Electronics Recycling: WEEE Explained

At Bryden Wood, DfMA has been integral to our approach for more than 30 years, delivering tangible benefits across various sectors.. DfMA reduces overall cost and time (30% reductions are not uncommon), improves labour productivity, reduces labour requirements, and enhances sustainability by minimising waste, maximising material efficiency, and reducing embodied carbon.

Declining productivity.Lack of creativity and innovation.. Construction 2.0. identifies three pillars to advance the future of the construction industry in HK: innovation, professionalisation and revitalisation.. BIM, DfMA and Design for Buildability all play a key role in fulfilling the innovation pillar.

If done right, they can also lead to increased professionalism across the sector and help revitalise the industry for young talent – achieving industry-wide transformation..In order to make MiC adoption more appealing to private sector projects, the Buildings Department of Hong Kong has established a Pre-Acceptance Mechanism for MiC.The Development Bureau has also released a.

Technical Circular.(2/2020) which sets out a range of government projects for which MiC adoption will be mandatory.

Early adopter projects in Hong Kong have had some success with MiC although so far this has been limited to particular building types, primarily social and elderly housing.

A range of other projects are in development, however Hong Kong remains a comparatively small market which makes it challenging to scale up a modular supply chain.To maximise the benefits of DfMA, plants must first be designed rationally and efficiently.

Without a well-designed building, the DfMA approach will be applied to an inefficient design, diluting its benefits or even introducing costs and complexity..Battery plants typically have extremely large footprints to accommodate the linear assembly process.

However, requirements vary across different process stages.​•​ Early stages often involve vertical material transfer (e.g., wet chemicals).. ​•​ Later stages require significant ventilation, heat rejection, and cooling..