by Marina Young | Sep 1, 2026
We continue our series of interviews with the ADW team, which we opened with our Director, Anthony Waterman. This time, we sit down with Harish Borah. Construction can calculate some things. Others, it must judge. Harish has spent over a decade working where the two...
by Marina Young | Jul 31, 2026
Most life cycle costing in construction exists to satisfy a requirement. A BREEAM credit calls for it. A planning authority requests it. A funder makes it a condition. In each case, the requirement sets the scope, and the analysis follows. A bespoke life cycle costing...
by Marina Young | Jul 14, 2026
A building designed in 2026 will exist for years to come. It will spend most of its life in a climate that does not exist yet. BREEAM Wst 05, Adaptation to Climate Change, asks project teams to take that seriously. It is worth one credit, with an exemplary credit...
by Marina Young | Jul 10, 2026
BREEAM Version 7 renumbered the material efficiency credit. What project teams knew as Mat 06 is now BREEAM Mat 05, and BRE streamlined the assessment process along the way. None of that is the interesting part. BREEAM Mat 05 behaves differently from almost every...
by Marina Young | May 29, 2026
Ask three people what Life Cycle Costing (LCC) means and you will often get three different answers. One may describe a high-level cost comparison completed at RIBA Stage 2 to inform structural or façade options. Another may refer to a detailed component-by-component...
