Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Lists of figures and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and technical terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 21st-century libraries
- 3 Developing a business case
- 4 Project management
- 5 The design/project team
- 6 Selecting an architect
- 7 Partnership and community engagement
- 8 The design brief
- 9 Design quality
- 10 Space planning and access
- 11 Occupancy and post-occupancy evaluation
- 12 Building libraries for the future – a summary
- Bibliography and further reading
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Glossary (including common terms used within the construction/building environment)
- Appendix 2 Ambience – discussion checklist for librarians and architects
- Appendix 3 Top ten tips
- Appendix 4 Space adjacencies diagram
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Appendix 1 - Glossary (including common terms used within the construction/building environment)
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Lists of figures and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and technical terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 21st-century libraries
- 3 Developing a business case
- 4 Project management
- 5 The design/project team
- 6 Selecting an architect
- 7 Partnership and community engagement
- 8 The design brief
- 9 Design quality
- 10 Space planning and access
- 11 Occupancy and post-occupancy evaluation
- 12 Building libraries for the future – a summary
- Bibliography and further reading
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Glossary (including common terms used within the construction/building environment)
- Appendix 2 Ambience – discussion checklist for librarians and architects
- Appendix 3 Top ten tips
- Appendix 4 Space adjacencies diagram
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
This is an alphabetical list of terms that are specific to the construction industry and might be encountered by the librarian as the client in a building project. There may be terms that are not included in the text of this book. This glossary is drawn from several sources, most particularly from CABE's Creating Excellent Buildings (Eley, 2003, 183–201).
Access audit A review of the ways in which the building will meet the needs of people with any type of disability. The audit may involve the journey to, entrance into and movement round the building.
Access consultant Specialist in design that enables access for all.
Accessibility Ease of reaching, entering and using a building.
Architect The designer of a building who must be registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) in the UK in order to use this designation. The architect often leads the design team, although bigger projects also use project managers who work directly for the client.
Architectural design competitions A means of selection of the design team. The process may add to early costs and extend the timeframe.
Architectural drawing A line drawing – either a plan, section or elevation views of the proposed building.
Area measures As defined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS):
■ gross external area (GEA) – the area enclosed by the outer surface of the external walls, used for development control and planning permissions.
■ gross internal area (GlA) – the area enclosed by the inner surface of exterior walls
■ net internal area (NIA) – the GIA less internal structure, vertical circulation (stairs and lifts), plant and WCs
■ net useable area (NUA) – the area that can actively be used, equivalent to the NIA less horizontal circulation routes.
Articles of agreement The details of a contract.
As-built drawings (also known as Record Drawings) Contract drawings marked up to reflect changes made during the construction process.
Axonometric projection A three-dimensional drawing which combines the plan and elevations (see also Isometric projection).
Benchmark A standard of performance set by an organization or groups of common interest, against which similar projects can be measured.
Best value The value represented by quality and lifetime costs, rather than construction costs alone. Central and local government clients are charged with obtaining best value for their construction projects, as for all other aspects of government, rather than seeking lowest price. See also Value for money.
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- Better by Designan introduction to planning and designing a new library building, pp. 161 - 178Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2008