Robin Nicholson CBE RIBA

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Robin Nicholson CBE RIBA Edward Cullinan
Architects CABE Commissioner
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What should CIC do?

• Agree a common CO2 assessment tool
• Promote CO2 labelling now - all awards all
  building features in industry magazines
• Champion the use of the DQI
• Form a DQI user group database
• Develop DQI visualisation
• Pioneer common foundation courses

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UK Changes 1997 -

• Rethinking Construction (Egan) led to m4i,
  Housing Forum Constructing Excellence
• From the Construction Industry Board to the
  Strategic Forum
• From Towards an Urban Renaissance (Rogers) to
  Sustainable Communities Strategy and Egan 2 -
  skills
• CABE CABE Education CABE Space
• Value of design 15200
• Better Buildings Campaign PM Award
• Ministerial Design Champions
• Office of Government Commerce champions DQI

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Drivers for change

• Local politics - litter, graffiti, dog mess,
  clutter
• Consumerism - CO2 labelling would help in housing
• Consumerism - demand side pressure in the
  workplace
• Survival of the human race
• Growth of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Management of Climate Change
• Exporting UK plc

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Barriers to change

• World trade - super-growth in China India
• World trade - US hegemony (Chomsky)
• 19th Century Professional structures with secret
  languages and remnants of class structure
• Culture of lowest first cost competition
• Respect for public sector audit
• Existing housing stock

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The new opportunities

• Sustainability - low energy
• Sustainability - social (effective consultation)
• Sustainability - economic
• Sustainable communities - Housing Growth Areas
  and Housing Market Renewal
• The big new build - education, health, housing
• Urban design and greenspace
• Urban design and sustainable design are by
  definition multi-disciplinary

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w www.dqi.org.uke dqi_at_cic.org.ukt 020 7399
7424
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Gather in a hall like this..
Wootton Bassett (North Wiltshire PFI) - main hall
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Or this..?
School B- Main Hall
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Will you go to a ward in a corridor like this?
Hospital A Ward corridor
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Or this?
Ward Corridor, Intermediate Care Centre, London
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The DQI tool aims to help

• The client team to establish their aspirations
• The design team to identify diverging views
• A better understanding of what design is
• Clients and designers to develop a shared
  language for the project
• And then
• Measure the projects success against those
  aspirations

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Fitness for Purpose
Efficiency
Visual Form
Engineering Systems
Sustainability
Effectiveness
Context
Aesthetics
Net to Gross
Cost in use
Performance
Attention to detail
Location
Robustness
Kerb Appeal
Space Standards
Access
Daylight
Flexibility
Functionality
Meaning
Safety
Innovation
Order
Comfort
Acoustics
Finishes
Air Quality
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• Form materials
• Internal environment
• Urban social integration
• Character innovation

IMPACT

• Use
• Access
• Space

FUNCTIONALITY

• Performance
• Engineering systems
• Construction

BUILD QUALITY
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Using DQI Online
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Darlaston Leisure Centre

• Post occupancy evaluation of RIBA Award-winning
  Pool
• DQI highlighted strengths and weaknesses

We've got the best baths in the area and
people are coming from miles to use it. (local
user) BUT ..the gym overheats and the reception
desk is very difficult to use. (facilities
manager)
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What should CIC do?

• Champion the use of the DQI
• Form a DQI user group database
• Develop DQI visualisation
• Agree a common CO2 assessment tool
• Promote CO2 labelling now - all awards all
  building features in industry magazines
• Pioneer common foundation courses