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year ago Britain’s schoolbuilding programme looked potentially bleak. The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme had been scrapped amid complaints about the procurement process – in particular the cost and lack of standardisation of projects. But we have seen that, despite some inevitable delays, schools are continuing to be rebuilt and renovated, and the James Review of the procurement process has provided some useful pointers around cutting costs and bureaucracy. We examine how these developments are impacting on professionals involved in educational projects (see page 20). But it would be unfair to suggest that architects and building services engineers have not already learnt lessons from past BSF projects. We present two case studies – one a new-build, one a CIBSE award-winning refurbishment – which illustrate how healthy, comfortable and low carbon educational environments can be achieved – and the clear the benefi ts of reviewing and tweaking the systems (pages 4 and 14). A key issue for the industry is performance of new and refurbished buildings. Being ‘fi t for purpose’ (to use a phrase from the James Review) is about more than cost: the outcomes have to be genuinely energy effi cient, comfortable and workable. This is where the views and input of an ‘intelligent client’ can help to keep the aims of a project on track (see page 11). In the longer term we must not let post-occupancy evaluations of building performance become a casualty of the cost constraints. The ‘Soft Landings’ approach to project handover and review also needs to be adopted as standard. Otherwise we will woefully let down users and clients when it comes to ensuring that wonderfully innovative educational buildings are, in operation, actually fi t for purpose. Bob Cervi, Editor


A CONTENTS


4 Fogg lifted at Queen Mary The rejuvenation of a 1970s


building that is a CIBSE award winner


11 User friendly Commissioning teams need to take on the role of ‘intelligent client’


14 We all want to go to Chelsea Lessons were learned when an underground aquifer was


installed at a new school academy


20 Lessons in school design What will be the long-term impact of the James Review and its emphasis on standardisation?


Creating optimal learning environments


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