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calfordseaden is a leading construction and property consultancy. Our comprehensive range of services cover chartered building and quantity surveying, project management, architecture, civil and structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, sustainability and health and safety. Through our complementary and mutually supportive competencies, we provide our clients with a truly multi-disciplined service through our six offices.

Our award-winning Architectural Practice is appointed on a variety of projects from single buildings, to multi-million pound mixed-used urban regeneration developments. Our Practice provides clients with high quality designs based on innovation, flexibility and sustainability and utilises BIM to successfully deliver projects. Our portfolio of prjects covers a wide range of sectors including social and private housing, commercial, industrial, health, education, community, retail, leisure and other building projects.

calfordseaden has extensive experience in traditional construction, but is also a leading authority in the design and use of modern methods of construction, sustainable design and construction, renewable technologies and other important factors pertaining to construction and property development. calfordseaden was one of the first construction consultancies to sign-up to the 2012 construction commitments. Our experience and constantly evolving expertise means we anticipate the needs of our clients and provide them with the best and latest solutions and perspectives. We believe in providing value for money for our clients and pursue a flexible and innovative approach to the challenges we encounter on their behalf.

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This Regional Distribution Centre in Southampton is a 44,000 sqm new-build facility incorporating ambient and frozen storage spaces, administrative offices and regional head office and meeting spaces. The site area of 11.5Ha straddles two planning authorities, taking four years to secure planning consent for the scheme. Conditions of the consent included the requirement to construct new off-site dual carriageways to serve the site. This work was undertaken by the site vendor concurrently with the building’s construction.

The warehouse element of the building accommodates 109 loading docks. The freezer areas have double floor slabs, with heater mats in the lower slab to prevent the ground below freezing and in turn expanding and disrupting the integrity of the floors. The Client’s operational arrangements are such that no refuse is produced, and an extensive recycling area is accommodated within the body of the warehouse.

The building has been designed to incorporate ‘sound-barriers’ within the form of the building structure to prevent noise pollution from the HGV manoeuvring areas effecting local schools and residential areas. The entire site is surrounded in acoustic fencing, although in the case of the side facing the adjacent M271 motorway the fence is designed to reduce the level of the sound entering the site, rather than the level emitted from it, as is the case with the other boundaries.

In addition to the loading docks, there are close to 100 parking spaces for HGVs, many with power supplies provided so that the refrigerated vehicles can connect with these supplies and so maintain the operation of their freezer units. This enables vehicle engines to be switched off, which contributes to reducing the noise emitted from the site.

Car parking is provided for 180 vehicles, and the entire site is surrounded by a landscaped bund in the region of 6m high. This also contributes to the reduction in sound emission, and visually masks the lower part of the building from ground level.

ClientPrivate

Duration2013 - 2016

ValueConfidential

ServicesArchitecturalBIM Level 2Civil & Structural Engineering

Contract D&B

Regional Distribution Centre, Southampton

Retail

£8M Union Street, Maidstone, Kent

Residential

Value£8M

ClientMaidstone Borough Council

Duration2017- Ongoing

ServicesArchitect

ContractJCT Design and Build Contract 2011

calfordseaden’s client, Maidstone Borough Council’s Regeneration and Economic Development team, are currently exploring the viability for redevelopment of a council owned car park and adjoining NHS site. Our clients brief is for the redevelopment of the entire site with a residential scheme that includes a pay & display car park for 40 cars. The scheme is located within Maidstone town centre and will need to be high density to make best use of the town centre land and satisfy the client’s financial viability appraisal. Dwellings will be split between private sale, shared ownership, market rent, and affordable rent.

calfordseaden has been appointed by Maidstone Borough Council with the brief to obtain planning permission on this site together with a second town centre car park site (Brunswick Street) and package the two schemes together for tender. It is anticipated that best value can be achieved by having one contractor construct both schemes.

Our Architectural teams approach to this project was to develop a number of different sketch schemes of simple hand drawings on tracing paper, laid over the ordnance survey which had been printed to scale. The hand sketches were then scanned and brought into Photoshop and coloured. The preliminary sketch schemes were issued to the client and developed following discussions; this led onto a design team meeting at the council’s offices, where the full team was introduced and the designs were reviewed.

Design proposals were progressed in sketch form until the team felt a viable scheme had presented itself, at which point a pre-application meeting was scheduled with the Senior Planning Officer to discuss the proposal. The meeting was beneficial as suggestions were made for alterations to the general layout and advice was provided on acceptable heights and overlooking distances.

£6M Prendergast School, Lewisham

Education

ClientLakehouse

Duration2014-2015

ServicesArchitect Structural EngineerM&E Engineer BREEAM Assessor

Contract JCT D&B

FundingLocal Authority

Sustainability BREEAM ‘Very Good’

calfordseaden was appointed to provide a range of services utilising BIM for this Primary School project. This project was our first in-house full BIM coordinated school project. The scheme provides a two form of entry in the primary phase and is part of Lewisham’s strategy to accommodate ever growing pupil numbers.

