- High slip resistance (R11C) & load bearing
V • Support system enabling a ‘floating’ floor installation over
d • Ideal for balconies, roof terraces, garden decks and piazzas
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Design and engineering professionals have
been chosen by the National Infrastructure
Commission (NIC) to complete its Design
Group, which will champion design
excellence in new national infrastructure.
The group has been formed to “ensure
that design is considered at the outset of
every major project, and at every stage of
delivery, to make the most of infrastructure
schemes without increasing cost.”
The group is chaired by Professor Sadie
Morgan, a National Infrastructure
Commissioner and Stirling Prize winner.
Announcing the Group members, she said
its formation hailed a “pivotal moment” for
the future of UK infrastructure.
A group of five will sit alongside three
members of the Commission’s existing
expert panel, who informed the design
recommendations in the first National
Infrastructure Assessment, published by theCommission last year, which set out the
benefits of effective design.
The tenth member of the Group is a
representative from the Commission’s
Young Professionals Panel who “will ensure
a strong voice for the next generation.”
The experience of the members spans
transport, engineering, architecture as
well as landscape. The Design Group is
expected to meet formally at least four
times a year, undertaking research
examining the added value that design can
bring to infrastructure, and developing
design principles that could be applied to
all “nationally significant projects.”
The members of the NIC’s Design
Group are:- Professor Sadie Morgan (chair) –
architectural designer – national
infrastructure commissioner and
founding partner of dRMM Architects- Isabel Dedring – lawyer and management
consultant – global transport leader
at Arup - Anthony Dewar – civil engineer –
professional head, buildings and
architecture at Network Rail - Clare Donnelly – architect – director at
Fereday Pollard Architects - Andrew Grant – landscape architect –
founder and director of Grant Associates - Professor Hanif Kara – structural
engineer – co-founder and design director
of AKT II - Madeleine Kessler – architect – Haptic
Architects - Lucy Musgrave – urban designer –
founding director of Publica - Judith Sykes – civil engineer – director at
Expedition Engineering - Louise Wyman – chartered surveyor and
landscape architect – design lead for the
West Midlands Combined Authority.
- Isabel Dedring – lawyer and management
Andrew Grant of Grant Associates
commented, “I will be looking to ensure
landscape and ecological design excellence
is embedded within the design principles
and procurement strategies for future
infrastructure projects.”National Infrastructure
Design Group finalised
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION
Medical Architecture has joined forces with
TM Architects to offer clients a wider range
of skills and resources, and a capacity for
larger and more complex projects.
Medical Architecture said it will “build
on its record of leadership in complex
healthcare projects with new opportunities
developing NHS and other public assets
across the UK.” TM Architects will“capitalise on opportunities for the
development of health and social care
infrastructure,” the firm added.
Founded in 1991, Medical Architecture
is a multi-disciplinary practice claiming a
unique focus on the health sector, providing
a full range of services including strategic
planning, business cases and estates
development planning, architecture,interior design and post occupancy
evaluation. The practice is based in the UK,
with offices in London and Newcastle
upon Tyne, but works both locally
and globally.
The leadership team at TM Architects
has more than 20 years’ experience
working for housing providers in London
and the south east of England. The firm
prioritises “understanding clients’
requirements and working closely with
them,” and has skill, detailed knowledge
and experience of the planning, technical
and legislative environment.
TM Architects director, Judith Tranter,
said: “This partnership infuses our business
with greater expertise, services and
resources. We can offer our clients’
enhanced BIM capability as well as quality
assurance and it enables us to provide our
staff with increased opportunities to work
on diverse projects.”
Christopher Shaw, senior director of
Medical Architecture said: “Our firms have
worked alongside each other, and share
common values for high quality and
socially useful architecture.”Medical Architecture joins forces with
extra-care housing specialist TM
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