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ABOUT US A LEADING CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY CONSULTANCY Our comprehensive range of services cover architecture & master planning, chartered building & quantity surveying, project management, civil & structural engineering, mechanical & electrical engineering, sustainability and health & safety. From our offices in Birmingham, London, Orpington and Winchester we provide our clients a truly multi-disciplined service through our complementary & mutually supportive competencies calfordseaden are leading experts in affordable housing, dealing with schemes from small-scale infill developments to multi-phase, multi stakeholder regeneration programmes. These comprise new build projects and works to existing properties including conversions, modernisation and refurbishment projects. We have wide and extensive experience in Design and Build procurement utilising PPC 2000, JCT & NEC Forms of Contract, Bespoke Partnering & Strategic Contract Forms, Section 106 Development Agreements and Private Finance Initiatives & Public Private Partnerships. We passionately believe that well maintained affordable housing is fundamental for healthy and happy communities. Our Birmingham office housing team is design-focused and have a proven track record in both small and large scale developments.
With a clear understanding of the sector, housing standards and regulations, our team is highly experienced in master planning through to the delivery of cost effective award winning developments. Through the integration of our professional and technical services we bring imaginative design to projects, whilst our commercial awareness ensures their affordability and deliverability. Our teams’ experience extends to all forms of housing including affordable general needs, shared ownership, mixed tenure, private for sale, keyworker, sheltered and extra-care. 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 & construction, renewable technologies and the changing housing development landscape and its standards. To discuss how our Birmingham office housing team can work with you to design and deliver a range of affordable housing developments, please contact: Ross Sheridan BSc (Hons) MRICS ICIOB Partner (Building Surveyor / Project Manger) M 07921 234 897 E rsherdian@calfordseaden.co.uk T 0121 454 1688 Joanne Ellson BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA Associate (Architect) M 07912 389 276 E jellson@calfordseaden.co.uk T 0121 454 1688
Glebe Road, Stratford-Upon-Avon
OUR EXPERIENCE GLEBE ROAD, STRATFORD UPON AVON This flagship development by Orbit Heart of England, part funded by the Homes & Community Agency, replaces 38 existing unity concrete housing, no longer fit for purpose, with 57 new affordable homes built to achieve Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4. The new homes, which includes three & four bedroom family houses, two bedroom bungalows for elderly residents and a fully accessible three bedroom wheelchair standard bungalow, will all be available for rent and will be managed by Orbit Heart of England. A variety of the latest sustainable design features are being included in the new homes, including photovoltaic roof tiles, water saving devices, gas condensing combination boilers, low energy light fittings throughout and high levels of insulation to reduce carbon emissions. The development meets 'Secured by Design' standards and will be built to meet 'Lifetime Homes' criteria, helping to support the changing needs of residents. We have worked closely with existing residents to accommodate their requirements with varying options created by reviewing “wish lists� against commercial requirements and current planning directives.
Local residents, children and councillors were invited to celebrate the start of the first phase of this development. Stewart Fergusson, Managing Director of Orbit Heart of England, said:
This is exactly the kind of high-quality and affordable family housing this area needs to create strong communities for the future. This is a very exciting development which demonstrates excellent collaboration between many organisations to ensure the delivery of local housing for local people in partnership with the community.
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Butts Green, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
BUTTS GREEN, ABBEY HULTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT The site lies off Holehouse Road within the North East side of Abbey Hulton Estate, which dates back to the 1930’s. A brownfield site that comprised of existing 1960’s housing had been earmarked for demolition due to their poor design, layout and lack of flexibility to accommodate different user groups. calfordseaden acted as employer’s agent in the regeneration of Butts Green, which is part of a Community Masterplan for the Abbey Hulton Estate; championed by Affinity Sutton Group, Stoke City Council and RENEW North Staff. The redevelopment consisted on 28 houses and 10 bungalows, providing a mix of two, three and four bedroomed accommodation. The development has a traditional suburban layout with detached bungalows, pairs of semi-detached dwellings and short terraces forming conventional streetscapes. A contemporary style of architecture, using predominately render elevations, gives relief and emphasizes the new regeneration of the area, against the heavy red brick existing housing stock. Coloured fin walls, allow the plain render to be broken up, along with grey standing seam single ply roofing membrane and grey coloured high performance windows and a mix of different cladding panels are all used to add character.
