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Horsham District Council has been awarded substantial funding towards the cost of providing electric pool vehicles to help drive down carbon emissions in the district. The funds were awarded by the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). The low emission vehicles have been leased by the council for use by staff members whose jobs involve business travel. Electric charge points for each of the three vehicles will also be provided as a result of…

City Hall has undergone an 18-month refurbishment as part of Bristol City Council’s programme to work more efficiently and significantly reduce its operational costs. The refurbishment, which has finished on time and within budget, is part of the council’s ‘invest to save’ Bristol Workplace Programme that will realise £50m net savings over the course of the programme. The programme also includes reducing the council’s office estate from 38 buildings to two city centre hubs at…

BSRIA is delighted to have launched its new Model Format for Building Services Specifications (BG56/2016) – available to purchase from the BSRIA bookshop. This guide, revised in 2016, is a joint venture with CIBSE and BESA (previously B&ES). It provides a model format for building services specifications that will aid efficiency and understanding for all parties involved in preparing and using specifications. In this age of BIM it is easy to forget that the specifications…