The initial planning approval had already been granted for an existing 2D design. We worked collaboratively with the Contractor and project Stakeholders to produce a 3D model that incorporated a number of improvements over the original design, whilst remaining within the restrictions imposed. The model was shown to Clients during meetings which they found extremely beneficial in providing a greater understanding of the buildings appearance and suitability. The Structural, M&E and Architectural models were used to enable the production of robust tender information.

The building heights had already been set by the planning approved drawings; the stepped building and these heights gave us very limited ceiling service zones, therefore BIM helped us fully understand the implications and allowed us to creatively overcome the problems before getting to site. BIM also helped our team and Client identify constraints, opportunities and solutions to be explored.

An internal ‘heart space’ forms the hub of the school with its split levels in order to address the sites topography; the full height nature of the atrium provides many challenges with regards to servicing. With the use of BIM however, we were able to address these issues by introducing service runs through the split levels, the atrium zone and the adjoining hall.

BIM also helped us to identify any clashes between the structure, the fabric and services of the new build which we were able to resolve before construction began. The school uses our data rich model as live O&M manuals.

£2M 45 Pont Street, Knightsbridge

Commercial

ClientCadogan Estates Limited

Duration2011 - 2014

ServicesArchitectBuilding SurveyorM&E Engineer Structural Engineer

Contract JCT

Funding Private

Sustainability BREEAM ‘Very Good’

calfordseaden was involved in the conversion of the accommodation within this late Victorian Grade II Listed building from a single tenancy office into ‘serviced offices’.

The key to the success of this project, which was self-funded by the client, was the decision by Cadogan Estates to convert this property whilst working closely with an experienced operator. By matching the needs of the end user to the existing building this minimised the amount of alteration work required.

The existing services had been installed in the mid 1970’s when the building was converted to office use. These services had been extensively adapted over the years by the tenant, with much being surface run. All the services needed replacing and upgrading to modern standards.

The building had been built to a very high standard. The main challenge for the design team and the greatest achievement was the integration of the new service routes into the building which removed unsightly surface wiring and Cat 6 data cables. We also installed comfort cooling and replaced all of the existing Mechanical and Electrical services.

For the repairs to the existing fabric calfordseaden worked closely with the Historic Building consultant at Donald Insall and the Conservation officer at the Royal Borough of Kensington to determine the most appropriate techniques. For example, our approach to cleaning the brickwork included carrying out sample cleans on small sections to determine the most suitable technique. Based on this assessment a decision was then made as to what, if any, remedial works were appropriate.

£14M Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Kent

Community

ClientSri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Duration2002 - 2010

ServicesArchitectProject ManagerEmployers Agent

Contract JCT 98

FundingCommunity Donations Bank Loan

calfordseaden was commissioned on this complex project to build a Sikh temple in Gravesend, incorporating education, community, office and sports facilities. Putting aside its striking appearance, the Gurdwara in Gravesend was not a conventional build. As a place of worship the project was on-site for the best part of eight years. When the project commenced there were only sufficient funds to complete the foundations, but as the project progressed the budget increased with donations being made throughout the duration of the build.

The intricately detailed stone cladding incorporates many of the design cues of a traditional Gurdwara, such as the five large marble domes, arched windows and Indian motifs which embellish the stonework. Procuring such an ornate design proved difficult given the tight budget, therefore in order to achieve the traditional detail at a realistic price, already carved stone was required to be sent directly from India. calfordseaden Partner, Teja Biring, spent two weeks in India until a company capable of handling the project was found.

Using the CAD drawing produced by our Architects the stonemasons in India produced detailed designs to cut and carve the stone. The solid stone was cut to size, shaped and carved, then given a reference ready for assembling on site. Due to the weight of the panels, stonemasons from India helped with the installation to avoid chipping and damaging the edges in transit, and to carry out any adjustments if required.

The building itself is formed of cast reinforced concrete with load bearing stone panels. Each stone section rests on top of the other, bonded with an epoxy resin and tied back to the structure with stainless steel ties. Between the concrete and stone is a 100mm cavity filled with high-performance insulation to meet Part L requirements.

The entrance porch is one of the most detailed sections, bringing together intricately carved columns, marble Jali windows, traditional motifs and a marble clad dome. The five domes on the Gurdwara range in diameter from 6m to 18m. Externally the domes are covered in square marble tiles, with marble petals decorating the edges. Inside, the domes are lined with glass mosaics. Each of the four main domes has its own unique design and colour scheme whilst the dome over the entrance has a carved and vaulted ceiling.

Externally the building is clad in granite and marble. The porch and veranda provide a focal point and is clad entirely in finely carved white marble with inlay panels and basrelief images of historic Gurdwara buildings. Inside, the floor is white marble, inlaid with coloured marble ina traditional pattern.

£7M Castle House, Marefair, Northampton

Mixed Use & Regeneration

ClientFrancis Terry & AssociatesNorthampton County Council

Duration2015 - 2018

ServicesArchitect Structural EngineerPrincipal Designer

Contract Traditional JCT

FundingLocal Authority

Sustainability Code Level 4

calfordseaden is working collaboratively with Francis Terry & Associates to provide Architectural, Structural & Principal Designer services for the design of a neo-classical style residential project on the site of a disused office block. The project is being delivered to BIM level 2 with 3D models created using Revit by all disciplines. Clash detection is also part of the coordination process.

