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D esign management of today The transformation of Fisketorvet – Copenhagen Mall enables us to demonstrate an approach to design management that focuses on digital tools and interdisciplinary coordination. Ambitions are high for the upcoming transformation of Fisketorvet. The renovation and expansion of the shopping centre will create space for a larger restaurant area, while a new office building and new hotel along Kalvebod Brygge will be constructed at the same time. Like the existing centre, the entire development will be sustainability certified in accordance with BREEAM, which is just one of our many tasks for the project. The various disciplines require that the design management team focuses on strong interdisciplinary coordination :
Tenants in the retail industry record their highest earnings at certain times of the year, which is why the renovation and expansion of an operational shopping centre places extra high demands on the planning and coordination of the execution – not only in relation to time, but especially in relation to reducing the disturbance that the tenants will experience. Simon Chresten Dencker Technical Director Project Management Copenhagen
Many external considerations Fisketorvet has an extremely central location, which increases the number of stakeholders. Radius has a main line into Copenhagen on the building site, just as HOFOR has district heating lines in an area now expropriated in connection with the metro construction. Together with the 15 other owners of cables and pipes on the site, they must be coordinated in the project and planning of the execution. In addition, part of the expansion is located on top of the future Havneholmen metro station, which also places very specific demands on the design management team. Simon Dencker points out :
The shell for the new offices must be completed by a specific date, otherwise the opportunity to construct the building will be lost.
Therefore we must be adaptable, and ensure that client decisions are made in due time. A unified digital platform It is no coincidence that the design manager is often portrayed as the conductor, and at Fisketorvet we can rightly talk about an entire symphony orchestra. However, there is one crucial difference : the musical score is never fixed and continuous variations and improvisation must be taken into account. This is where
