The cost of any prefabricated component (indeed, any component of any building) can be divided into materials and labour.
And once installation was completed, we helped with witnessing commissioning, and then monitoring the functioning of the new building through its defects liability period..Since that initial role, we have carried out a number of other MEP projects for Illumina, including extensive heat load testing, lab upgrades and the repurposing of existing offices and other facilities.
One major issue for clients in this sort of field is that science moves so fast that buildings quickly become out of date.And the changing use of building spaces has been exacerbated by COVID reducing the requirement for office space even further..In this context, we have converted offices to pilot labs with a high density of fume cupboards and clean room facilities.
We have also built an incubator/accelerator project; a lab building for startups.The principal MEPchallenge here is catering for the air change requirements, which are clearly much higher in a laboratory than in an office.
Doing this has been greatly helped by the 3D modelling that was carried out on the original project.. HVAC upgrades at the Portway.
Also on the Granta Park is a building called Portway.However, there are four important challenges for the adoption of Passivhaus:.
Increased design cost and complexity: It requires specific detailing of the envelope, high quality of construction and specific performance testing in order to get the building certified..Increased capital cost: The additional construction capital cost can vary from 8% in the most optimistic scenarios (Passivhaus Construction Costs – October 2019) up to 25%..
Increased programme: Delivering a Passivhaus building can take longer.Quality control on site is extremely important, strategies for airtightness require careful sequencing and interim testing and workmanship skills need to be of the highest quality..