The scheme was closely developed with Secure By Design principles to ensure natural surveillance. All units also achieve Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes as well as Lifetime Homes. Addressing sustainability the houses have been fitted with sun-pipes to give natural light to the staircases and solar hot water panels incorporated into the roof design. Solar shading has been created using large overhangs and creative climbing planting to the south elevation.
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Littlemore Baptist Church, Oxford
LITTLEMORE BAPTIST CHURCH, OXFORD
LONGBOROUGH, COTSWOLD
We were commissioned as architect, building surveyor, employer’s agent, contract administrator, party wall surveyor, HQI assessor and CDM coordinator for a new mixed use scheme on the site of this semi derelict Baptist Church. This consists of eight, single bedroom apartments to allow for independent living, set within a scheme including a communal hall & associated facilities and the refurbishment of an adjacent stone cottage. This challenging scheme involved an archaeological excavation of the cemetery, following careful demolition of the existing Chapel. A total of 31 graves, dating back to the 19th Century, were uncovered and assessed in terms of their archaeological interest.
We are appointed as architect of this rural development, which includes a nine, two & three bedroom, two storey dwellings. This general needs affordable housing development is set in a cluster arrangement to resemble the proportions of farm buildings on the outskirts of Longborough. Extensive consultation with local planners has taken place to ensure the Cotswold vernacular and design criteria are maintained.
The dwellings are designed to Lifetime Homes and Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, with photovoltaic solar panels contributing to the energy needs of the occupants.
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Raglan Street, Coventry
RAGLAN STREET, COVENTRY
WARD CLOSE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM
We were appointed as architects and lead cost consultants assisting our client to develop a restricted corner site on the periphery of Coventry City Centre. In addition to the 16 two bedroom apartments for general needs use, the ground floor was designed to provide four apartments with full disability access as alternative accommodation for existing residents being decanted from a nearby redevelopment area.
This affordable housing development, provides 19, two, three & four bedroom houses. We were appointed as employer’s agent, HQI assessor and Building for Life assessor on this £1.64 million scheme, located in an inner-city suburb of Birmingham, which was completed ahead of programme.
The site was challenging in view of the specific spacial requirements associated with disabled users, and the location within a high density area adjoining a combination of established residential developments and newly constructed contemporary designed buildings.
The scheme received planning permission without any difficulty and the completed project has been complimented as a highly successful scheme for our client.
Ward Close, Birmingham
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Killisick Court, Nottingham
KILLISICK COURT, ARNOLD, NOTTINGHAM calfordseaden acted as employer’s agent and CDM coordinator on behalf of Derwent Living for the redevelopment of Killisick Court. The site is located in Arnold, North Nottingham. The development contains 12 semi detached two & three bedroomed houses and eight, one & two bedroomed self-contained apartments for affordable rent and ‘move on’ accommodation provided for the local authority. The site was previously occupied by a sheltered housing scheme, which had been empty for approximately two years, making way for the redevelopment of the site in order to provide much needed affordable housing for the area.
The apartment block utilise modern floor to ceiling glazing for both living space and stairwells helping to flood the interior with light, whilst outside, perimeter treatments have been carefully considered with low level iron railings helping to complete the street seen. All of the houses and apartments address the Lifetime Homes principles and achieve Level 3 under the Code for Sustainable Homes, including the installation of solar thermal panels.
