Circle Birmingham / Bryden Wood
© Jocelyn Low Bryden Wood applied its Design to Value methodology to the project, analysing multiple processes throughout the building to produce a rationalised design delivering efficiency and value. Clinical, operating and recovery areas are all together on one floor to avoid staff moving between levels. Bryden Wood carried out extensive research into department placement and analysed how patients and staff would use the building in order to optimise the design, and improve clinical outcomes and safety. © Rory Mulvey Paul O’Neill, Board Director at Bryden Wood, says: “The cost savings...