Category Archives: Building

Building Faces

Faces take tour of construction site

August 9, 2012 – 9:15 am
gursh

Yesterday the Faces of the Library of Birmingham met with deputy leader of Birmingham City Council Ian Ward and were given an exclusive tour of the inside of the building site by contractor Carillion. The Faces saw for themselves how work has been progressing on some of the Library’s most striking  features, including the impressive read more »

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Arts Building Transition

Reference Works: a major photography commission

April 3, 2012 – 5:24 pm
lob pic

Today the Library of Birmingham will publicly launch Reference Works: a major photography commission in which four leading photographers will make visual responses to the current Central Library building and to the build, transition and relocation to the new Library of Birmingham. Established by Birmingham City Council to reflect and record this momentous event in read more »

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Building Events

Library of Birmingham opening date announced – Tuesday 3rd September 2013

March 20, 2012 – 10:32 am
lob1

Library of Birmingham opening date announced Tuesday 3rd September 2013 ————— The new £188.8 million Library of Birmingham will open to the public on Tuesday 3rd September, it was announced today, along with a competition to nominate the first book to be placed on its shelves. Carillion, principal contractor for the project, will hand over read more »

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Building Environment and Sustainability

Our new Combined Heat and Power Engine has arrived

March 7, 2012 – 3:27 pm
Library - broad Street elevation

On Monday 5th March, a new Combined Heat and Power Engine was delivered to the Library of Birmingham, which will provide the new £188.8 million building with highly efficient low carbon energy when it opens in 2013. The combined heat and power District Energy Scheme for Birmingham supplies hot water for heating, chilled water for read more »

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Building update – week 100 on the library site

December 21, 2011 – 3:47 pm
Nativity

We are now on week 100 of our 165 week construction programme. November started with a surprise visit from a couple of VIP’s; David Cameron was in the city with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte, looking at science, technology, and Anglo-Dutch business relations. He visited the site to take a look at the progress since read more »

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Building Transition

Further changes to services at Birmingham Central Library from December 2011

November 25, 2011 – 12:12 pm
Shakespare Memorial Room

As construction work on the Library of Birmingham progresses on target, Central Library’s preparations for moving to the new building are entering the second phase of activity. From Monday 12 December, the closure of some parts of the library on specific days of the week will be extended and opening hours reduced. This will ensure read more »

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Building update – week 96 on the Library site!

November 4, 2011 – 3:23 pm
escalator install 2

We are now on week 96 of our 165 week construction programme. If you pass by the site you will see that the poppies have been erected on the hoarding once again, in preparation for the Armistice Day commemorations on Centenary Square. The picture to the right captures the autumn tint and the library rising read more »

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Building update – week 92 on the Library site!

October 26, 2011 – 12:40 pm
Ivor Goodsite

We are now on week 92 of our 165 week construction programme. Since I organised the site aspect of the topping out ceremony in the middle of September, the temporary decking that allowed us to build the structure that will house the Shakespeare Memorial Room (SMR) has been removed. The circular form of the rotunda read more »

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Building Environment and Sustainability

Focus on sustainability.

October 19, 2011 – 3:54 pm
Terrace garden

When I started the Lob project I was tasked with ensuring that the design and construction would meet the benchmark for a highly sustainable project. The standard we set for the new building was BREEAM ‘Excellent’. BREEAM is a nationally recognised environmental standard and stands for; Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method I liked the read more »

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Views From Within The Library From Our Competition Winner

October 3, 2011 – 3:47 pm
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Matthew Westley and Michael Fox won a competition to attend the Topping Out ceremony by choosing Shakespearean passages that captured the the mood of the new Library reaching an iconic summit, but were unfortunately unable to visit the top of the Library on the day. So we arranged for them to make their ascent to read more »

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