Advances in data centre design and delivery | Jaimie Johnston MBE | Autodesk University 2024

Rebuilding for a Resilient Future:.

Architects produce one set of information to one set of criteria, submitting it to planners who then need another, and particular, set of information.From there it goes to the people who might approve the building, or the people constructing the building.

In reality, though, all of these people just need slightly different slices of the same information.If everyone could agree and collect information to the same standards, sharing the same pieces of information upon creation, and when changed, it would unblock the system and lead to significantly greater efficiency..While early BIM slides had a digital thread looping operational data all the way around, in fact there are all sorts of breakpoints.

The handover from construction into operation never works particularly effectively, and we never really get that kind of handover into the capital model.Planning has always been one of the big digital breaks, where things suddenly go into quite a subjective, painful, and paper based process, and planning has long been held as a blocker to housing, amongst other things.

The impact of digitising the planning process would be enormous, causing many other aspects to fall into place.. Digitising planning with RIPA and BoPS.

Still, digitising planning presents a complex and difficult challenge.We cannot deal with them here.

This project will shine a light on what is possible.. Further applications: the benefits to government and local plans.The solutions may be different, but the principles we are exploring here have very positive ramifications for other areas.. Local/central government: the principle of making information interoperable and shareable, or policies more machine-readable and rules-based, while smoothing flow of information ‘before use’, is applicable in many areas: domestic planning, perhaps, where we could unblock permitted development and focus more on sustainable development; or major infrastructure projects where incompatible information systems breed wasted time and resources.. Local plans: are all based on evidence, which is all based on data.

Data fixed in time is by definition out of date, while digitisation in the holistic context – as this project is demonstrating – gives us the opportunity to keep data and evidence current, informing and improving engagement and decision-making.. Next steps: collaboration to foster continuous improvement.There are others operating in this space.