The Spine, the New HQ for the Royal College of Physicians, Liverpool, UK

2022 ◽  
pp. 202-224
Author(s):  
Robert Hopkins ◽  
Stephen Howard Edge
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Building Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Design Construction ◽  
Design And Construction

This chapter catalogues the working experiences of the architects AHR and their design team and their clients, the Royal College of Physicians, for the design and construction of The Spine, their new Northern HQ, in Liverpool, UK. This iconic building opened in early 2021 and optimistically reflects the ethos and values of the college, and it is set to become one of the healthiest buildings in the world. It will describe and explain the biophilic and salutogenic design construction processes taken by the design team, from commissioning to completion. The main objective for the college when commissioning AHR architects to design their new building was to significantly expand their facilities and to reflect their standing in the world of medicine. So, the AHR design team endeavored to help them attain their goal of a WELL Platinum and the Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Methods (BREEAM) Outstanding certification.

An Evaluation of Environmental Assessment Methods

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 1041-1045
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hubert ◽  
Ali B Jahromi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
The World ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Right

After successive global environmental conferences in which national governments pledged to reduce carbon emissions, there is ever-increasing scrutiny on the construction industry. This is because the energy used in the production of building materials and subsequently required to power a completed building form a substantial part of the overall carbon emissions generated by society. The response from both public and private sector interests around the world has been to enhance the importance of environmental assessments – both of building methods and the finished product – almost in inverse proportion to the tolerance for energy waste. The standards required by individual states vary considerably: part of this is down to local climate and geographical considerations, but a major consideration is the incentives offered for meeting a given standard. These consist primarily of tax credits and quality certificates, and the right to promote a building as “green”, thus improving the reputation of its designers and sales potential for buyers. Some of the various Assessment organisations around the world have already franchised their standards to other countries (both government-sponsored and private enterprises) and continue to form partnerships with each other, usually in the same continent or hemisphere. The principal aim appears to be expanding the influence of that particular environmental standard. There is the real possibility of environmental assessment methods in certain countries becoming counter-productive: in the rush to standardize, actual improvements made possible by new technologies are rendered useless by political manoeuvring to make a particular standard “the one” to use.

The fate of the bird specimens from Cook's voyages possessed by Sir Joseph Banks

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Medway
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
British Museum ◽  
John Hunter ◽  
The World ◽  
Extensive Collection

Joseph Banks possessed the greater part of the zoological specimens collected on James Cook's three voyages round the world (1768–1780). In early 1792, Banks divided his zoological collection between John Hunter and the British Museum. It is probable that those donations together comprised most of the zoological specimens then in the possession of Banks, including such bird specimens as remained of those that had been collected by himself and Daniel Solander on Cook's first voyage, and those that had been presented to him from Cook's second and third voyages. The bird specimens included in the Banks donations of 1792 became part of a series of transactions during the succeeding 53 years which involved the British Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and William Bullock. It is a great pity that, of the extensive collection of bird specimens from Cook's voyages once possessed by Banks, only two are known with any certainty to survive.

Digital canopy: high-end computation/low-tech construction

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-245
Author(s):  
Kristina Shea
Keyword(s):  
Digital Design ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Midsummer Night's Dream ◽  
A Midsummer Night's Dream ◽  
Design And Construction

The design and construction of this canopy and landscape for a small courtyard [1] took the form of an adventure in digital design and low-tech construction. The installation was for the end of year party in June 2002 at the Academie van Bouwkunst in Amsterdam. The courtyard occupies a central space in the school adjacent to the main lecture hall and contains a historic cobblestone court [2]. One of the design team, Neil Leach, proposed that it should be transformed into an enchanted garden suggestive of Dutch greenhouses and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

scholarly journals A public health perspective on mental health: lessons for population health in the 21st century

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
James V. Lucey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Shared Commitment

In December 2019, clinicians and academics from the disciplines of public health and psychiatry met in Dublin at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), to restate their shared commitment to population health. The purpose of this review is to bring our discussion to a wider audience. The meeting could not have been more timely. Six weeks later, the COVID-19 emergency emerged in China and within 12 months it had swept the world. This paper, the contents of which were presented at that meeting in December recommended that future healthcare would be guided more by public health perspectives and informed by an understanding of health economics, population health and the lessons learned by psychiatry in the 20th century. Ultimately two issues are at stake in 21st century healthcare: the sustainability of our healthcare systems and the maintenance of public support for population health. We must plan for the next generation of healthcare. We need to do this now since it is clear that COVID-19 marks the beginning of 21st century medicine.

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy bridge over the River Barrow. Design and Construction of a long span extrados bridge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Sanchez Sanchez ◽  
John Iliff
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Single Plane ◽  
Robust Approach ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Long Span ◽  
The World ◽  
Art Analysis ◽  
Concrete Deck ◽  
Design And Construction

<p>This paper describes the key elements from early planning to completion of a new bridge over the River Barrow which is part of the New Ross bypass in the south of Ireland. The structure has a total length of 887m, with a span arrangement of 36-45-95-230-230-95-70-50-36m. The two central twin spans are the longest of its kind in the world (extrados with a full concrete deck). The bridge carries a dual carriageway with a cable arrangement consisting of a single plane of cables located in the central axis of the deck. The design and construction focused in providing a structure with long term durability, resilience, and a robust approach to design scenarios using the Eurocodes and state of the art analysis techniques, including extreme events such as fire and ship impact<i>.</i></p>

The NACPDE: new opportunities for dentists trained overseas

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 283-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

The National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Dental Education (NACPDE) was founded in 1978 and is based in the Faculty of Dental Surgery of The Royal College of Surgeons of England and funded by the Department of Health. The UK has traditionally played an important part in providing clinical training and postgraduate education for dentists from all parts of the world. But it is equally important to recognise the contribution oversea-strained dentists have made to the NHS.

The Mangere WTP UV Disinfection Facility – Design, Construction and Operation of the Largest Wastewater UV Installation in the World

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (5) ◽  
pp. 776-786
Author(s):  
Oliver Lawal ◽  
Ludwig Dinkloh ◽  
Bruce Petrik ◽  
David Rose ◽  
John Heywood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Uv Disinfection ◽  
Facility Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Design Construction
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