These experts are actively involved in the definition and search for solutions on an equal footing with the engineering and architectural people who would normally be considered part of the project team.. We also use an iterative approach to pharmaceutical facility design, recognising that good solutions emerge from exploration of all the options.

As with the desired shift to Modern Methods of Construction in the design and construction industry, we need to address the cultural blockers to the change, and lower the barrier to entry so that it becomes both the right thing to do, and an easy thing to do.. We want the transition to cleaner technologies and fuel sources to become an irresistible, straightforward decision for investors, which means making them more profitable, and working with the grain of human behaviour.In the case of repowering coal power plants, the existing workforce is likely to be very interested in the prospect of another sixty years of highly profitable plant operation, but without the pollution and emissions.

Similarly, rather than trying to guilt people into not flying, we need to make the necessary changes so that we can all enjoy guilt-free air travel.Approaching our decarbonisation challenges in this way means we’re more likely to succeed, and we’ll do so faster.That’s hugely important because we only have 28 years left to achieve this transition globally.. At the moment we’re standing at the cusp of a huge opportunity, with a whole new avenue of potential.

Nuclear energy’s ability to make both heat and power means we can really start to dig into these tough to decarbonize sectors: industrial heat, domestic heating, desalination, fuels, and repowering coal.What a lot of new technologies really need is simply large amounts of clean heat and power.

Once we achieve that, we’ll create a domino effect that unlocks other elements..

The good news is that we’re starting to see a lot of interest in these types of strategies from governments, policy makers, investors, other NGOs and customers.In a good Design to Value system, everybody’s contribution is valuable, no matter what their role.

Leadership and facilitation here are key.In Design to Value, all elements of the project stay in play.

Collaborative teams question the value drivers as they go along and they even question the problem statement.Sometimes problem statements can be rewritten – part way through a project, answers might be found but the team may determine they are insufficient, and perhaps the very question they are answering needs reframing.