Building For Success: The Highs and Lows of Capital Projects
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
The meeting will introduce delegates to the practical considerations of devising, delivering
and evaluating capital projects, inviting colleagues from around the region to share their
experiences and tips on how to avoid typical pitfalls.
The meeting is being held at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. On 12 October 2012,
'Birmingham: its people, its history' opens at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The
galleries are supported by a £8.9m Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
In the iconic new 'Birmingham, its people, its history' galleries visitors can explore the city's
global heritage from medieval times and the industrial revolution, through to the World
Wars - to the technology-led life of the 21st century. The galleries' dramatic architecture
and imaginative displays can inspire visitors of all ages.
Lunch and refreshments are provided. A full programme and booking form are enclosed.
Booking information
To book your place, please contact Emma Banks at emma@chedhamsyard.org.uk
You can also find these details and download a booking form on our website:
www.midfed.org.uk
Online booking is available at http://www.eventelephant.com/buildingforsuccess
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Building For Success: The Highs and Lows of Capital Projects
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
ADVANCE BOOKING FORM
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 I am an individual member (cost £12.00)
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 I am not a member (cost £17.00)
 I am not a member but wish to join at a cost of only £22 for both personal membership and
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Bookings will only be accepted accompanied by a cheque.
Please send your booking form and your cheque to:
Emma Banks, Chedham's Yard Trust, 2 School Road, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9NH
emma@chedhamsyard.org.uk
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Building For Success: The Highs and Lows of Capital Projects
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
Provisional Programme
10:00am
Registration and refreshments
10:20am
Welcome and introduction
Peter Field, President, Midlands Federation.
10:30am
Keynote Address: Birmingham: its people, its history - a gallery in the
making.
Henrietta Lockhart – Curator of History, Birmingham Museum & Art
Gallery
On 12 October 2012, 'Birmingham: its people, its history' opens at
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Henrietta, who has been working on
these galleries for 4 years, will describe some of the challenges and
opportunities that the project has presented. Liaison with contractors,
consultation, community engagement, narrative and interpretation, object
selection and conservation have all provided both moments of exhilaration
and times of stress, and the project has been delivered against a background
of constant organisational change.
11:10am
Movie Magic: Interpreting the Restoration of an Art Deco Cinema
Sarah Fellows – Regal Heritage Access Officer
The Regal Cinema in Tenbury Wells was closed for a year whilst the
Heritage Lottery Funded restoration work went on behind closed doors to
restore its art deco glory. Despite its prominent position in the town both
geographically and in the hearts of the local people, keeping the community
engaged and interested in the project during this time presented some
interesting challenges. Regal Heritage Access Officer Sarah Fellows talks
about some of the events and projects she has delivered over the last ten
months to create and maintain that connection with the inaccessible building,
from behind the scenes tours and social media presence to the final reopening event in July this year.
11:40am
How did we do? Evaluating the Southeast Leicestershire Treasure
Project.
Zara Matthews - Local Heritage Officer (Harborough Museum),
Leicestershire County Council.
The Southeast Leicestershire Treasure Project aims to purchase, conserve,
interpret, display and promote the Hallaton Treasure – an internationally
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important collection of Late Iron Age and Roman objects including over 5000
Iron Age and Roman coins and a silver-gilt Roman cavalry helmet found in
2000 by a local community archaeology group. The project included the
creation of a new gallery at Harborough Museum and the complex 9 year
conservation of the Roman helmet. Find out how the project team dealt with
a matrix of 9 major funders and what initial evaluation has revealed about the
success of the project so far.
12:10pm
LUNCH
12:50pm
Problems encountered on the Restoration of Chedham's Yard and it's
wider implications for Project Management.
Jane Alexander – Chedham’s Yard Project Manager
There are all sorts of things that can go wrong with a £1.1M restoration and
new build project but Chedham's Yard had more than its fair share. From
inception through to the opening in June 2012, learn about the problems that
were encountered and how you can avoid them!
1:20pm
Denise Edwards – The Hardwick Experience
Hear all about the highs and lows of the new Stable yard Development. The
project has seen the creation of a new restaurant and retail spaces for the
Hardwick Estate as well as a new visitor centre and much needed car park.
1.55pm
MA Museum 2020 Consultation led by Chris Kirby & Pollie Shorthouse,
MA representatives for the East & West Midlands
2.30pm
An opportunity to preview the new, 'Birmingham: its people, its history'
galleries led by Henrietta Lockhart
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