The problem may not always be perfectly understood when we begin.

With an attendee list of approximately 1,200 individuals, this event is a hive of opportunity.The multi-day event covers diverse tracks, including 'The Owner's Playbook', 'Prefabrication and Facilities', 'Building Information and Digital Workflows', and many more.

Last year also saw the introduction of the 'Market Application Day', offering insights into various construction sectors like hospitals, manufacturing and data centres.. 2.Exhibition hall a glimpse into real-world solutions.While futuristic tech and innovations are always exciting, the event's exhibition hall sets itself apart by focusing on practical, current technology for the construction industry.

The essence is on tangible solutions - tech that attendees can integrate into their projects right away.. 3.Building genuine connections.

Unlike many industry events that can often feel somewhat impersonal, attendees at Advancing Prefab enjoy its open and interactive ambiance.

The emphasis is on real-world experiences, with participants sharing both their triumphs and tribulations.As in so many other areas of our lives, COVID-19 has created new challenges within the architecture and design space, with clients now regularly requesting COVID-secure design.

The idea of designing for COVID is very compatible with sustainable design’s broader focus on health and wellbeing, and ties in nicely with the WELL Building Standard.This American rating system, launched in 2013 and now in the UK, challenges the built environment from a wellness perspective, while the UK’s earlier environmental assessment method, BREEAM, also places some attention on things like thermal comfort and air volumes.

In the case of designing for COVID, the most obvious starting point is to look at the airflow of a building — how it might move through an office floor plate, for example.Here, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) offers us a way to address the challenge using a process based on mathematical modelling..