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News in brief Engineers demand new
University seeks tenders
Birmingham University has
deal at climate summit
started to look for main
contractors to design, procure,
construct and commission the
n
Without agreement on
climate change at the
first phase of its planned city
Copenhagen summit, the world
centre campus, the university’s
faces starvation, poverty and
28,000 sq m estates department
war over resources, a meeting of
and a master plan for the wider
engineers has heard.
project, which could eventually be
Engineers’ fears were revealed at
55,000 sq m.
the FIDIC 2009 conference, hosted
by the Association for Consultancy
WSP wins Bond Street
and Engineering (ACE). More than
WSP has been selected
700 consulting engineers from
by Crossrail to be the lead
around the world attended the event
consultant on the detailed
in London to discuss environmental Princess Anne was a guest speaker at the conference.
design of Bond Street Station
problems, including climate change,
in London’s West End. The
water shortages and depletion of them to agree on carbon reduction with governments to encourage
consultant engineer will provide
natural resources. targets at the forthcoming United more interest in engineering
structural and M&E design,
During the event engineers Nations meeting in Copenhagen in careers; engineers taking initiative
environmental management, and
demanded a meaningful dialogue December. in promoting solutions to the
planning.
with governments and urged Nelson Ogunshakin, ACE chief world’s issues, as well as engaging
executive and host of the FIDIC proactively with the political process;
Managing flood risk
conference, said: ‘Sustainability is engineers having responsibility
A new book to help engineers
the most important issue facing to be part of the decision making
tackling flood risk management
humanity. Failure to act now will process; and using the UK’s new
and sustainable development
condemn many generations to Chief Construction Adviser model
in new construction works is
prolonged hardships.’ in other nations where it could also
now available from the BRE
Other key actions which the be useful.
Bookshop. It is funded by DEFRA
conference identified to combat FIDIC now intends to send an
as part of the ‘Making space for
climate change in the built open letter to the governments
water’ programme – The LifE
environment included: encouraging attending Copenhagen demanding
Project.
www.brebookshop.com
more investment in research and that they reach an agreement on
development; making sustainability climate change. The letter will
Agency shares out £12m
integral to the business culture of also provide examples of how
Seven projects are to share
FIDIC’s immediate past president John consultancies, clients, suppliers, the industry can offer sustainable
£12m worth of funding to install
Boyd helps debate the issues. contractors and asset users; working solutions to these global challenges.
the infrastructure for an array
of new and existing low-carbon
energy plants. The Homes
and Communities Agency
Twelve college schemes
announced the second round of
funding through its Low Carbon
finally get green light
Infrastructure Initiative. www.
homesandcommunities.co.uk
Twelve colleges have finally been College; St Helens College; Sandwell
given approval to begin building College; South Thames College;
Acoustic accreditation
works following the funding fiasco Tresham Institute of Further and
Research organisation BSRIA is
by the Learning and Skills Council Higher Education, Corby; and West
now UKAS accredited to carry out
(LSC). Cheshire College.
acoustic testing and consultancy
The LSC told 13 colleges earlier Proposals for Manchester
on all types of buildings.
this summer to scale back their College’s Wythenshawe campus
Under Part E of the Building
projects to make them more cost- are being finalised. A decision is
Regulations, a sample of units
effective. The move came after the expected to be announced in the
in new dwelling developments,
Noise-free zone
funding body for the college building near future.
as well as refurbishments, may
programme discovered it did not An independent report into A building claiming to be the
have to be tested to demonstrate
have enough cash to finance more the LSC’s handling of the Further world’s quietest has officially
levels of sound insulation.
than 70 projects already given Education Capital building opened at Bristol University. The
approval in principle to proceed. programme was conducted earlier £11m Centre for Nanoscience
SLL Code on CD
The 12 institutions that have this year by Sir Andrew Foster. and Quantum Information has
The Society of Light and Lighting
now been granted permission to Meanwhile the Department for specialised laboratories where
has issued its 2009 Code for
continue are: Barnsley College; Children, Schools and Families vibration and acoustic noise
Lighting on CD, which is available
Bournville College; Furness College; has decided to scrap the £2m levels are among the lowest
from the CIBSE Bookshop. Visit
Hartlepool College of Further sponsorship fee to encourage new ever achieved. The building was
www.cibse.org/publications or
Education; Kirklees College; Leyton academy sponsors for schools designed by Capita Architecture.
call 020 8772 3618.
Sixth Form College; North West Kent opening from September 2011.
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