The site sits on the corner of two busy main roads in an elevated position. The layout of the site was subject to extensive discussions with the local authority as well as the local community. The new development wraps itself around the street frontage affording private parking to the rear of the scheme, which helps to limit extra stresses on the already busy road junctions. The scheme is built to a high quality with contemporary styling. The red bricks have been chosen to reflect vernacular style, with partial stone elevations adding to the sense of quality.
Images courtesy of KPW Architects
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Sutton House, Alvaston, Derby
SUTTON HOUSE, OFF NEWPORT COURT, ALVASTON, DERBY We were initially appointed to undertake a feasibility study to look at various alternative uses for the site. The existing site was occupied by an old sheltered housing scheme, which had been unoccupied for a number of years. We looked at various options on behalf of our client, Affinity Sutton Group, including remodelling to Decent Homes Standards and major remodelling along with complete demolition in order to provide affordable housing on the site. The feasibility study included detailed costings and producing drawings for all options by our employer’s agent and architects, in order for Affinity Sutton Group to undertake a full appraisal of the future of the site. It was decided that the best option would be to demolish the existing redundant sheltered scheme and take the opportunity to significantly enhance the visual appearance of the locality by re-development of the site and provide much need affordable housing. After receiving Grant funding from the HCA, calfordseaden were appointed as employer’s agent on behalf of Affinity Sutton Group. The redevelopment of the site allowed a further 16, three & four bedroomed two & three storey houses for affordable rent to be added to Affinity Sutton’s extensive stock already within the area.
The scheme was carefully designed considering siting, orientation and amenity in order to maximise comfort for balancing the benefits of daylight, thermal efficiency, aspect and noise attenuation. Careful planning was also required in order to protect the existing residents located within Newport Court, along with the protection of a number of existing protected trees. All of the houses achieve Level 3 under the Code for Sustainable Homes, including the installation of solar thermal panels along with achieving Lifetime Homes Standards and meeting the requirements of Secure By Design.
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Humphrey Booth Gardens, Manchester
HUMPHREY BOOTH GARDENS, SALFORD, MANCHESTER Humphrey Booth Gardens lies off the Old Eccles Road approximately three miles west of Manchester City Centre. The site formerly comprised 12 blocks of two & three storey flats, dating back to the 1950s, which were originally designed to provide sheltered housing for the elderly. A number of the existing flats had become unoccupied due to their poor design & layout and lack of feasibility to accommodate different user groups. It was decided, therefore, that the site should be redeveloped. The redevelopment was undertaken in phases to clear part of the site ready for demolition, thereafter allowing for the construction of 50 new two-bedroom flats in two separate blocks. calfordseaden were originally appointed as contract administrator by Affinity Sutton Group to refurbish a number of the existing unoccupied flats. This allowed for the decanting of residents from three of the original blocks, allowing their demolition prior to the construction of the new development. This decanting programme was carefully managed due to the age of the existing residents.
calfordseaden were then appointed as employer’s agent, CDM coordinator, HQI assessor and Building for Life assessors for the new build development. Once completed, the remaining residents were decanted from their existing flats and bedsits, allowing the remaining nine blocks to be demolished. The new blocks now occupy part of the footprint of the existing buildings and have been designed around, and to protect as many of, the existing trees as possible. The flats are constructed in timber frame with a green sedum roof with a red faced clay brickwork to the elevations, which dominate the local area. Colour brickwork detailing has been used to break up the floor levels and the entrances & staircases have been emphasised by the use of curtain walling incorporating coloured glass. Inspired by the colours of the client’s corporate identity, the coloured glass adds interest to the scheme, as colours are illuminated differently over a 24-hour period. All flats are Lifetime Homes compliant, achieving Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and incorporate the principles of Secure by Design.
