The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

https://www.gcu.ac.uk/assetmanagement/beamresearch/

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

Vision

Multi-disciplinary Centre of Excellence to research the development, use and revitalisation of built assets, to protect the environment and to support the sustainable social and economic development of communities in order to ‘meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of present and future generations to meet their social and economic needs.’ The Scottish-based repository of sustainability knowledge and intelligence informed by the Centre’s profession, industry and community engaged research

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

BEAM’s Journey

Established 2014

BEAM Centre

Industry Engagement

1 Director

2 Projects

Grow 2015

Research remit 2 Directors

Advisory Board

Management Team

Recognition 2017

BEAM Research Centre

Innovation Challenge Workshop

New funding sources

Future 2018

GCU Investment

BEAM expansion

Up-scale industry presence…

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

Projects & Impact

Capabilities

CSIC & HFS

GCU Resources

Labs & Facilities, Academic Expertise

Support staff Funding for PhDs

KTPs

Innovation Workshops Funded Projects

Host Events

Built Environment Engineering &

Computing Health

Life Sciences Business

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

Sustainable

Environments

Economic Sustainability

Sustainable Cities & Communities

Building Resilience &

Environmental Impact

Construction Project Risk &

Value Management

Healthcare asset quality indicators project Asset Management

framework for NHS Scotland

Green4Brown

Worker engagement maturity model

NEES 2

SPEIRD (fuel poverty)

Project

Water environment micro-pollutants

Underground transport

infrastructure project

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management What we do: Projects

Resource

Research team:

4x GCU Academics

2x funded research staff

HFS Facilities & Personnel

Output

Scottish Health Asset Quality Database and Indicators

Regular research reports to HFS Board

Benefits

Reviewed KPIs for healthcare industry, used for condition monitoring and investment decisions

Optimised use of NHS Estate: combined value of £5bn

Informing Scot. Gov. Policy

No equivalent in rUK

Health Facilities Scotland

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management What we do: Projects

Resource

Research team:

3x GCU Academics

1x funded research staff

+ Lab support

Output

£185k sustainable drainage framework for major Scottish road construction projects (Innovate UK)

€614k nature-based solutions to mitigate hydro-meteorological risks in coastal lands (Scottish Open Air Lab in a large European Framework H2020)

Benefits

Improved management of drainage across Scottish road network

New environmentally friendly methods of preventing, mitigating and managing contamination

Green 4 Brown

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management What we do: Projects

Resource

Research team:

2x GCU Academics (lead)

University of Glasgow support

1x KTP Associate

SPT Personnel & Engineers

Output

Energy from waste-water in Glasgow Underground tunnel system

Communal heating system to premises at ground level

Winner of Scottish Transport Award

Benefits

Renewable energy source at:

St George’s Cross

Bridge Street

Kelvinbridge

Buchanan Street

SPT: Geothermal Energy

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management What we do: Projects

Resource

Research team:

6x GCU Academics (UK lead)

Six partners in five European countries (£7m)

Output

Detailed analysis of pharmaceutical pollution

3D visualisations and games, to reach young people and special interest groups

Benefits

Reduce pharmaceutical micro-pollutants in the watercycle

Low-cost method

Global applications – e.g. project in Brazil

NoPILLS

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

New: Industry-generated Innovation Challenges

Innovation Challenge Workshop

8 Directors & Snr. Managers

Brought unique industry Problems to the table

BEAM Academics

Matched to industry problems

Brainstormed solutions

Outcomes

Three new projects:

-Fire Risk/Cladding; Influencing Regulation

-Waste Reduction; Digital App

-Renewable heat optimisation; social housing energy bill reduction

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

The Common Good

GCU helps Scotland to light up Malawi Explore and advise on the construction of an incinerator at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

MOU: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

BEAM capabilities

Sustainability assessment of cities

Urban heat island studies

Green infrastructure Eco-engineering/bio-remediation for regeneration

Geographic Information System (GIS)

climate change and built environment

Waste management

Urban regeneration policy and planning

Fuel Poverty

Housing refurbishment policy Carbon management

CDM

Fire risk assessment and engineering

Supply chain management

Procurement

BIM

Dispute resolution

Building energy performance

Geothermal energy

Water quality

Wastewater treatment

Environmental Impact Assessment

Geotechnical engineering

The Research Centre for Built Environment & Asset Management

Going Forward…

• New HQ at GCU Glasgow Campus

• Growing the team

• Funding links with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre

• Exploring new project: overheating of health sector buildings

• Talk to me if you want to collaborate on a research project