Exposing the myth of the 1:5:200 ratio relating initial cost
... A simple internet search on UK sites reveals many uses for the ratio – ranging from industry (e.g. Building Design Partnership 2004) and government (e.g. Gershon 2002, Ministry of Defence 2002, etc.) through to various authoritative publications (e.g. a Guide to Risk Management from Collaborating fo ...
... A simple internet search on UK sites reveals many uses for the ratio – ranging from industry (e.g. Building Design Partnership 2004) and government (e.g. Gershon 2002, Ministry of Defence 2002, etc.) through to various authoritative publications (e.g. a Guide to Risk Management from Collaborating fo ...
A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology
... are also laid to analyze incremental costs over starting budgets, and to compare the costs for different specific measures and technologies. Additionally, we present a budgeting methodology that provides guidelines for developing appropriate budgets to meet the building program goals, including sust ...
... are also laid to analyze incremental costs over starting budgets, and to compare the costs for different specific measures and technologies. Additionally, we present a budgeting methodology that provides guidelines for developing appropriate budgets to meet the building program goals, including sust ...
West Block and Dugout, Commonwealth
... the national capital, with the land around the Canberra area formally acquired in 1911 and the international competition for the design of the new city finalized in 1912. The Canberra Secretariat buildings (including West Block) and the Provisional Parliament House were the first buildings designed ...
... the national capital, with the land around the Canberra area formally acquired in 1911 and the international competition for the design of the new city finalized in 1912. The Canberra Secretariat buildings (including West Block) and the Provisional Parliament House were the first buildings designed ...
Commencement Column Monument Vol1
... East Block and West Block were among some of the earliest government buildings constructed in Canberra. Designed by JS Murdoch, who designed OPH, they formed the Parliament House Secretariat Group. The buildings were designed as a group to complement each other and balance the landscape. Similaritie ...
... East Block and West Block were among some of the earliest government buildings constructed in Canberra. Designed by JS Murdoch, who designed OPH, they formed the Parliament House Secretariat Group. The buildings were designed as a group to complement each other and balance the landscape. Similaritie ...
The Civic Gothic Legacy: Parliament Buildings of Ottawa, London
... accomplishments, and symbolize the aspirations of countries. They are also, and most importantly, buildings that must evolve with the countries they represent, and withstand the corroding effects of time and high usage. These buildings are the ideal subject for the ...
... accomplishments, and symbolize the aspirations of countries. They are also, and most importantly, buildings that must evolve with the countries they represent, and withstand the corroding effects of time and high usage. These buildings are the ideal subject for the ...
2.2.5. Cost estimating Overview of Estimation Methods Cost
... to take into consideration cost depreciation over time. The method is very easy to use but may be rather imprecise even for the inception stage, for which a poor degree of precision is expected (say, 30% to 50%). For this reason, it is sometimes recommended that ranges of values instead of single va ...
... to take into consideration cost depreciation over time. The method is very easy to use but may be rather imprecise even for the inception stage, for which a poor degree of precision is expected (say, 30% to 50%). For this reason, it is sometimes recommended that ranges of values instead of single va ...
The Palace of Westminster
... Ages with Westminster and Winchester sharing the royal seat of power but gradually more of the institutions of government settled at Westminster. During the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189), a subsidiary treasury was established at Westminster to keep the Royal treasure safe when away from Winches ...
... Ages with Westminster and Winchester sharing the royal seat of power but gradually more of the institutions of government settled at Westminster. During the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189), a subsidiary treasury was established at Westminster to keep the Royal treasure safe when away from Winches ...
When Architecture and Politics Meet
... shape of the chamber and the way seating should be arranged. This harks back to what Gerstenmaier, for example, had felt in 1969. The completion date of the chamber had receded still more until in October 1989 a provisional completion date of June 1992 was announced. The year 1989 became a portento ...
... shape of the chamber and the way seating should be arranged. This harks back to what Gerstenmaier, for example, had felt in 1969. The completion date of the chamber had receded still more until in October 1989 a provisional completion date of June 1992 was announced. The year 1989 became a portento ...
part B
... the idea was abandoned and instead wire-cut bricks were employed. The walls are built of exposed wire cut bricks (sun dried), which are brought from a place, Nujvid which is around 120 Km away from the city. All the walls are of 9-inch thickness making it a total load bearing structure. The interior ...