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Tandle View Court
HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE calfordseaden's design, project management, cost consultancy, engineering and sustainability expertise has been successfully engaged on an extensive portfolio of housing for older people schemes. This portfolio includes extra-care homes, care homes, sheltered housing and day centres and includes new build, refurbishment and remodelling projects for both private and public clients. Our schemes are comprehensively researched and thought through, ensuring our clients are proud of their schemes, creating places that meet their residents' needs now and in the future. The following case studies illustrate some of our latest schemes.
Lees House, Oldham
OLDHAM PFI TANDLE VIEW COURT Created for Housing 21 and Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, as part of the Oldhan PFI, this scheme comprises 59 one and two bed apartments with extensive extra care communal facilities set around two courtyards. The building occupies former public green open space to allow construction adjacent to existing properties whose residents moved to the new scheme, allowing demolition and the creation of a new landscaped public green open space. The communal facilities provide for both the residents and the wider elderly community in the area. The project has been well received locally and provides a significant landmark to the street scene along Rochdale Road and is currently being considered for a Local Authority Building Control Quality Award.
Oldham Private Finance Initiative consists of three new build schemes, 19 remodelling / refurbishment schemes and 825 bungalow refurbishments, totalling some 1500 properties.
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Sandwell, Public Private Partnership
QUEENSRIDGE, BRANDHALL – SANDWELL PPP This is the first scheme to be delivered under the Sandwell MBC and Housing 21 Public Private Partnership (PPP). The development provides 87, one & two bedroom apartments, together with communal areas, lounges and a restaurant, “well-being” suite, shop and hair salon. The steep, sloping site was formally a care home and flats dissected by high voltage underground cables, resulting in the scheme being designed as two blocks. Queensridge forms part of our wider involvement in the Sandwell PPP. The Partnership includes a rolling programme of at least three developments to provide extra care independent living accomodation for the elderly. The scheme requirements have been developed from an initial brief from Sandwell MBC through consultation with various stakeholders and the Council’s Planners and Urban Design Team.
OAK LANE, WEST BROMWICH As part of the major regeneration for the Greets Green area, the Oak Lane Extra Care is located in the heart of the established residential neighbourhood west of West Bromwich town centre, Sandwell. The developments pentagonal shape responds to site the boundaries, providing 93 no.1 & 2 bed residential units and associated communal facilities promoting independent living.
The Brownfield site created from the clearing of redundant Victorian housing stock falls from South-East to North-West with an overall height difference of approximately 2.5m and is surrounded by a mix of 2 storey residences, bungalows, warehouse buildings and the West Bromwich Bus Depot. The scheme has been carefully designed to respect the scale of the existing surrounding buildings in the immediate environment and the elevational treatment has been developed to blend the local vernacular style with a modern contemporary image. The development affords large areas of landscape to the street frontages and a secluded courtyard style garden created by the wrap-around nature of the footprint. This approach promotes a building identity and ensures that the proposal does not present itself as institutional. Shared communal facilities adjacent to the main entrance such as the hair dressers, communal lounge and restaurant are provided to allow an integration of the external users in the local community together with the inhouse residents to also access these services. The scheme was named “Goldfield Court” following a Housing 21 and HCA lead project, where pupils from a local primary school named the new scheme. Another development currently being designed within the PPP is Dial Lane, West Bromwich, which includes 92, one & two bedroom apartments, a dementia care unit and communal facilities.
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Brownhills, Walsall
WALSALL PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
Six schemes have received planning permission as part of the Walsall PPP initiative for the re-provision of Residential and Day Care Services. Five of the schemes are for extracare accommodation providing over 280 units in total. The sixth is a specialist dementia unit for 40 residents with communal areas set in clusters of ten around four courtyards.
