In 2018 the UK generated 222.2 million tonnes of waste, with the construction industry responsible for around 30%.. 1.
‘It’s in a big figure eight,’ she says.‘Hardly anyone goes down there and it’s just a complete glass wall so you can see out...see across to the hotel and things like that.’ She talks about the quietness of the space.
‘You can literally go up there for five minutes and escape and you won’t see another person… So that’s quite nice,’ she says, laughing.’.Raj Goel sums up the general mood about Circle’s Reading facility.‘It’s a great place to work,’ he says.
‘It also encourages a positive attitude when you come in because even the patients...when they come in...look impressed.So they have a positive approach to it and even the staff, really.’.
‘I think it’s a lovely environment to work in,’ comments Highton, before adding that he admires the way Circle learns from every establishment it builds.
‘I think the building lends itself really well to care and nursing,’ he says.A common language allows people with diverse areas of expertise, including those not normally involved in design and construction, to participate fully in design decisions.
This is much more effective than a conventional approach where you might produce engineering drawings or documentation and then hand them to a user group who will then take additional time to review and pass comment.And, of course, if people are fully involved in generating solutions, they're more likely to adopt them..
Visual information is vital in communicating complex issues.A generally accepted principle in systems thinking is that diagrams are required to convey complex issues in a way that text generally can't.. We also use modeling and data visualisation, to ensure that decisions are based on facts and data, rather than opinion and hunches.