Experience
Experience from pre-construction to site
Heritage and mixed useListed building
Listed building refurbishment
Refurbishing listed buildings for education, business, events and public use.
- Challenge
- The buildings needed adapting for new uses while respecting their historic features and managing changes during construction.
- David's role
- Managed design work before and during construction, coordinating heritage requirements, practical construction issues and design changes with the project team.
Public sector and justiceOccupied environment
Fire-safety improvements in a secure facility
A proposed programme of fire-safety improvements within an occupied secure facility.
- Challenge
- Fire-safety works had to be planned around an occupied building with strict security and operational requirements.
- David's role
- Managed the design work, coordinating the fire-safety strategy, the planned sequence of work and technical risks with the client, consultants and delivery teams.
Related servicesPre-Construction Lead & PCSA Support
Education and SENDSchool and SENDOccupied environment
School refurbishment and SEND projects
School extensions, refurbishments and specialist teaching spaces, including provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
- Challenge
- Projects needed to be planned around schools remaining open while the scope, costs, programme and survey requirements were reviewed.
- David's role
- Led pre-construction work, reviewing project requirements, budgets, programmes, surveys and the planning approach.
Commercial and workplace
Commercial office conversion
Converting an existing building into modern office space.
- Challenge
- The building had to be adapted for office use while working around its existing layout, structure and services.
- David's role
- Managed the design through RIBA Stages 3 and 4, refining project requirements and resolving technical issues before construction.
AviationLive environment
Airport refurbishment and reconfiguration
Refurbishment and changes to terminal facilities while an international airport remained operational.
- Challenge
- The design had to meet strict safety and regulatory requirements while airport operations continued and several project teams were involved.
- David's role
- Led design and technical coordination, working with the Principal Designer and project teams on fire safety, Building Regulations and design information.
Related servicesPre-Construction Lead & PCSA Support
Industrial and logistics
Industrial business park
A new business park with industrial units and other business space.
- Challenge
- Architectural, structural and civil engineering designs needed to work together so the buildings and site could be constructed as planned.
- David's role
- Helped coordinate architectural and engineering design information, supporting technical reviews and procurement decisions.
EducationTeaching building
Four-storey teaching building
A new teaching building with assembly and sports facilities, using precast concrete construction.
- Challenge
- The precast concrete elements needed to fit with the rest of the building design, with key details coordinated before work on site.
- David's role
- Led design coordination before construction, bringing together consultant and specialist designs and reviewing how they would be built.
Sectors
Sectors worked in
- Aviation
- Education and SEND
- Public sector and justice
- Commercial and workplace
- Heritage, hospitality and mixed use
- Residential
- Industrial and logistics
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