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de5ign Five Behaviours
de5ign drives positive designer behaviour towards sustainable design decisions by providing a consistent approach and a common language to the management of HSE risks in the design process, across our global operations, by applying five behaviours which create sustainable design excellence.
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Applying theory into practice
de5ign combines emerging best practice from global safety in design legislation and sustainable design practices with guidance from academic research, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, into a practical, behavioural based, design management process, by placing particular emphasis on the responsibility of designers and the impact that their design decisions have on people and the environment over the whole lifecycle of the asset, considering:
Health in design
Occupational disease and mental health and wellbeing of the construction worker and the end user
Safety in design
The management of whole lifecycle design hazards
Environment in design
Impact of design decisions on the environment, climate change and sustainability
Health in design
Occupational disease and mental health and wellbeing of the construction worker and the end user
Safety in design
The management of whole lifecycle design hazards
Environment in design
Impact of design decisions on the environment, climate change and sustainability
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Designer Competence
Through our governance, systems and practical de5ign tools we increase the skills, knowledge and experience of our designers in identifying health, safety and environment in design hazards and opportunities for each project.
Health
Occupational diseases:
- Caused by agents arising from work activities: chemical, physical agents, biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases.
- Target organ systems: respiratory, skin, musculoskeletal, mental and behavioral disorders.
- Occupational cancer.
Mental health and wellbeing:
- Biophilic design.
- Psychosocial factors: stress, or time to do the task/work.
- Crime prevention through environmental design.
- Rethinking built environment for people experiencing hormonal changes: Gender transitioning, IVF, PMT and various stages of the menopause
- Design for people living with dementia.
- Thermal comfort, lighting, indoor air quality, movement/exercise, nourishment
- Suicide prevention.
Safety
- Construction sequencing.
- Design for Manufacturer and Assembly (DfMA).
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
- Ground or structure movements.
- Electromagnetic fields.
- Working environment.
- Avoidance of hazardous materials.
- Design for operation, maintenance, demolition and decommissioning.
- Stored Energy.
- Security.
- Safe movement of pedestrians or vehicles.
- Crime prevention.
- Safe access and egress.
- Emergency access and egress.
- Remote/lone working.
- Working at height.
- Weather and underfoot conditions.
- Extreme weather.
- Confined spaces.
- Inclusive design.
- Asset reliability.
- Control and trip systems.
- Design for the end user.
Environment
- Resource management: energy, materials, water.
- Energy efficient design.
- Water conservation.
- In-use asset performance analysis.
- Maximize solar gain or prevailing wind.
- Minimizing waste.
- Contamination: ground, air, water or waste.
- Pollution prevention: light, air, water, ground or noise.
- Biodiversity: flora, fauna, pollinators, invasive species and ecosystem.
- UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Sustainable design.
- Sustainable procurement.
- Net zero carbon.
- Low operational/embodied carbon.
- Climate change adaptation.
- Resilience against natural or built environment disruptions.
- Operational phase resource management and pollution prevention.
- Demolition phase resource management and waste minimization.
Health
Occupational diseases:
- Caused by agents arising from work activities: chemical, physical agents, biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases.
- Target organ systems: respiratory, skin, musculoskeletal, mental and behavioral disorders.
- Occupational cancer.
Mental health and wellbeing:
- Biophilic design.
- Psychosocial factors: stress, or time to do the task/work.
- Crime prevention through environmental design.
- Rethinking built environment for people experiencing hormonal changes: Gender transitioning, IVF, PMT and various stages of the menopause
- Design for people living with dementia.
- Thermal comfort, lighting, indoor air quality, movement/exercise, nourishment
- Suicide prevention.
Safety
- Construction sequencing.
- Design for Manufacturer and Assembly (DfMA).
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
- Ground or structure movements.
- Electromagnetic fields.
- Working environment.
- Avoidance of hazardous materials.
- Design for operation, maintenance, demolition and decommissioning.
- Stored Energy.
- Security.
- Safe movement of pedestrians or vehicles.
- Crime prevention.
- Safe access and egress.
- Emergency access and egress.
- Remote/lone working.
- Working at height.
- Weather and underfoot conditions.
- Extreme weather.
- Confined spaces.
- Inclusive design.
- Asset reliability.
- Control and trip systems.
- Design for the end user.
Environment
- Resource management: energy, materials, water.
- Energy efficient design.
- Water conservation.
- In-use asset performance analysis.
- Maximize solar gain or prevailing wind.
- Minimizing waste.
- Contamination: ground, air, water or waste.
- Pollution prevention: light, air, water, ground or noise.
- Biodiversity: flora, fauna, pollinators, invasive species and ecosystem.
- UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Sustainable design.
- Sustainable procurement.
- Net zero carbon.
- Low operational/embodied carbon.
- Climate change adaptation.
- Resilience against natural or built environment disruptions.
- Operational phase resource management and pollution prevention.
- Demolition phase resource management and waste minimization.
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de5ign Hazard Wheel
The de5ign Hazard Wheel summarizes the ethos of de5ign. It enables the identification of potential Health, Safety and Environmental in design hazards and opportunities, to be considered against the whole asset lifecycle. This aligns with our company values where we aim higher, we challenge the accepted, we do things right and we live inclusion.
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The objectives of design are:
To enable a consistent approach and common language to the management of the design process across our global operations.
To change designer behaviour from focusing purely on technical and legal compliance, to developing a culture of making design decisions which leave a lasting positive legacy of our involvement on our clients’ projects.
To drive an upward curve of positive designer behaviour, to benefit people and the environment.
To expand our designer's awareness of ESG (i.e. Environment, Social, Governance) and practically implement sustainable design practices to meet the requirements of our climate action plan and both our environmental management and sustainability commitment statements.
de5ign: Designing a Sustainable Future for People and the Environment
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