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Group Directors and Senior Management Team
Andy Radcliffe Group Chief Executive Officer
John Davies Group Chief Operating Officer
William Stobbs HSEQ Director
Gareth Davies Procurement Director
Steve Wilkie Regional Managing Director NE and Cumbria
Paul Watson Commerical Director
Chris Watson HR Director
Stuart Leslie Divisional Director Yorkshire
Regional Delivery Team
Anna Urbanowicz Internal Controls Director
Simon Phillips Regional Managing Director Scotland
Darren Warneford Customer Relations Director
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Esh Group Overview
At Esh Group we put local communities as the heart of our activity and support them by developing the built environment and adding social value for the economies local to them. We offer a diverse range of construction services to all types of clients, including the private and public sectors. Our history began in 1971 with the creation of a partnership between Jack Lumsden and Tony Carroll resulting in Lumsden and Carroll being formed. During the mid 1990’s the business merged with Deerness Fencing and Dunelm Homes to create what has become the largest indigenous construction company operating across the North East, Yorkshire, North West and Scotland. Esh Construction was created in December 2010 following a name change by Lumsden and Carroll Construction Ltd and in 2014 Esh Group went on to acquire both Border Holdings and Border Construction Ltd. We are a commercially strong construction business with a turnover in excess of £235m and have the knowledge and skills which have been accumulated and enhanced by our varied project experience. We are very proud of our strong regional presence and reputation, which we have worked hard to earn and is refelcted by the number of clients with whom we work. We remain a financially stable, privately owned company with cash in the bank in excess of £20m. Early consultation and strong communication throughout project delivery are values central to our methods of operating and are key to stakeholder satisfaction. We believe that mutual respect and trust are fundamental to the development of relationships where clients are embraced as valued partners. To adapt to our ever changing industry, we work with our clients to achieve successful outcomes. Our strong regional presence allows us to foster trusting and beneficial working partnerships with our customers, consultants, supply chain and local communities. Our local delivery teams bring a safety first culture driven by our Everyone Safely Home culture. The delivery teams are motivated, highly efficient, extremely capable and customer focused. As a group we are committed to sustainability across our operational areas where we offer regional delivery, underpinned by our best value approach. Our construction activities are complemented by operational depots enabling vehicle, plant and materials storage to service our clients. All of our office locations support service excellence for clients throughout all of our operational regions.
Group Chief Operating Officer
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Yorkshire Team Structure
Stuart Leslie Divisional Director Chris Hale Commercial Director
Brian Jones Design Planning Manager
Alistair Gill Regional Bid Manager
Richard Stowell Contracts Manager Build
Steve Conn Construction Director (Civils)
Jonathan Haran
Martin Hughes
Head of Business Development
Technical Manager
John Doherty Contracts Manager Build
Dave Harrod
Nathan Preston
Managing Estimator
HSEQ Advisor
Peter Dawson Contracts Manager Civils
Central Support Services
Rebecca Shaw Added Value Coordinator
Simon Park Environmental & Energy Advisor
Tricia Mullen Group Training Manager
Paul Errington BIM Specialist
Dominic David Remediation Specialist
Laura Devaney Head of Aftercare and Maintenance
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Yorkshire Region Overview Our Yorkshire operations are based in Swillington, Leeds and has the support of our wider Esh Construction businesses. We have over 40 years construction experience and there are over 100 staff based within the Yorkshire area, providing Esh Construction with a strong regional presence. We provide our clients with a regional approach whilst offering a proactive, open and collaborative work ethic which has enabled us to establish close working partnerships with our customers, consultants and supply chain. Esh are proud of the reputation we have, which we have worked hard to earn and are aware that project success is reliant upon clear and concise coordination of services, effective and efficient service delivered by a competent and passionate delivery team. Turnover within the Yorkshire region is £40m and having an operational office and depot in Yorkshire enables us to reduce our delivery times and offer our client a comprehensive, competitive and consistent approach. We are fully resourced to deliver effective and efficient building and civil engineering service on projects ranging from £150k to in excess of £20m. Our delivery team can demonstrate extensive experience of successfully delivering both new build and refurbishment projects across a broad spectrum of sectors including industrial, education including student accommodation, retail, commercial, leisure, public, healthcare, housing and historic building. We believe in adding value within the communities in which we work and have a dedicated Added Value Coordinator based within the Yorkshire region who supports the provision of community and added value requirements across the region.
