Nicola Moriarty

Difficulties with Carbon Capture.

It soon became apparent that systems developed for the MOJ (whose estate includes education, healthcare, offices, sports halls and workshops) would also be appropriate for the wider public sector..The cross-department Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Working Group fostered this approach and adopted the term ‘Platforms’.

Nicola Moriarty

It was brought across from manufacturing thanks to the involvement of the Manufacturing Technology Centre who are now a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub.This Group’s work was documented in ‘.Delivery Platforms for Government Assets.

Nicola Moriarty

’ and was influential in Chancellor Philip Hammond’s November 2017 Budget Statement, which endorsed MMC and committed the government to drive its adoption..Meanwhile, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), who implemented the mandatory use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public sector works, funded Bryden Wood and the MTC to develop further the cross-fertilisation of manufacturing and construction.

Nicola Moriarty

In March 2018, we worked together on an event, ‘Transforming Construction’, which showcased a Platform approach to DfMA and launched the book ‘.

Delivery Platforms.Water stress levels (calculated by UN-Water) are low for European regions but there is much higher stress in North Africa and Asia, which may lead to fewer data centres obtaining water for process cooling.. Space efficiency of heat rejection plant.

The external heat rejection unit size is typically based on the required heat rejection capacity and approach temperature (external air inlet temperature vs CHW/air outlet temperature).Generally, the heat rejection plant is located as close to the data halls as possible, however, where there is a drive towards higher density data centres the typical space for external heat rejection may be limited.

To achieve an increased heat rejection capacity in limited space, the approach temperature of the unit may have increase (leading to an increase in the mechanical cooling hours annually).. Based on previous Bryden Wood data centre projects, we have plotted heat rejection plant properties based on their heat rejection capacity (kW/m.vs approach temperature(K)..