CLARIFICATION OF DESIGN BRIEF (cont'd)
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direct pedestrian access to the various facilities should be in accordance with the Site Circulation and Grouping Diagram. Provision should be made for securing these access points under abnormal circumstances and alternative means of access to these areas provided through the main site entrance.
The clearance of 5.1m referred to in para. 10(e) refers to "above" the drainage reserve only. As stated in the above para. the drainage reserve may be diverted.
This is particularly relevant to
the section dedicated to the existing Colvin House.
A provisional sum for "Furniture" will be given for incorporation in the Cost Plan.
The
5 visitor parking spaces (Q12) should be provided (if practical) outside the secure perimeter but within the site boundary. Some means of preventing use of these spaces by the general public should be considered.
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The building should be designed for
25. year
minimum life
expectancy.
21. Running costs will be considered in the assessment of the design.
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22. The building will be subject to all the normal Building Regulation
approvals.
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No taxi layby is required.
Only catering facilities as defined in the brief should be provided. Large functions will be dealt with using outside caterers. Staff will be expected to make their own arrangements for lunch.
Sea water for cooling is not available to the site.
The Architect should use his own judgement on the provision for seismic loading.
The use of British products will be assessed on value for money and future maintainability.
The
In general terms a raised floor should be provided over an entire floor plate on floors with a predominance of offices. extra-over cost to the structure for this provision should be separately indentified in the Cost Plan.
The total permitted gross floor area of 19,000 sq.m. is subject to the normal allowances for non-accountable area defined in the Planning Regulations.
Ihr Smith tells me for fans is to enable under-floor cabling for computers, phone, faxes etc, by far the most efficient
mass efficient + flexible way to organise things. But it is more expensive, so thy need to identify the "extra-over" cour
is with the expence.) Ja.
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