BG 61-2015 Soft Landings and Government Soft Landings SAMPLE

Soft Landings & Government Soft Landings www.softlandings.org.uk Soft Landings & Government Soft Landings A Convergence Guide for Construction Projects ™ www.bsria.co.uk Soft Landings & GovernmentBSRIA BG Soft 61/2015 Landings i Soft landings - GSL ver5.indd 1 12/08/2015 14:26:44 Acknowledgements BG 61/2015 Soft Landings and Government Soft Landings was authored by Ashley Bateson on behalf of the BSRIA Soft Landings User Group. BSRIA acknowledges the input from members of the BSRIA Soft Landings Executive: Stephen Ward AECOM Alan Jefcoat Arup James Warne Boom Collective James Hepburn Building Design Partnership Grant Widlake The Energy Solutions Group Michael Chater Hampshire County Council Ashley Bateson Hoare Lea Tamsin Tweddell Max Fordham Stuart Thompson Morgan Sindall Mark Savage Next Control Systems Gary Clark Wilkinson Eyre Alasdair Donn Willmott Dixon BSRIA would also like to acknowledge the input from Andrew Digby of the Ministry of Justice who leads the Government Soft Landings Stewardship Group and Jennifer Bone of the Ministry of Justice, who provided the image and accompanying caption for the Liverpool kitchen project. This guide was designed and produced by Joanna Smith of BSRIA. Developed with the SOFT LANDINGS USER GROUP Soft Landings & Government Soft Landings ™ All rights reserved. Although this work in its entirety is subject to the publisher’s copyright, permission is granted to users to reproduce and modify extracts for practical use in project documentation. BSRIA BG 61/2015 August 2015 ISBN: 978-0-86022-745-8 Printed by: Berforts Soft landings - GSL ver5.indd 2 17/08/2015 08:52:39 Soft Landings & Government Soft Landings Preface Soft Landings is increasingly being recognised as an important process in helping to ensure the actual building performance in terms of energy consumption and occupant comfort closely matches the design intent. This is particularly relevant in the public sector where it is usual to have long leases or ownership of a property, and where the benefits of Soft Landings through the building process and life cycle analysis can clearly be demonstrated. It is important that government departments continue to demonstrate what can be achieved through the adoption of central government’s version: Government Soft Landings. As case studies develop showing the financial, environmental and social benefits, these should be used to encourage take-up by the private sector. I believe that the implementation of Soft Landings will increasingly encourage innovative use of new technology. Indeed, this is already happening with a number of forward-thinking organisations implementing software solutions linked to equipment and processes to produce more efficient buildings. This, together with the development and integration with Building Information Modelling, is a big opportunity to really squeeze the performance gap. It is encouraging to see continued collaboration between BSRIA and the public sector to ensure feedback is provided for review. This document compares the attributes of GSL with the BSRIA Soft Landings Framework and reviews both methodologies to ensure that the lessons learnt will result in improvements, not just in the process, but also in building performance and occupant comfort. This should assist in achieving the seismic shift which is required in the industry to achieve what a lot of experts believe is the industry’s Holy Grail: demonstrating how well-designed, energy efficient and well-managed buildings can result in improved occupant health and wellbeing, and potentially productivity. Mitch Layng IEng FCIBSE Portfolio Energy Manager – M&G Real Estate. Soft landings - GSL ver5.indd 3 12/08/2015 14:26:45 Author’s Preface Increasingly, clients and professional teams are realising that good management of the construction, handover and post-occupancy evaluation process is essential in the achievement of better-performing buildings. Soft Landings provides a platform for delivering better buildings. The Government’s plans to implement Soft Landings on centrally-funded projects from 2016 is a welcome step towards making the Soft Landings process more mainstream. Whilst there may be some differences in how the BSRIA Soft Landings Framework and the Government Soft Landings process will be applied, both methodologies are unified in their aim to deliver construction projects with a greater focus on performance outcomes. This is a great opportunity for clients, designers, contractors, building managers and end- users to work together to get the buildings they really want. Ashley Bateson MSc CEng MCIBSE MEI Head of Sustainability - Hoare Lea Soft landings - GSL ver5.indd 4 12/08/2015 14:26:46.

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