Better economic value

• Increasing population and urbanization in the world: growing rate of construction, need to be able to adapt and build quickly to meet the population's needs
• Cost is a driver at all stages of the building's lifecycle
• At Saint-Gobain: providing solutions to assist stakeholders at all stages

• 7-15% of the total cost of the building is cost of architects in design phase

• Before the construction is completed, need to optimize the process

• 3 main drivers: 
  • Efficiency at the design stage of the building: bringing solutions, services and documents to ease the work of the different stakeholders in the conception of a new building
  • Efficiency of the construction process: enable quicker completion of the construction, by better management on site, conformity with standards and technical approval, ...
  • Optimized cost of installation: reduced installation time, less accessories, solutions easier to install and to adapt to real jobsite configuration, ...

• 3 main drivers:
  • Optimize operating cost: limit the impact of external negative incidents by increasing protection and early detection of events, design builsings easy to repair, use easy-to-maintain solutions, ..
  • Efficiency at the end-of-life of the building: optimize demolition and deconstruction, enable re-use of building parts, minimize landfill and other disposal costs
  • Increased value of property: from the design stage, favor durable construction with low energy consumption, low maintenance and easy renovation

SG solutions are available to take action at all lifecycle stages:

• Design stage: tools and documents to support designers, BIM objects

• Construction stage:  lightweight construction systems, off-site manufacturing, logistics services

• Operating stage: safe solutions, easy to maintain, long-lasting solutions

• End-of-life: solutions easy to deconstruct, dismount or recycle ; recycling services