Capital developments
Planning and delivering a new archive building or store or refurbishing an existing building can be a significant challenge. The National Archives facilitates a networking group, called MAPLE that enables organisations to share information about planning and managing such projects. We have also produced some basic guidance:
Planning a new record repository (PDF, 0.05Mb)
Services have also found the following sources useful:
Archive Buildings in the United Kingdom 1993 - 2005, Christopher Kitching, 2007
Benefits of Capital Investment in Archives
The Community Infrastructure Levy: advice note for culture, arts and planning professionals
ALMA-UK Economic Impact Toolkit for Museums and Archives
Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit
A simple guide to commissioning an architect is one of many resources on the Royal Institute of British Architects website. This guide includes the RIBA Outline Plan of Work which organises the process of managing, designing building projects and administering building contracts into a number of convenient work stages, A-L.
Relevant Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment case studies
British Library Centre for ConservationRuskin Library, University of Lancaster
Anglesey Archives and Gwent Archives
Resources from The National Archives
Assessing environmental impactThis page contains PDF files. See plug-ins and file formats for help in accessing these file types.
