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Investors say sustainability is a ‘must-have’
EVERYMAN THEATRE, LIVERPOOL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: GVA Acuity PROJECT COST: £27 million CONTRACTOR: Gilbert Ash on JCT Traditional ARCHITECT: Haworth Tompkins
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Curtain rises at new Everyman The Everyman Theatre’s ‘exceptional’ sustainability was rewarded with the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize trophy in October. It was the first theatre to win this award. The Liverpool venue – whose alumni include Julie Walters, Bill Nighy, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Pryce, Pete Postlethwaite and Antony Sher – was completely rebuilt in Hope Street between 2011 and 2014. GVA Acuity provided project management, contract administration throughout the design and rebuild stages of the project. The building was originally built in 1837 as a non-conformist chapel, changing into a public concert hall before conversion into a cinema in 1912. The theatre was dismantled and rebuilt using many of the original 19th century bricks. It achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating through using natural ventilation throughout all main performance areas and workspaces. The building achieved a high diversion from landfill from the waste – many old fixtures and fittings were sold off or donated. The Stirling Prize judges said that its sustainable nature was a key factor in its win. “Clever, out-of-sight concrete labyrinths supply and expel air whilst maintaining total acoustic isolation. It is one of the first naturally ventilated auditoria in the UK.” Everyman & Playhouse artistic director Gemma Bodinetz and executive director Deborah Aydon said the theatre had “unparallelled accessibility”. The new build sought to copy the original characteristics, such as the stage proportions. The old stage was wider than a traditional stage because of its past as a cinema. The theatre is run by an in-house FM team. “Larger theatre complexes or groups may increasingly now be contracting FM professionals” said Mike Cook, senior project manager for GVA Acuity, “but individual theatres would typically have in-house teams delivering the necessary management through the technical or production manager controlling the stage and technical facilities and the theatre house manager responsible as licensee for front-of-house management.”
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GVA’s fifth biannual ‘Green to Gold’ survey, published last month, reports that UK fund managers and investors believe the investment market “no longer views sustainability as a nice-to-have”. GVA questioned UK real estate investors and fund managers on how they view the risks of rising sustainability regulation and market demands. Fifty-nine per cent of fund managers and investors reported that threequarters of their portfolios have been assessed against sustainability criteria, compared with just a quarter in 2012. Ninety-four per cent had a sustainability policy in place at either the organisation or fund level for the properties and funds they manage. More than half of those questioned believed the investors’ market no longer considered sustainability as just an add-on for investors, but rather something that was starting to be or is already considered a key driver of investment performance. Regulations were cited as the main driving factor for undertaking a sustainability assessment, with fifty-six per cent of respondents reporting this as a reason for understanding the sustainability credentials of their assets.
CIBSE reviews Guide M maintenance guidance A guide for designers, maintainers, building owners and operators and FMs has been updated and published by The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). Guide M: Maintenance Engineering And Management is a continuation of work by CIBSE’s Maintenance Task Group and is intended to benefit all those involved in the operation and maintenance of engineering services. The guide is an update of the 2008 guide and aims to provide best practice for those responsible for the management and maintenance of the engineering services in a building. It also aims to inform those who design and construct buildings and raise awareness of the implications their decisions have on enabling effective management and maintenance. Guide M identifies current good practice and addresses topics of particular interest and relevance to those involved at all levels in engineering services maintenance, from designers, manufacturers, installers, maintainers, owners, occupiers and operators, to professional advisers and specialist providers.
“Corners being cut” in design and construction Design and planning is currently not considered as an activity on the same level as construction, resulting in rushed building design “in order to get on site quicker,” claims David Frise, head of sustainability at the Building and Energies Services Association (B&ES). Speaking at the Building Services Summit in London, Frise said that cutting corners in design “encourages subcontractors to do the same. If every subcontractor deviates slightly on what they deliver, then collectively there is a very different end product”. Contracts in construction “do not breed collaborative working”, continued Frise. “There is too much value-destroying activity going on, such as brinkmanship and haggling over price.” The Building Services Summit was jointly organised by the B&ES and the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA). The event was based on the premise that building services equipment is responsible for more than 80 per cent of energy consumption in commercial buildings.
Babcock named preferred bidder for MoD agency Babcock has been selected by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as preferred bidder to buy the Defence Support Group (DSG). The acquisition agreement includes a contract to provide services to the MoD for 10 years, with an option to extend for a further five years. DSG is the MoD agency responsible for storage, maintenance, repair and overhaul of military vehicles and equipment. Babcock will work with the MoD to complete the acquisition of DSG by 31 March 2015 and start the service provision contract on 1 April 2015. www.fm-world.co.uk
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