Services
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CAR’s multidisciplinary team integrates specialist knowledge with a broader design awareness of design for sustainability. |
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CAR has developed scientific models showing how buildings affect - and are affected by - the environment that are used to inform design decisions. |
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One of CAR’s skills is engineering know-how, achieving more with less, designing safe, economic structures. |
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Whole-life costing is an essential foundation for sustainable design, balancing capital costs against future benefits. |
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CAR addresses issues of environmental sustainability at an urban scale, the dynamics of urban growth and regeneration, cultural heritage and involving residents in strategic decisions. |
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CAR’s approach to surveys, called Informed Opinion, engages people by providing accurate and unbiased information. |
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Architectural design begins long before the first sketch is made, and relies heavily on good pre-design briefing. |
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Conservation Plans are increasingly used to help with the effective management of historic buildings. |
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CAR addresses issues in construction that are to do with people rather than bricks and mortar. |
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CAR’s comprehensive approach to risk management combines two areas of expertise: hazard modelling and building stock vulnerability assessment. |
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CAR provides analytical tools and data products for international organisations, governments, and the insurance and construction industries. |
CAR’s in-house team and network of collaborators bring together a comprehensive range of expertise covering all aspects of the design, use and performance of the built environment. For convenience, this is divided into distinct service areas, but CAR also welcomes projects that cross service area boundaries – these are the projects where CAR’s interdisciplinary expertise is most valuable.