... the idea was abandoned and instead wire-cut bricks were employed. The walls are built of exposed wire cut bricks (sun dried), which are brought from a place, Nujvid which is around 120 Km away from the city. All the walls are of 9-inch thickness making it a total load bearing structure. The interior ...
The Parliament of Catalonia
... hall of the lost steps) remind us of its original royal intentions. In 1900 Barcelona City Council decided to use the building as the Municipal Art Museum and it was extended with two wings on either side to hold all the art collections. In 1932 Barcelona City Council approved its use as the site fo ...
... hall of the lost steps) remind us of its original royal intentions. In 1900 Barcelona City Council decided to use the building as the Municipal Art Museum and it was extended with two wings on either side to hold all the art collections. In 1932 Barcelona City Council approved its use as the site fo ...
Parliament`s buildings and art
... the Empire style, which is at the top of the hierarchy. The furniture in the Speaker's Rooms is Biedermeier, which has a bourgeois feel, and the urban stylishness of the cafeteria is expressed through functionalist steel-tube furniture. In mps' offices practical massproduced furniture was given pref ...
... the Empire style, which is at the top of the hierarchy. The furniture in the Speaker's Rooms is Biedermeier, which has a bourgeois feel, and the urban stylishness of the cafeteria is expressed through functionalist steel-tube furniture. In mps' offices practical massproduced furniture was given pref ...
yap
... is a building set on the landscape, related to the garden tradition, the Scottish Parliament would be slotted into the land. The perception of the place and the scale of the site will change drastically when the end of Canon Gate is opened. The small scale of the houses along the Canon Gate will app ...
... is a building set on the landscape, related to the garden tradition, the Scottish Parliament would be slotted into the land. The perception of the place and the scale of the site will change drastically when the end of Canon Gate is opened. The small scale of the houses along the Canon Gate will app ...
Additions to the Parliament Buildings
... artisans with rare knowledge of the original methods were employed to revitalize much of the woodwork, stained glass and plaster throughout the buildings. Even the statue of Captain George Vancouver atop the central dome was re-gilded. ...
... artisans with rare knowledge of the original methods were employed to revitalize much of the woodwork, stained glass and plaster throughout the buildings. Even the statue of Captain George Vancouver atop the central dome was re-gilded. ...
Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) held their first debate in the new building on 7 September 2004. The formal opening by Queen Elizabeth II took place on 9 October 2004. Enric Miralles, the Spanish architect who designed the building, died before its completion.From 1999 until the opening of the new building in 2004, committee rooms and the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament were housed in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland located on The Mound in Edinburgh. The access to this facility was via a new glazed porch, discreetly placed in the SW corner of Mylne's Court off the Lawnmarket in the midst of some of the University of Edinburgh's Halls of Residence. All traces of this porch were eradicated, and the west wall where it stood returned to a blank wall, immediately after the new parliament opened. Office and administrative accommodation in support of the Parliament were provided in buildings leased from the City of Edinburgh Council. The new Scottish Parliament Building brought together these different elements into one purpose-built parliamentary complex, housing 129 MSPs and more than 1,000 staff and civil servants.From the outset, the building and its construction have been controversial. The choices of location, architect, design, and construction company were all criticised by politicians, the media and the Scottish public. Scheduled to open in 2001, it did so in 2004, more than three years late with an estimated final cost of £414 million, many times higher than initial estimates of between £10m and £40m. A major public inquiry into the handling of the construction, chaired by the former Lord Advocate, Peter Fraser, was established in 2003. The inquiry concluded in September 2004 and criticised the management of the whole project from the realisation of cost increases down to the way in which major design changes were implemented. Despite these criticisms and a mixed public reaction - the building placing fourth in a 2008 poll on what UK buildings people would most like to see demolished - the building was welcomed by architectural academics and critics. The building aimed to achieve a poetic union between the Scottish landscape, its people, its culture, and the city of Edinburgh. The parliament building won numerous awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize and has been described by landscape architect Charles Jencks as ""a tour de force of arts and crafts and quality without parallel in the last 100 years of British architecture"".