Welcome to Built Environment Matters. A monthly podcast brought to you by Bryden Wood, an international company of technologists, designers, architects, engineers and analysts working for a better built environment. Bryden Wood believe in design to value to cut carbon, drive efficiency, save time, make beautiful places and build a better future.
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Redefining Data Centers: Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future of Construction | Lincoln Wood, Edged
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Welcome to another episode of Built Environment Matters! This month, Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, is joined by Lincoln Wood, Director of Design at Edged, to discuss the transformative power of data centers in the digital age. With his extensive background in complex projects, Lincoln brings a wealth of knowledge on ho…
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In Short: Revolutionising Small Molecule API Manufacturing: Embracing Miniaturisation and Automation
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In this enlightening episode, Adrian La Porta, Technical Director at Bryden Wood, dives deep into the evolving landscape of pharmaceutical manufacturing, focusing on the critical role of Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in modern medicine. As the backbone of the world's most essential medications, the development and producti…
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Exploring Lean Construction and the Future of Building Design with Iris Tommelein
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In this enlightening episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast, host Jaimie Johnston MBE engages with Iris Tommelein, a distinguished Professor of Engineering and Project Management at UC Berkeley. Iris, renowned for her contributions to lean construction and as a founder of the Lean Construction Institute, delves into her journey from civil…
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Platform II Explored: Revolutionising Construction with Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE
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Welcome to another episode of Bryden Wood's 'Built Environment Matters' podcast, where we delve into the transformative world of Platform II. In this episode, Jaimie Johnston MBE explores how Platform II is setting new benchmarks in the construction industry. Discover the innovative strategies behind the design and implementation of The Forge, the …
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Reference Design - with Jaimie Johnston MBE, Built Environment Matters 'In Short'
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In this special 'In Short' edition of Built Environment Matters, Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE gives us a sub-ten-minute lowdown on the benefits of 'Reference Design.' By creating a centralised and highly optimised core design, we are able to streamline the process of designing and building structures for our clients. Through thoughtf…
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Advancing Prefab with Amy Marks, Queen of Prefab and VP of Enterprise Transformation Practice at Autodesk
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Amy Marks joins Jaimie Johnston MBE to talk about Advancing Prefab, which is taking place in Phoenix from 14th-17th March. Now in its seventh year, it's fast becoming the world's biggest conference on industrialized construction. Listen in to learn more about why everyone in this space, particularly architects and designers, should attend. Send us …
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Defining customer value to drive innovation in design and construction with Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company
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Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company joins Technical Director Adrian La Porta on this episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast. We learn how Will's twenty-five years of experience as a construction lawyer allowed him to see the failings of the design and construction industry firsthand. Will now uses this knowledge to reshape t…
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Accelerating MMC adoption in Australia with Martin Fenn from PT Blink in conversation with Adam Jordan and Simon McCarthy from Bryden Wood
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What is the current state of MMC adoption in Australia and what can be done to accelerate it? How can we best apply the lessons from overseas, particularly looking at the experience in the UK? Adam Jordan, Asia-Pacific Lead at Bryden Wood, talks to Martin Fenn, Director of Integration at PT Blink and MMC Lead for the CIOB Oceania. They are joined b…
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Digitising supply chain data, Built Environment Matters podcast with Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI
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On this month's Built Environment Matters podcast, Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI, talks to Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE about integrating supply chain data into the design and construction process and how new digital platforms are enabling a new world of data-led collaboration. Brett Rogers is CEO of KatalystDI, a tech company that …
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Hospital Design and Construction with Zig Rubel, President and CEO of Forsight Digital
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Listen to our latest podcast with Zig Rubel, president and CEO of Forsight Digital. He talks to podcast host Jaimie Johnston MBE about using data to create better healthcare facilities, the role of standardization and componentization how we can meet the healthcare needs of the future with new technology, and the evolution of Integrated Project Del…
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North America's first B Corp Certified General Contractor, Advancing Collaboration and Innovation in Construction with Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction
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This episode Bryden Wood Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Tim Coldwell, President of Canada's Chandos Construction. Tim talks about being purpose-driven, 100% employee-owned, and the first and largest B Corp certified commercial general contractor in North America. In addition to recycling construction waste on 100% of projec…
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Digitalisation & health and safety in construction, Built Environment Matters podcast with Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and Head of School of Project ...
