Soft Landings

Challenges and opportunities By Roderic Bunn A revolution in the way we deliver projects Seminar chairman: Roderic Bunn, BSRIA

Soft Landings Challenges and opportunities By Roderic Bunn Our speakers Introduction to Soft Landings Gary Clark A local authority perspective Mike Chater Soft Landings and environmental assessment methods - Can they work together? Julie Godefroy Soft Landings for Contractors John Whyte minute Q&A

Soft Landings Introduction

5 Context: Actual Carbon Emissions

6 Recent research findings

7 Context: Functionality

8 Credit  Mark Way s –Transforming experience through period in residence on handed-over project  Mark Way –Developed preliminary Scope of Service for Soft Landings  UBT / BSRIA – Soft Landings Framework – Download in PDF for free via

9 What is Soft Landings?  A framework of activities for all key members of a project team  A process for designers and constructors to improve operational performance after handover  Gives more clarity at the inception and briefing stages about client needs and operational outcomes  Requires performance targets (such as energy use) to be set and regularly reality-checked through the project  Places greater emphasis on building readiness activities  Provides for a Soft Landings team on site during the settling-in period

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12  Interdisciplinary user discussion  Test process  Share experience  Highlight barriers  Share data  Contractual implications  Create database of case studies  Define real examples of benefits Soft Landings User Group

13 Government recognition Convergence: successes Innovation and Growth Team Research needs Technology Strategy Board (BPE programme) Low Carbon Construction Soft Landings Framework Industry recognition BSRIA and the UBT (BSRIA SL User Group) Soft Landings a requirement BREEAM credit Overtures made by Soft Landings User Group and BSRIA Soft Landings in BREEAM 2011

14 Convergence: work in progress Reference in contract forms BSRIA ITT and PQQ, link to WRAP proposed equivalents for CEP? Soft Landings as justification Industry InitiativesWRAP consultation on Carbon Efficiency Plan JCT & NEC contract recognition and revision Action by JCT via RICS Government procurement Schools procurement programme via PfS Pilot programme

15 1.Building projects will be judged on their operational outcomes, not their design specifications 2.Practical completion will no longer be the point at which a project team is paid and begins to disband 3.The Defects Liability period will be replaced by Soft Landings- type processes 4.Design teams will take greater responsibility for long-term performance of the buildings they create 5.Final payment in future will be on achievement against a range of Key Performance Indicators Soft Landings Revelations

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