However, this is not a simple path.

Indeed, female team members play crucial roles all across the company, with three out of four directors of the innovative Creative Technologies team being WICE award finalists.. JAMI CRESSER-BROWN.Architecture Director Jami Cresser-Brown leads Bryden Wood’s ‘Central Logic’ approach and is a finalist for the ‘Best Woman Architect’ award.

According to Phil Langley, Board Director for Creative Technologies, ‘her industry-leading work sits at the intersection between architecture, design for manufacture (DfMA) and digital innovation.’.Having completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Westminster, Cresser-Brown led the construction phase of The South Terminal Pier 1 at Gatwick Airport, noting that Bryden Wood were using BIM innovatively in its early days.Basing her case study around the experience, she qualified as an architect in 2012 after completing her RIBA Part III studies, for which she received a distinction..

In addition to acting as a mentor for colleagues completing their architectural studies, she has since attended multiple universities as a guest critic, where she has presented cutting-edge Bryden Wood projects..In 2018, Jami ‘led the development of several projects that have pushed the boundaries of traditional architectural design and delivered groundbreaking solutions for both public and private sector clients, particularly in the residential sector,’ says Langley.. Cresser-Brown notes the importance of embracing new technologies and explains that her work leading the ‘Central Logic’ approach at Bryden Wood embeds ‘logic driven methodologies into digital workflows to accelerate design processes at varying scales and across a broad range of sectors.’.

With a goal of working smarter and more efficiently, standardising elements, which can be repeated without being detrimental to the overall design, is a key part of the solution.

Ultimately, such a process allows a focus of effort on architectural features which enhance the built environment, says Jami.. She is currently working with the Creative Technologies team on two such projects.Finally, we need to have a certain amount of flexibility on the journey to meeting our goals.

It’s critical to know where we’re heading, but we shouldn’t rush down the wrong path for political expediency or short-term measures.We’ve got to be able to respond to emerging needs, placing greater emphasis on what may be required at any point, be that lowering carbon emissions, social value, or any other value driver, and we’ve got to respond in the right way and at the right pace, so we don’t get taken off course.

It requires collaboration and the convening power of the Construction Leadership Council will be crucial to that.. BIM and digital twins.We’ve been watching this process evolve over time, with BIM focused on digitising the design and construction of projects.