The planning of Guide D 2025 began early in April 2023 as our longstanding Technical Editor, the late Dr Gina Barney, knew she would not be there to complete the project. Gina was a driving force behind Guide D, and it was recognised that no one person could replace her – we needed five people! The Guide D 2025 team is led by Managing Editor Elizabeth Evans and Technical Editors Richard Peters, Adam Scott, Nick Mellor, and Jonathan Beebe. We are again ably supported by CIBSE Editorial Manager Ken Butcher.

With such a significant update coming, Gina thought reviewing our planned updates and inviting feedback would be an excellent topic for the Lifts Group Annual Seminar. So it was that the CIBSE Lifts Group Annual Seminar on 2nd November had the topic, CIBSE Guide D: Transportation systems in buildings, Review and looking forward to Guide D 2025. Speakers included Richard Peters, Adam Scott, Nick Mellor, Steve Normington, Micky Grover-White, Paul Burchett, Michael Turner, Jonathan Beebe, Vince Sharpe and Chuan Lim.

The speakers presented an overview of planned changes and invited feedback. Videos of the sessions are available on the CIBSE Lifts Group website on the Guide D 2025 Update page. A further invitation to complete the formal commenting template is also available on this web page.