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Innovate UK has launched a report on the case for resilience adaptation to the built environment in the face of climate change. ‘The Business Case for Adapting Buildings to Climate Change: Niche or Mainstream?’ uses examples from across a range of projects to illustrate the market drivers for resilience which can underpin practical climate-change adaptation measures. Innovate UK’s Mark Wray says: “This report aims to push the consideration of resilience-related adaptations from niche research into an accepted and conventional business consideration.” The report is available online from the Innovate UK website.
LEEDS GAINS GALLERY SPACE
The University of Leeds has secured Heritage Lotery Funding for a refurbishment scheme to create a new Treasures Gallery, designed by GSSArchitecture. The £1.5 million project involves creating a climatically controlled gallery space and adjoining public engagement room. The proposed area is within the confines of a grade II-listed campus building and will house historic documents and artefacts. The project is now progressing to tender, with the aim of completion in winter 2015.
With demand for primary school places already outstripping supply in Hounslow, the first phase of a £150 million expansion programme has been completed with the aim of helping to address the issue. The London Borough of Hounslow
penned a deal with multi-disciplinary management and design partnership Pick Everard in December 2012 to provide project and cost management and design services under the government procurement services framework to deliver multiple new primary and SEN school places over the next five years within challenging cost parameters. Pick Everard has been working on an
initial 10 primary schools identified by the borough to launch the expansion and improvement programme. These schools provide interesting challenges as they are located under the flight path of Heathrow Airport. Allan Cowie, director at Pick Everard,
says: “We are working really hard with both the London Borough of Hounslow and Heathrow Airport to make sure that the schools are all sufficiently soundproofed from the aircraft noise throughout the school day. It poses us with some challenges, such as how to provide adequate ventilation for the classrooms where it’s not possible to open
Flagship life sciences facility completed
ABOVE: Norwood Green infants school BELOW: Springwell junior school
Engineering, IT and facilities services business NG Bailey has completed an £11.5 million contract as part of the biggest ever project undertaken in the 100-year history of the University of Bristol. The company provided all the electrical, mechanical and water distribution services for the flagship “super green” life sciences building, which was officially opened by Sir David Atenborough.
Created to inspire scientists and
researchers of the future, the £56.5 million development is expected to cement the university’s role as a favoured filming location for Sir David and the BBC Natural History Unit. The 13,580 sqm new build – designed by architects Sheppard Robson – will house the school of biological sciences and colleagues from other disciplines working in the field of life sciences. Split into three zones,
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