, which came out in December 2020, but is neither a standard nor a piece of legislation.

Factory in a Box is an excellent example of ways in which MMC can be used to meet quality requirements and diversify the workforce, whilst also substantially reducing costs and speeding up the construction process.This project was a precursor to Bryden Wood’s innovative work with construction Platforms and P-DFMA..

Process Design in COVID-19 vaccine development and modelling.The importance of process engineering and Design to Value methodologies seem particularly relevant recently.As we’ve waited for a successful vaccine to emerge, there have been over 200 in development, all at different stages with different probabilities of success.

Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..Circumstances like the pandemic raise the question: how do we deal with this type of complexity?

The answer is, we use Modern Methods of Construction and we start to model it.

We link in with the people who understand the development processes, and look at the physicality of the supply chains.We started from the premise that while a great deal of effort was expended by a lot of expert people within both pharmaceutical and engineering companies, and despite the significant sums being spent, capital projects often failed to meet business requirements.

And how could we do better in our approach to pharmaceutical facility design?.We developed a particular set of tools and an approach that over time became what we now refer to as Design to Value.

As we have evolved this approach over the years, we’ve extended it to include many more pharmaceutical engineering projects, as well as a wide range of other sectors, from heavy industry to prisons.. Part of our role is to act as pharmaceutical plant design consultants.What we aim to do is make sure that projects are well aligned with business requirements; to define and design future assets that translate a company’s strategic objectives into tangible manufacturing facilities – and provide added value.