Teams in our Birmingham and Orpington offices joined forces at bid stage, to develop three scheme proposals in conjunction with Housing 21, for submission to Birmingham City Council. Following bid stage, one of the schemes was withdrawn. Our Birmingham office investigated a considerable number of scheme options with Birmingham Council for two remaining sites at Turves Green and Meadway, in order to balance the requirements of Birmingham Housing Department maximising the number of units, also those of the planners and urban designers achieving an acceptable site coverage, massing and street scene frontage treatment.
calfordseaden worked closely with Housing 21’s ‘Dementia Voice’, who specialise in advice on dementia care in designing the scheme proposals. The unit will be phase one of a master-plan, including other health care facilities at the Goscote Hospital site, Walsall, where calfordseaden co-ordinated their proposals with other architects for the master-plan proposals. Although each scheme shares similar apartment layouts, an extensive range of communal facilities and day centre provision, each is different in responding to the site requirements and constraints. calfordseaden developed a good working relationship with the local authority, planners and the urban design team in developing the scheme proposals to achieve the various permissions required. All the schemes utilise off site manufacture (MMC) with lightweight steel frame construction and achieve a ‘very good’ BREEAM rating.
Each scheme has 87 units comprising one and two bedroom apartments with associated communal facilities, together with new bungalows on Turves Green and integrating existing bungalows on Meadway. The schemes vary from two to four storey to create an acceptable massing in relation to their surroundings.
Meadway, Birmingham
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St. Bede’s, Bedford
ST BEDE’S, BEDFORD calfordseaden are appointed by Orbit Homes as cost consultants / employers agents and mechanical and electrical design consultants for St Bede's Extra Care Housing scheme providing high quality mixed tenure accommodation in Bedford's Conservation Area. The scheme provides a total of 104 number 1 & 2 Bedroom flats with a range of accommodation to meet the needs of a diverse community, with a variety of communal areas, restaurant, a hair salon, games room and space for family to visit and stay overnight. Generous internal space standards exceed those normally found in Extra Care housing and a high proportion of 2 bedroom apartments provide 3 habitable rooms for greater flexibility of use. The circulation areas include a large atrium space and glazing to allow natural light into the refurbishment of the interior of the building. The scheme also incorporates the original school buildings on the site.
BRIAR CROFT, STRATFORD UPON AVON PHASE I & II Briar Croft is a specialist extra care retirement scheme for the over 55's developed by Orbit Heart of England. Located in the heart of historic Stratford-upon-Avon it is conveniently located to various local amenities, with the scheme itself providing 64no; 1 & 2 bedroom units for shared ownership and affordable rent. A range of facilities for residents were provided, including a restaurant, resident lounge, fitness suite, arts & craft room, hairdressing & beauty suite. calfordseaden acted as partnering advisers, client representative, party wall surveyor, BREEAM assessor and CDM coordinator on this two-phase development. Maintaining an independent retirement lifestyle is important to everyone and this is assured at Briar Croft. The scheme was the first extra care facility developed by Orbit Heart of England and was the first to be developed in Warwickshire.
Cost control has been critical to this scheme in order to deliver a cost effective scheme that meets the high standard by the client. The £13 million scheme is being delivered as a Design and Build contract, and is due for completion in February 2013. The scheme has also recently won the HAPPI Project Award 2011
Briar Croft, Stratford Upon Avon
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Regents Park, Hamilton, Leicester
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SECTION 106 AGREEMENTS
calfordseaden have extensive experience undertaking the role of Independent Certifier on behalf of both public and private sector clients. Since the introduction of the Grants for Developer Funding Regime in 2006, we have been involved in providing technical consultancy advice to several large house builders and developers on their applications for partner status through to management of successful Bids.
calfordseaden are well versed in dealing with Section 106 Agreements and as such have developed and maintained strong relationships with a number of regional and national housing associations, along with major housing providers and second tier regional developers that have provided us with Section 106 Agreement opportunities.
We also act as Independent Certifier under the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust Initiative (LIFT) and in other similar roles such as Project Monitor and Value for Money Assessor on behalf of a variety of clients.
Through our well established Birmingham Office, we are also well known and work with a number of small house builders, contractors and corporate landowners who regularly have the need for both mixed use and pure residential developments often by way of Section 106 agreements.
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