| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L16361/01 |
| Title: |
DESIGNING FOR SHORT LIFE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Webb, Mr R |
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| Department: |
Building Engineering & Surveying |
| Organisation: |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1996 |
Ends: |
30 September 1998 |
Value (£): |
67,065
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| Design Processes |
Manufact. Business Strategy |
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The Technology Foresight report Progress Through Partnership No 2 Construction introduces specifically the notion that a set of re-usable components and systems can be assembled in a variety of ways to produce constructions which are high quality, low cost, flexible and marketable worldwide. Technology Foresight reflects the acceptance that buildings are likely to become economically or functionally redundant long before the expiry of the serviceability of the components of their construction. At the inception stage of this project a search was made for the building type which demonstrated these characteristics. Currently healthcare projects are being conceived with short life predictions associated with advancing medical technology and this together with the high cost of servicing healthcare buildings adds focus to this project.The project will explore the proposition that long life, packaged, re-usable components of systems can be economically utilised for servicing spaces that are functionally flexible, meeting changing need within short time scales. Further it is intended to select an item of equipment to use as an example in establishing the technical feasibility of re-usable components and economic viability in life cycle cost terms.
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http://www.hw.ac.uk |