Millennium Point

SimonTheSoundMan · June 27th, 2006, 01:56 AM

A thread dedicated to MP.

Anyway, quick one for now. Does anyone know why scaffolding and the green netting has been up for the last two years on the front of the building?

Biosonic · June 27th, 2006, 09:55 AM

Something loose?

For the record I quite like MP. It is nice enough although it is a wasted opportunity to build something breathtaking.

Thinktank needs sorting though - for a fee-paying museum is just isn't good enough - it lacks direction and coherence and the displays do not have enough explanation, and doesn't contain anywhere near as many displays as the old museum.

So I say Thinktank should be closed, another museum built, and then both re-opened. One as a Museum for Science, Technology & Innovation, and another as the Birmingham & Midland History Museum

Erebus555 · June 27th, 2006, 05:57 PM

Get some construction pictures up on here!

SimonTheSoundMan · June 27th, 2006, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erebus555

Get some construction pictures up on here!

Please do!

inquisitor57 · June 28th, 2006, 02:00 AM

My friends dad is the MD of the company that built this, apparrantly Sir Killalot (of Robot Wars fame) was at its opening ceremony. I've heard its not been as popular as hoped though.

SimonTheSoundMan · June 28th, 2006, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inquisitor57

My friends dad is the MD of the company that built this, apparrantly Sir Killalot (of Robot Wars fame) was at its opening ceremony. I've heard its not been as popular as hoped though.

The robots are still there. One in the museum, a few in the TIC and one is at the NIA (may be elsewhere now).

van heckler · June 27th, 2006, 06:17 PM

morestoreysplease · June 27th, 2006, 10:22 PM

The IMAX Cinema is supposed to be fantastic and I'll take my kid there in the hols. Also, the Planetarium is really smart too.
The Museum was better than I thought it would be when I first went, fearing an hour's entertainment for 12 quid! - in fairness though, my son and I spent about 6 hours in there and we still hadn't seen everything! I did explain to him that several exhibits were missing and the City Of Birmingham Loco used to move up and down the track at Newhall St. I really would like to see the Natural History Museum expanded and built somewhere - my son is also missing out on all the dinosaurs I grew up looking at in the BMAG.

SimonTheSoundMan · June 28th, 2006, 02:24 AM

UCE's TIC is doing very well, museum is not. around 1/4 of the retail lets are hired, and IMAX was closed for 6 months because they couldn't afford to keep it running, IMAX was bought out.

It's a bit dull inside, all the dark grey and blue, and workers suffer SBS in some part of the building. Part of the SBS has been fixed by circulating more air and making it more humid, but the dull colours and poor choice in lighting is what they are looking into now. The building also wobbles a lot in high wind. I must admit, some rooms I can get sick in, usually in the rooms near to the centre top of the building.

Erebus555 · July 16th, 2006, 01:31 PM

The fan park board has been taken down finally and has been replaced with a little thing about Aliens...

SimonTheSoundMan · July 16th, 2006, 04:12 PM

The little thing about Aliens has been there for months.

Erebus555 · July 16th, 2006, 04:16 PM

Has it? I saw them taking down the fan park banner last week and put up the Alien banner the same day... Maybe it was there before the fanpark thing.

SimonTheSoundMan · September 22nd, 2006, 11:50 AM

Great news. during the summer, all of the retail units on floor G1 and 3/4 on floor G2 have been bought and are currently being fitted out. They will be the home to UCE's School of Acting.

SimonTheSoundMan · September 22nd, 2006, 11:59 AM

Oh, here is the room with 180 plugs, and a 60A 3 phase.

SimonTheSoundMan · May 6th, 2007, 07:02 PM

*bump*

***woodhousen*** · May 6th, 2007, 07:12 PM

any reason for that?

Erebus555 · May 6th, 2007, 07:22 PM

Some of you might be interested in this: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Generat...4&EXPAND=10939

SimonTheSoundMan · June 30th, 2007, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonTheSoundMan

A thread dedicated to MP.

Anyway, quick one for now. Does anyone know why scaffolding and the green netting has been up for the last two years on the front of the building?

Finally got the reason out out MP. It is there for H&S after a glass panel fell from the 5th floor and flew 50 feet away from the building towards Curzon rail station. A lot of the glass panels do not fit and are loose.

SimonTheSoundMan · June 30th, 2007, 06:50 PM

Oh, and the fitting out of some of the last lets is currently under way for MBC.