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Bryden Wood Asia-Pacific Lead, Adam Jordan, talks with Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and Head of School and Project Management at University of Sydney. She will be discussing innovation in construction, how digital is transforming the delivery of major projects, and how Modern Methods of Construct…
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Integration and digitisation in architecture and construction with Lucy Homer, European Head of Integrated Solutions at Lendlease.
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Join us on this month’s episode of Built Environment Matters as Lucy Homer, European Head of Integrated Solutions at Lendlease, discusses centralisation, the importance of teamwork, overcoming industry inefficiency, and how architects in our digital future could find themselves acting as artisan curators of standardised systems. ‘Developing technol…
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Prison Architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with Yvonne Jewkes, Professor of Criminology at University of Bath
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In this very thought-provoking episode, renowned criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes discusses prison architecture and how we could - and should - change the conversation around social and political attitudes to prisons and rehabilitation. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You c…
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Diversity and the Future of Architecture with Satwinder Samra
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Satwinder Samra, architect, educator, TV presenter... talks to Bryden Wood Architecture Board Director Paul O'Neill about opening doors and increasing diversity in Architecture, the importance of listening, and how his students make him optimistic for the sector Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.…
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Global-scale solutions to climate change with Kirsty Gogan from TerraPraxis and Jaimie Johnston MBE
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In this inspiring episode, we discuss how to achieve a practical, global-scale solution to the very biggest issue facing humanity – climate change – with Kirsty Gogan of TerraPraxis. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on LinkedIn and Twitter.…
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Decarbonising energy: replacing coal and designing efficient data centres with Bryden Wood Co-Founder Martin Wood
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In this episode Bryden Wood co-founder Martin Wood joins Jaimie Johnston MBE to talk about design to value and addressing global needs, from decarbonising energy production to designing efficient data centres. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on Li…
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Sustainable Buildings: PassivHaus, low carbon design and NABERS: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability, Pablo Gugel, talks to Jaimie Johnston MBE
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Learn about the key ways we’ll achieve net zero building using sustainable design and modern methods of construction. Check out this month’s episode of our podcast, Built Environment Matters. Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability, Pablo Gugel, joins Jaimie Johnston MBE. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, vis…
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Transforming construction: Platform design and the IPA’s Roadmap to 2030 - Jaimie Johnston MBE in conversation with Trudi Sully from The Construction Innovation Hub
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The UK's Infrastructure and Projects Authority has just published its Roadmap to 2030 – a clear and bold plan to drive a step change in infrastructure performance. Central to this plan is the adoption of a platforms approach to construction. Bryden Wood first described platform construction back in 2017, and has been developing it ever since. It wi…
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Architecture Professor Randy Deutsch from The University of Illinois in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston MBE
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This month Board Director Jaimie Johnston MBE talks with architect, playwright, AI researcher and educator Professor Randy Deutsch about language, critical thinking, and the golden generation. Themes: Life as an architect: adapt to any economic situation The importance of narrative in architecture Narrow AI in architecture Architecture nomenclature…
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Pt. 2: Digitising Planning with Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer, Southwark Council and Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain
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Join us for Part 2 of our Digitising Planning podcast where Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer, at Southwark Council. They discuss digitising planning and where that sits within wider digitisation and the Nation…
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Part 1 - Digitising Planning with Miranda Sharp from the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts from Southwark Council
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Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer at Southwark Council. They discuss digitising planning and where that sits within wider digitisation and the National Digital Twin Programme. Send us a text To learn more about…
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Bringing Data to Life on IoT Connected Construction Sites - Jaimie Johnston in conversation with Craig Lamont, CCO, asBuilt on our construction podcast
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In this episode, Board Director Jaimie Johnston MBE talks to Craig Lamont, Chief Commercial Officer, at asBuilt Digital in Sydney about 3D spatial technology, IoT connected construction sites and how we should use the tech to return the time back to human. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.bryden…
