Flexible building services of office-based environments
Subtitle: principles for designers
Series: CIBSE -- TM27: 2000; CIBSE -- TM27: 2000.
Publisher: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781680150056
Subjects: Office buildings; Designs and plans; Design and construction; Industrial design; Management; Immeubles de bureaux; Dessins et plans; Design; Gestion
Description: This TM provides guidance for building services engineers and other professionals on the design of building services in office environments where frequent changes of activity and layout are expected to occur, to assist the design of more flexible building services for office-based environments. In a rapidly changing business environment, clients want buildings that can support and change with business needs. They increasingly seek premises that can more readily adapt to their needs. --
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction:; title: TM27 objectives and approach, designing flexible building services ; Workstyles and types of change ; Principles for designing for flexible building services -- -- 2.; title: Project definition:; title: Highlighting the benefits: Benefits in building operation, Benefits in building construction, Benefits of shell and core ; Developing the client's brief: Assessing primary construction objectives, Example types of clients, Discussion of types of change -- -- 3.; title: Outline proposals:; title: Building structure ; Outline building services proposals: General issues for the building services design, Building services systems ; Whole life costing: Assessing the cost of churn -- -- 4.; title: Construction:; title: Building handover: flexibility contingency plan.