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Brief Preperation

• The brief is crucial to achieving a high degree of cost certainty for your project and forms the basis of any credible feasibility study whether a refurbishment or re-build. This will involve meeting and listening to key staff to obtain a full understanding of the requirements of your project and a united vision to your aims and ambitions. The development of the brief may go through a number of revision stages before it is finally agreed.

• The brief is not just a list of rooms and their sizes. Before a project can be developed with any cost certainty, a full technical brief must be prepared which will detail materials, mechanical and electrical requirements and building performance. Any inadequacies in the brief will be reflected in extra costs of omissions that may be added in as the work proceeds.

• We can assist clients with writing briefs even if we are not the appointed architects for the project. It is essential that the brief is prepared by someone with specialist knowledge.

Project Inception

• Advice on the preparation of a digital survey if one does not exist. It is essential to have an accurate survey of the building (if existing) or of the land to be built on so that there are no errors in dimensions or levels.

• Advice on the appointment of other consultants needed for the project.

Building Design

• This will include the design of the building, applying for planning consent, developing the drawings and specifications for tender, advising on the selection of a building contractor, applying for Building Regulations approval and advice on insurances and contract.

Inclusive Design

• We always maintain that a good design should only be judged if it works for the purpose of its intended users. By removing the barriers that promotes exclusion we are able to create an environment accessible to all its users that also promotes a sense of ownership in their living/working space. Meeting access needs is an integral part of what we do every day in our plans and discussions with our clients and is a central function of our work as client design advisor.

Inclusion is far more than just catering for the needs of people with special needs or the disabled. At the heart of our approach is a consultative led process with all users of the built environment including its external space. This process is carried out at the initial design stage and allows a holistic assessment of who to design for. In the case of a build or refurbishment for people with autism this may be their carer’s, external support staff, cleaning staff, security and parents and visiting friends and family.

Project Management

• Management and administration of the building contract, inspection and quality control of the work in progress through to practical completion and final account.

Post occupancy evaluation

• After the building has been occupied for six months, to collate information concerning the building’s performance in respect of cleaning, maintenance, suitability of materials and general design.