U475 Foxtrot · June 30th, 2007, 07:01 PM

Why do they need so many electrical sockets in that room? I can't think of anything which would warrant having that many

June 27th, 2006, 01:56 AM	#1
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	Millennium Point A thread dedicated to MP. Anyway, quick one for now. Does anyone know why scaffolding and the green netting has been up for the last two years on the front of the building?

June 27th, 2006, 09:55 AM	#2
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 14,319 Likes (Received): 2	Something loose? For the record I quite like MP. It is nice enough although it is a wasted opportunity to build something breathtaking. Thinktank needs sorting though - for a fee-paying museum is just isn't good enough - it lacks direction and coherence and the displays do not have enough explanation, and doesn't contain anywhere near as many displays as the old museum. So I say Thinktank should be closed, another museum built, and then both re-opened. One as a Museum for Science, Technology & Innovation, and another as the Birmingham & Midland History Museum __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

June 27th, 2006, 05:57 PM	#3
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,882 Likes (Received): 4	Get some construction pictures up on here! __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 28th, 2006, 02:00 AM	#5
inquisitor57 No more heroes anymore Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Leicester/Manchester Posts: 416 Likes (Received): 0	My friends dad is the MD of the company that built this, apparrantly Sir Killalot (of Robot Wars fame) was at its opening ceremony. I've heard its not been as popular as hoped though. __________________ Come one come all, see the town of Leicester in all its glory

June 27th, 2006, 10:22 PM	#8
morestoreysplease Brummie Angeleno Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Birmingham UK, Los Angeles CA Posts: 6,791 Likes (Received): 25	The IMAX Cinema is supposed to be fantastic and I'll take my kid there in the hols. Also, the Planetarium is really smart too. The Museum was better than I thought it would be when I first went, fearing an hour's entertainment for 12 quid! - in fairness though, my son and I spent about 6 hours in there and we still hadn't seen everything! I did explain to him that several exhibits were missing and the City Of Birmingham Loco used to move up and down the track at Newhall St. I really would like to see the Natural History Museum expanded and built somewhere - my son is also missing out on all the dinosaurs I grew up looking at in the BMAG. __________________ Birmingham - TheBigCityPlan.

June 27th, 2006, 06:17 PM	#7
van heckler Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolverhampton/Birmingham Posts: 2,727 Likes (Received): 5

June 28th, 2006, 02:24 AM	#9
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	UCE's TIC is doing very well, museum is not. around 1/4 of the retail lets are hired, and IMAX was closed for 6 months because they couldn't afford to keep it running, IMAX was bought out. It's a bit dull inside, all the dark grey and blue, and workers suffer SBS in some part of the building. Part of the SBS has been fixed by circulating more air and making it more humid, but the dull colours and poor choice in lighting is what they are looking into now. The building also wobbles a lot in high wind. I must admit, some rooms I can get sick in, usually in the rooms near to the centre top of the building.

July 16th, 2006, 01:31 PM	#10
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,882 Likes (Received): 4	The fan park board has been taken down finally and has been replaced with a little thing about Aliens... __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

July 16th, 2006, 04:12 PM	#11
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	The little thing about Aliens has been there for months.

July 16th, 2006, 04:16 PM	#12
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,882 Likes (Received): 4	Has it? I saw them taking down the fan park banner last week and put up the Alien banner the same day... Maybe it was there before the fanpark thing. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

September 22nd, 2006, 11:50 AM	#13
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	Great news. during the summer, all of the retail units on floor G1 and 3/4 on floor G2 have been bought and are currently being fitted out. They will be the home to UCE's School of Acting.

September 22nd, 2006, 11:59 AM	#14
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	Oh, here is the room with 180 plugs, and a 60A 3 phase.

May 6th, 2007, 07:02 PM	#15
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	bump __________________ .

May 6th, 2007, 07:12 PM	#16
*woodhousen* Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Leeds/Birmingham, UK Posts: 10,863 Likes (Received): 6	any reason for that? __________________ Simply BIRMINGHAM

May 6th, 2007, 07:22 PM	#17
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,882 Likes (Received): 4	Some of you might be interested in this: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Generat...4&EXPAND=10939 __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

June 30th, 2007, 06:50 PM	#19
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,397 Likes (Received): 144	Oh, and the fitting out of some of the last lets is currently under way for MBC. __________________ .

June 30th, 2007, 07:01 PM	#20
U475 Foxtrot Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,203 Likes (Received): 3	Why do they need so many electrical sockets in that room? I can't think of anything which would warrant having that many

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