Façade engineering - adding value for clients and partners

Achieve an air tightness of ≤ 0.6 air changes/ hr @ n50.

Through global interviews a team sought to discover, in a life-or-death situation, who people would prioritise to save.Was it the young, the old, the fit, the lawful, humans over animals?

Façade engineering - adding value for clients and partners

The idea was to investigate the embedded moral decisions made by autonomous cars in dangerous situations.The results are interesting in that they showed, unsurprisingly that different individuals and cultures gave different responses.Whose do we use?

Façade engineering - adding value for clients and partners

These decisions have real-life implications.. ‘We better be sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose we really desire,’ Norbert Weiner stated in 1960..In 2021, Stewart Russell OBE (Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley) in his Reith Lectures expressed some principles that he had co-developed to make the development of AI positive and safe.. Altruism – AI is there solely to improve human outcomes and purpose.

Façade engineering - adding value for clients and partners

Uncertainty – the objectives, purpose and outcomes will remain uncertain.

Learning from humans – there needs to be a dynamic process, constantly checking back and developing understanding.. Why is this important?Amy stressed the need for serial owners (those who manage multiple projects, such as healthcare providers or governments) to take a leadership role, demanding and supporting industrialised approaches.

This collaboration ensures that processes and technologies align with shared goals, creating efficiencies and driving innovation.. 5.F. ocus on value, not just cost.

A recurring theme was the importance of defining and designing for value.Whether it’s reducing waste, achieving certainty in project timelines, or meeting sustainability goals, understanding what 'value' means to each client is critical.

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