This is problematic, he says, because the great unlock we’re seeking in the construction industry is going to come from those lower tiers, with people like the rebar tradesman, the electrician and the plumber.. Bryden Wood agree that one of the key issues blocking the progress of the industry is the struggle to try and get digital construction technology down into the supply chain through the massive long-tail of small suppliers.
As we know, industrial plastics are used in many items we use every day.From nylon stockings to Teflon-coated cooking pans, we all use these types of plastics in some form or other.
Industrial plastics have become so prevalent precisely because of their wide range of uses.And while they have been historically carbon heavy in their production, they also have the potential, in fact, to lessen carbon emissions in certain areas.. One positive example we are seeing of the increased use of industrial plastics is engineered plastics adding benefit as alternative building materials.By reducing costs through lightening loads, and acting as better insulators to increase heating efficiency, industrial plastics have clear scope to deliver substantial cost benefits.
These materials are useful, therefore, and we shouldn’t discount their potential in this area because of their historically carbon emission heavy synthesis.. Our goal, therefore, is to find ways to make the production of industrial plastics less reliant on fossil fuels and to reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible..The way we are focusing on achieving this is through carbon capture, which reduces emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during synthesis by capturing emitted carbon dioxide and reusing it in other stages of the plastics manufacturing process..
Carbon Capture and Utilisation vs Carbon Capture and Storage.
There are two main methods of carbon capture: carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and carbon capture and storage (CCS).Lean construction in practice: a virtuous circle of benefits.
All of these factors combine to deliver cost and material savings, while using fewer people and increasing productivity.We’re already seeing evidence that it’s possible to build a superstructure with half the number of people in half the time, representing a four-fold increase in productivity, as well as a 25% reduction in overall material and a 20% reduction in embodied carbon.
And there are other benefits, such as the ability to minimise tolerances.In our work with Crossrail we designed to zero tolerance with very good success.
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