BB 93 REVIEW FORUM

Organised by the Institute of Acoustics’ Building Acoustics Group in collaboration with the Association of Noise Consultants 

BB93 Review Forum 

 

Tuesday 24 February 2009, 9:15 am

      

Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel

      

National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, B40 1PP

 

It is now coming up to 6 years since BB93 was published by the DCSF in 2003.  This intervening period has seen significant changes in styles of teaching and the design of schools, particularly driven by the Building Schools for the Future programme There is now a huge emphasis on shared teaching for personalised learning, with entire clusters of classrooms often being arranged around common activity spaces, or even in open plan situations.   

 

The Transformational Learning agenda is stretching (and even going beyond) the scope of BB93.  BB101 was brought out after BB93 (and is therefore not referenced) and there is often the view by designers and contractors that these 2 documents are at odds. With these and other factors in mind, a Steering Group has been convened by the DCSF, headed by Les Fothergill.

 

A call for feedback has been made to all IOA members for their views and experiences of how BB93 may be improved.  This meeting has been arranged to establish a response. This is your chance to provide your input and help shape the future of this document.   This event provides delegates with an opportunity to discuss the issues that have arisen since BB93 was brought out, for input to the review process. The following workshops are intended to take place over the course of the day. Please express which of the three you would like to attend when you are booking, from which the main points will be drawn together in the discussion session.

 

The full programme is available on the website.

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