to walk away from all that learning, and start moving as much of the construction process as possible into distant sheds?.Is on-site construction really all that bad?.