Friday 8 April 2011

October 2003 - Recommencement of works on site

The Senedd is not just a building for Members, it is your building. It is the main public building of the National Assembly, the main centre for democracy and devolution in Wales. It is an open building – a building into which you can walk, have a cup of coffee in the Oriel on the upper level, and go into the public galleries from the Neuadd on the centre level. And it is not just visitors that come here to see and enjoy the Senedd – we have also had performers, singers, exhibitions and all sorts of activities going on here, because it is a public building.

It is also a sustainable building, built of traditional Welsh materials such as slate and Welsh oak and other sustainable materials. It is also sustainable in the way it is heated; for example, the earth exchange system uses heat from the bottom of the old dock, on which the Senedd stands, before it became the area which is now Cardiff Bay.
This is what this building represents. It represents sustainability, it represents democracy but it's more than that too – it is the symbol of the new nation that Wales has become. I hope you enjoy your visit to this site and that you will realise its value for you. This is Welsh democracy in action – this is devolution and it is yours!
If you want know more about it .thes is the refrence (http://www.assemblywales.org/sen-home.htm)












 



April 2004 - First roof bay arrives

June 2004 - The last roof bay is put in place

July 2004 - Opening of the boardwalk

The wind cowl being hoisted into place on the roof.

November 2004 - Start of work on the timber soffit.

March 2005 - Work continues on the timber soffit

May 2005 - The funnel in its very early stages of creation

November 2005 - A nearly completed funnel.

February 2006 - Opening day

January 2006 - Nightime view of Senedd

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