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Part 2: Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL's Built Environment Faculty in conversation with Board Director Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Part 2: This episode, Jaimie Johnston and Professor Jacqui Glass get into the semantics around construction nomenclature before turning to the foundational importance of industry standards. Finally, Jacqui talks about why we should be attracting graduates and master's students into the industry as they can bring about significant shifts in how thin…
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Part 1: Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL's Built Environment Faculty in conversation with Board Director Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Part 1: This month, Board Director Jaimie Johnston talks to Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. They explore the relationship between academia, industry and research, as well as Jacqui’s role as Lead of The Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+). Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Des…
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Part 2: Josh Johnson, Expert - Engineering Construction & Building Materials at McKinsey & Company in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Part 2 of Board Director, Jaimie Johnston in conversation with Josh Johnson from McKinsey, talking about the digital empowerment of the construction industry, cleaning up processes to maximise technology-led benefits, overcoming fragmentation, and the pursuit of value as we create a better future... Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's …
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Part 1: Josh Johnson, Expert - Engineering Construction & Building Materials at McKinsey & Company in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Josh Johnson brings his perspective - and McKinsey insights - on the construction industry, including the current market, trends and developments. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on LinkedIn and Twitter.…
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Part 2: Amy Marks, Autodesk's Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Amy talks about the importance of productization in construction, why data is the new oil and why change is happening now. She also tells us why CEOs are listening up, why we need to re-use what we learn on construction projects, and, finally, why people should stop talking nonsense. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value …
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Part 1: Amy Marks, Autodesk's VP of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
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Amy Marks, Autodesk's Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, talks about how clients have the power to shape the future of construction, what value means in the design process, why we don’t need to have everything and how to let architects be… architects. Send us a text To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philoso…
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Sustainable Design: creating low carbon, sustainable buildings - delivering a sustainable future
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Bryden Wood's Head of Sustainability and Building Physics, Helen Hough, joins Jaimie Johnston to talk about all things sustainable design: From how Platform construction (P-DfMA) helps to lower embodied carbon, to designing buildings to the WELL Building Standard, with COVID-19 in mind. Helen Hough also gives an overview of the various built enviro…
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Build Back Better and The Construction Innovation Hub: Jaimie Johnston talks to Keith Waller about Shaping the Future of Construction with Platform Construction, DfMA, Social Value and Sustainable Design ...
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In addition to Jaimie Johnston's role as Board Director at Bryden Wood, he is also the Design Lead at the Construction Innovation Hub. In this episode, he talks to his CIH colleague, Keith Waller, who is the Program Director at The Hub. They will talk about the future of the construction industry, the role of Government and how UK construction coul…
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PRiSM Housing Design App for Residential Architecture: Saving Architects Time & Building Better with DfMA, Automated Design and Construction Technology
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This month, Bryden Wood Creative Technologies Director Jami Cresser-Brown talks about how digital technologies and automating design can turbocharge housing and modern methods of construction, the ground-breaking PRiSM app, and why some architects should think more like primary school children. Artwork: Megan Chown, Bryden Wood Podcast Music: Tamar…
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Applying a Design to Value Approach to Construction Project Management: Process Engineering, Chip Thinking® and Modern Methods of Construction
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Design to Value in Process Engineering: John Dyson, former VP of Capital Strategy at GSK joins host, Jaimie Johnston MBE, to describe his award-wining approach to process design and explains how embracing uncertainty changes projects from miserable to exciting, and delivers real value for clients. Artwork: Megan Chown, Bryden Wood Podcast Music: Ta…
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Shaping the Future of Architecture and Design with New Technologies in Construction: Platform Design (P-DfMA) and other Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
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We’ve talked extensively about the benefits a Platforms approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) can bring to a construction project, namely cost savings, increased safety on site, better quality, more sustainable buildings. But, what does a plausible future look like in practice if government and the private sector adopt this way o…
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A Platforms Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA): Maximising Value with Lean Construction and Sustainable Design
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Bryden Wood Board Director and Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE, talks about a platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly (P-DfMA) and how it can benefit architects, the construction industry, the built environment and society as a whole. Bryden Wood is a technology-led design company focused on Design to Value in construct…
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