This can start with a reference design, or a blank piece of paper.

Chips help speed up the process, because we can move chunks of the design around very quickly and keep data associated with them.We can do things like automate routing of certain utilities, based on the properties of the Chips.

And that enables us to try lots of different options in a short amount of time.As mentioned, this is a key element of our Design to Value approach, as it enables us to get closer to an optimum solution..Unfortunately, we sometimes find ourselves in the conventional engineering situation of having to limit the number of options that we look at because we haven't got the time or the resources to look at too many.

Clearly, it is fine to narrow down a set of options on a rational basis.But if it's simply that we don't have time, we are at risk of staying away from the optimum solution.

That means more cost and more time which, ultimately, is going to affect the patient who is at the end of that supply chain.

As a result, these are particularly important factors to consider in the design and construction of pharmaceutical facilities..This makes codification easier.

At the other end of the scale, work for a case study was also undertaken on an example development of 50 flats, mapping it against the common themes that run through planning applications.These included things such as names, addresses and locations, although specifics weren’t included as the work was still pre proof of concept..

The Benefits of Digitising Planning.Digitising planning is an emerging technology and way of working, and it’s hoped that learnings will be shared as things develop in different areas of the world.