MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS

Pharmaceutical

Client: GlaxoSmithKline
Location: Dartford , Kent
Value: £4m

This project comprised the construction of a 4-storey building for the production of a pharmaceutical product, located within a major existing manufacturing facility. The building has a steel portal frame with concrete floors, masonry walling to 3m height with profiled steel cladding above, matching the style of other production buildings on the site. The interior is designed to house two streams of production, based upon a vertical process module, and also contains support facilities and plant space. The engineering services are highly complex and required close coordination. Construction works also included substantial site works, including the reprofiling of a lagoon and extensive storm, foul and effluent drainage. The project was also an example of collaborative working, with all drawings and documentation shared electronically between design and construction team members via a secure project extranet.

Petrochemical

Client: ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd
Location: Fawley, Hampshire
Value: £100,000 and £450,000

A number of projects have been undertaken at Fawley, one of the largest and most complex oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing sites in Europe .

A new security gatehouse and vehicle marshalling area has been built at one of the main entry points into the 3,200 acre site, providing modern facilities for the personnel undertaking this round-the-clock operation. For safety reasons the building has been constructed to resist collapse should a catastrophic explosion occur within the site.

Another project involves alterations and refurbishment within a building containing control equipment for a number of the petrochemical plants, upgrading the administration and amenity facilities for both the console operators and engineers who operate and maintain the plant.

Research & Development

Client: Frazer-Nash Research Ltd
Location: Mytchett, Surrey
Value: £750,000

Frazer-Nash Research includes the disciplines of electronic hardware, software and silicon chip design plus mechanical, automotive, vehicle dynamics, composite materials and vehicle engineering. Our work at their Mytchett site includes the construction of workshops and support facilities for the development of electric vehicles, with design of the buildings creating harmonious additions to the imposing original building on the site – a Victorian country house. We have also created a vehicle test track, weaving its way through the established landscaped grounds without detrimental effect to the environment.

Cremetoria

Client: Southampton City Council
Location: Southampton
Value: £750,000

The project comprised the installation of new cremators at Southampton Crematorium on behalf of Southampton City Council, required in order to achieve compliance with new environmental protection legislation. In addition, improvements to the public areas and external works were also carried out at the same time . The total works cost was in the order of £1m, and included the construction of a new 25m high chimney on piled foundations, plus the replacement of all six cremators and complete refurbishment of the cremator area within the existing Crematorium building. Close liaison with the crematorium staff was essential and sensitive treatment of the construction process ensured the facility remained fully operational throughout the period of the works.

Refurbishment

Client: Wintex Ltd
Location: Winchester
Value: £250,000

Alterations and refurbishment of an industrial unit to provide facilities for a commercial laundry, including extensive engineering services, above and below ground drainage and a new plant room. The scheme required the creation of "clean" and "dirty" areas for segregation of materials for reasons of hygiene. A mechanical handling system was installed for taking the laundry from the washing machines through the drying and finishing processes to a packing area. Considerable use of bold colours was made in the interior spaces to provide a bright and pleasant working environment for the staff.

Client: Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust
Location: St James, Hospital, Portsmouth
Value: £300,000

Comprehensive refurbishment and alterations to a Victorian hospital ward to provide one, two and four bed wards plus day rooms and support facilities to meet current standards, improving clinical efficiency and patient dignity. A small single storey extension was constructed to provide additional accommodation, built in a style sympathetic to the existing buildings. The interior was completely gutted and the works comprised new partitions, sanitaryware, engineering services and all finishes.

Client: Queensgate Developments
Location: Andover
Value: £200,000

Refurbishment of a town centre retail unit, found to have an original 15 th century oak frame, largely intact but hidden by later alterations. The building was stripped back to the timber frame, which itself underwent repair and restoration by specialists prior to the construction of new floors and roof covering plus refurbishment of the exterior facade, all carried out in a sympathetic style using historically accurate materials.