The design comprises of 26 new ‘for sale’ units over 4 floors including 20 flats, 6 town houses, a café and a shop in a style that reflects the existing traditional buildings of Northampton Town. Whilst being on an important pedestrian route into the town centre and opposite to an outstanding heritage Anglican Church, the design incorporates both traditional and grand features. Whilst developing a traditional appearance the accommodation forms a more contemporary feel with innovative technological features to suit the lifestyle expectations of potential residents.

The construction of the build is of traditional materials such as natural stonework, handmade bricks and slate roof tiling. Sustainable technologies are also being used such as solar panels and lime mortar.

As Principal Designer, calfordseaden had a positive input on the overall design of the scheme, changing a number of external features of the original design to accommodate safe maintenance or reduced maintenance requirements, in particular the drainage/guttering systems and the inclusion of low level roof mansafe systems for PV panel installation and maintenance. Francis Terry has stated that this is the first of his designs that have had substantial changes to the overall design due to ‘Health and Safety’ requirements.

£4M Asia House, London

Commercial

ClientAsia House

Duration14 months

Value£4M

ServicesArchitect, Lead Consultant, Project Monitoring

Contract JCT 1998 Standard Form

FundingPrivate

calfordseaden was appointed as Architects for the provision of a new London Headquarters for Asia House; a major UK organisation involved in fostering cultural relations with the Far East.

The project involved the refurbishment of a Grade II listed house and the delivery of a new facility comprising a 160 seat auditorium, art gallery and mews accommodation. We were appointed to undertake feasibility studies and condition surveys to identify potential buildings for the Client and leading to the eventual purchase of a property in New Cavendish Street.

The new premise was originally a large private house with a grand staircase, fine plaster and painted ceilings. The building also had a collection of unsightly additions that had been made to the rear of the property.

The commission involved calfordseaden entering into prolonged negotiations with both Westminster Planners and English Heritage to reach an agreement on designs for the new headquarters. Approval of use was the result of a successful appeal.

The completed complex provides a gallery showcase for a priceless collection of Asian artefacts, a lecture theatre/performance space on the lower floors, an elegant suite of reception rooms for visiting dignitaries on the first floor and administrative offices above.

£4.9M Australian War Memorial, London

Community

ClientAustralian GovernmentDepartment of Veterans’ Affairs

Duration12 months

Value£4.9M

ServicesArchitectProject Manager

ContractAustralian Government Contract

FundingDepartment of Veterans’ Affairs

calfordseaden’s Architects acted as the UK representative for the Australian Government on the delivery of a memorial in London, commemorating the sacrifices of the Australian Armed Forces during the two World Wars.

Initially our role was a political one involving option studies for potential sites and negotiating the acceptance of our proposal by the relevant authorities, who were increasingly hostile to the profusion of memorials in Central London.

We led a design competition to select sculptors, water feature designers and Australian design architects and followed on as executive architect obtaining planning permission and detailing and managing the construction phase.

Our responsibilities included managing the interface between the design team, construction organisations in the UK and Australia and the many statutory authorities to ensure that the memorial was delivered in time for the unveiling on Australia Day.

At the client’s request, we continued our close involvement with the memorial and the management of on-going and additional works, setting up and monitoring maintenance contracts and assisting with high level visits.

They also commissioned us to oversee the reinstatement of their World War I memorial at Le Hamel in the Somme region of France.

£15M Parkside Retirement Village, Cheam

Senior Living

ClientViridian Housing United House ConstructionLondon Borough of Sutton

Duration2009-2015

ServicesArchitect, Employer’s Agent, Cost Consultant Structural Engineer, M&E Engineer, Sustainability Advisor, Code Assessor, CDMC

Contract JCT 05 WCD

FundingHCA Grant

Sustainability Code Level 4

calfordseaden was initially appointed by the London Borough of Sutton to review design options, work up development costs and financial models and advise on whether the existing sheltered housing site could be redeveloped within current planning constraints and be tendered to RPs.

In 2010 we won the Council led competition with our Client to develop a new 131 unit scheme including extra care, sheltered and supported housing for young vulnerable adults.

Our design makes best use of the site to provide level access, affordable housing and services for older people and vulnerable adults whilst complementing the local conservation area and conforming to the requirements of the Supplementary Planning Document, ‘Cheam Village’.

The planning brief required a critical number of bed spaces and dwellings but had issues over daylighting to surrounding properties. We modelled our proposal and found that lowering part of the building and raising another achieved the same accommodation but with reduced impact on surroundings and negligible cost affect.

We also applied the latest thinking, design standards and trends from the HAPPI Report and Dementia Voice whilst incorporating assistive technologies.

We led detailed consultation with existing residents and the local community in an exhibition held at the local library.

We designed this scheme utilising Building Information Modelling (BIM) in a fullmulti-disciplinary role using integrated and analytical design tools.

Awards: RICS Design Awards Finalist 2015.

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