MasterChef recipe for success

Claire Bruce’s Dungeness cottage with its new cedar cladding

Finding the ingredients for a MasterChef semi-finalist

CIOB member Chris Lamb helped Claire Bruce to put everything in place to upgrade her Dungeness cottage

Invvu project manager and CIOB

member Chris Lamb has helped a recent client – 2021 MasterChef semifinalist Claire Bruce – make her plans for her cottage in Kent come true.

In 2020 Bruce wanted to transform 300-year old Lloyds Cottage in Dungeness, but was struggling to find a builder to undertake the works.

Invvu Construction Consultants conducted a measured building survey, drew out the existing layouts and got to work with Bruce – sketching ideas, discussing budgets, changing layouts and suggesting energy efficiency options. Invvu then prepared a tender pack and invited various companies to bid for the works, which were won by Addison Construction and Civils.

The new sunroom at the rear of the cottage offers panoramic views of Dungeness’s unique landscape. The new cedar cladding was carefully sourced and the previous cladding used to create a one-of-a-kind bespoke kitchen/diner floor with the old Lloyds Cottage lettering still visible underfoot. ●

The new cedar cladding was carefully sourced and the previous cladding used to create a one-of-a-kind bespoke kitchen/diner floor n NEWS IN BRIEF

Site visit shows best practice waste management

CIOB members can attend a site visit to Queen Elizabeth Place Retirement Living in Alton, Hampshire, on 3 March to learn how McCarthy Stone is managing waste.

As part of the tour senior site manager Jeff Blackman will explain how McCarthy Stone has managed to go 21 weeks without a general waste skip.

Excellence awards

Four University of West of England students have been awarded Certificates of Excellence for achieving the highest marks on a CIOBaccredited degree course.

The high achievers are: Olivia Hull, for her BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management; Francis Mascarenhas for his MSc in Construction Project Management; Levi Jones for his BSc (Hons) in Construction Project Management; and Richard Moore for his BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying.

Welsh CBC closes

Lloyd Building Services, North Wales’s first chartered building company has closed its doors for business following the retirement of partner Tony Lloyd.

Established in 1987, Lloyds became the first CBC in North Wales in January 1994, soon after the inception of the Chartered Building Company scheme.

Lloyd was also heavily involved with the CIOB during his career. He joined the CIOB when in college in 1977 and became more actively involved with the Chester & North Wales centre in 1992 when he became MCIOB.

He also served as chair of the Chester & North Wales centre and from 2001 to 2003 served as chair of the Liverpool, North Wales and Cheshire branch. He continued to serve on the centre committee until very recently.

Update on new building regs and clerk of works role

An event covering building regulations and the importance of the role of the clerk of works will take place on 10 March in Southampton.

Neil Ferris, building control partnership manager at Southampton City Council, will provide an update of new Parts F and L, Part O (Overheating) and Part S (Electric Vehicle Charging).

Rachel Smalley, technical policy division department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will explain Part M of the government building regulations and Jerry Shoolbred, clerk of works at Shoolbred Site Inspections, will be speaking on the importance of the clerk of works role for both safety and quality on site.

Register for the event at events.ciob.org.