Ensure that the planned project meets concept of operations and strategic goals. Now is the time in the project lifecycle to change your mind about what you want.

Re-evaluating the preferred option, to identify one which more effectively addresses the final operational outcome, improves the public interface / urban realm benefits and meets constructability and maintainability challenges can be another great decision.

Don't start with the question "What do we need to design?"

Start with the question "who has done this before?"

And start there.

Design for fabrication and construction is a vital part of achieving project delivery efficiency targets. Designers often do not take into account how the asset is to be fabricated or constructed, instead relying upon the Contractor to solve this issue. Great design embeds production efficiencies and constructability right from the beginning.

An integrated design approach from day 1 can help to avoid those painful and costly design clashes and lack of consistency with regards to the final outcome. N2SR has been working in integrated 3D design for around 15 years, and has significant insights into the value of a fully integrated approach.

The integration of complex systems must be commenced early in the project lifecycle, even in the planning phase, for example by simplifying the proposed configurations where possible.

Maintaining a configuration baseline, reflective of the Concept of Operations, against which all designs are tested is an effective way of ensuring operational requirements will be met.

Using Digital Engineering, with a common database of information, used by all project and asset team members offers massive value across the supply chain. N2SR has been working with various suppliers such as 3D survey, 3D design modelers and Asset Management systems to drive full integration across projects and future asset management workflows.