The Orms Sustainability Team have been undertaking an extended deep dive into the second edition of RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment in the run up to implementation on 1st July 2024, when it became an official standard. We have focused on understanding the changes, and potential...

Material Passports offer an opportunity to gather and organise data about materials contained within a building, which in turn enable material reuse. In this policy paper, we propose a series of recommendations which will enable meaningful material reuse. Our ambition is to create a process that is...

The UK Government's BIM Mandate was introduced in 2011 as part of the Government Construction Strategy to improve cost, value and carbon performance of buildings and infrastructure projects. Orms believe that BIM can deliver real benefits to our clients by reducing risk, improving cost & time certainty...