Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design 05
October 16, 2007 by Chris | permalink
Session 05
David Adamson, who was the head of writing the rules for procurement of the built environment for the UK Treasury. He Talked about the transformation of the UK gov’t procurement from a cheapest total capital cost to the best whole life cost as it is. It is a fundamental move to the Quality Agenda. There has been a Mandate for Focus on Whole Life Value at national, regional and local levels.
‘I knew more about this building before we started before most buildings when we are finished.’ quote from a contractor.
Ratio between capital costs and long-time value was articulated....
.1 design
1 building
3 running premises
20-30 cost all university activities
There is now a new ISO 15686 which lists what one does and does not include for whole-life costing.
Common-sense context for definitions
'The Best' is the enemy of the Good Enough
For healthcare the most important is the position of fenestration and the second most is the position of the power points; better architecture means reduced pain drug intake at hospital.
Every project over £2 million is now required to have a post-occupancy evaluation with the design team after two to three years. This is/has been crucial to the success of the new whole-life method.
We find that undergraduates are calling the shots as far as sustainability is concerned.
We know that there must be both a ‘carrot and stick approach’