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UNIT 17B, ASTLEY WAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SWILLINGTON, LEEDS LS26 8XT
ESH ADDED VALUE
Esh Added Value We believe there is considerable value in supporting and engaging with communities, clients and our workforce that go far beyond contractual requirements. We’ve developed our approach to corporate social responsibility through ‘Added Value’ - a model that delivers positive economic, environmental and social impacts in all the places where we operate. Community Community is central to our strategy to support the economic, environmental and social wellbeing of the local communities where we works, and we have developed a number of award winning community engagement programmes that help is achieve this. Workplace Our people are our strength, our culture which empowers our staff, encourages personal and professional development, training and up skilling our people and others in the local communities where we work. As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all backgrounds including the Armed Forces and offer apprentice and graduate vacancies. Environment Construction shapes the built environment for the benefit of every local community. At Esh Group we are committed to making the link between the built environment and the natural environment a sustainable one and we devote all of our expertise and energies into achieving this goal in the local communities where we work. Marketplace Esh Group has developed a marketplace approach which includes regular Meet the Buyer events, adherence to the Prompt Payment Code and a commitment to Local Procurement, supporting our Supply Chain partners through mutually beneficial, long-term relationships. As a socially responsible organisation that engages with the local communities where we work – we always take positive steps to support and add value to the economies where our sites are located.
ESH ADDED VALUE
Added Value 78
153,000
BUILDING MY SKILLS SCHOOLS WITH
10,600
TONNES OF WASTE MATERIAL RECYCLED AND SOLD BY ESH CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2015
STUDENTS
3851
PRIMARY CHILDREN ENGAGED WITH OUR ‘STAY SAFE CAMPAIGN’
91
COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUPPORTED VIA ESH COMMUNITIES
1032 PEOPLE ON SITE VISITS
COMMUNITY
43.2
DAYS AVERAGE TIME TO
PAY A SUPPLIER. 27 DAYS QUICKER THAN RECOMMENDED
730
WORK EXPERIENCE DAYS DELIVERED
TO DEVELOP OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE
PROGRAMME DELIVERING BEST PRACTIVE IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT
WORKPLACE
37
1,300 STUDENTS PROVIDED INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE
£680,000 52,422
INVESTED IN ESH ACADEMY
ESH CARBON COACH
BMS BUSINESS PARTNER HOURS DELIVERING 470
EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS TALKS
T: 0191 377 4570 E: enquiries@eshgroup.co.uk www.eshgroup.co.uk All figures within the last 12 months
STAFF STUDYING FURTHER EDUCATION COURSES
108
APPRENTICES EMPLOYED
108 PRIMARY SCHOOLS
3942
STUDENTS VIA GET INTO STEM
OUR EXPERIENCE
Wharton Park, Durham Client: Durham County Council
Gullane Golf Club, East Lothian Client: Gullane Golf Club
Wharton Park has undergone significant restoration works. The heritage centre is located next to the car park and is easily accessible to all users.The centre provides new toilet and baby change facilities, a café, education space for visiting groups and a park managers office. The centre was constructed using piled foundations, steel frame, kalzip roof, aluminium curtain walling with random stone external walls. Two new play areas were created to provide toddler play space and junior play space. Restoration works were completed to the Grade II listed battery, battlement wall, turret and site wide retaining walls.
Alteration works were required to alter the existing space which comprised of smaller rooms which were no longer fit for purpose. A larger open space was created and new folding partitions installed to provide a flexible showcase setting. Further works comprised of carrying out the construction of a 2 storey timber frame extension on top of the existing brick and block work structure. Management and administration areas also benefitted from the more efficient use of space in the new extension.
Value: £2.9M Duration: 39 weeks
Value: £1.4M Duration: 52 weeks
Exhibition Park, Newcastle Client: Newcastle City Council
Vindolanda Museum, Northumberland Client: Vindolanda Trust
The works comprised an extensive range of construction activities that were needed in order to improve the look, layout and quality of Exhibition Park for recreational users and visitors. A Grade II listed bandstand was restored and the surrounding area altered to improve access for park users. Interpretation panels were installed throuhgout the park and the entrance enhanced and modernised. The tennis courts were resurfaced and lined and a new skare park created adjacent the existing. The croquet and bowling greens were also subject to renovation which included new seating, new planting and surfacing.
The project combined the construction of major new extension to the museum entrance to form a new high quality access and interpretation centre and extensive refurbishment of the existing Roman Army Museum and Chesterholm Museum together with extensive external upgrading. The project also incorporated the construction of an extension to form new living accommodation for visiting archaeologists. The works were divided into seven phases to enable maximum ongoing operations throughout the construction period.
Value: £1.9M Duration: 37 weeks
Value: £2.3M Duration: 21 weeks
SPORTS & RECREATION
Cycleway, York Client: University of York
Hospitality Suite and Jockey Facilities, Carlisle Client: Racecourse Investments
The University received funding from British Cycling to create a 1.2km cycle track. The works involved the excavation of the existing materials to create the desired shape. The tarmac surface layer was machine laid to ensure a smooth and level track. The track design ensures races can take place in any of the three lanes. Each of the lanes varies in length allowing a choice of short, medium and long routes to accommodate beginner to advanced level cyclists. In addition, we also installed flood lighting, metal fencing around the perimeter of the track and carried out landscaping such as soiling and cultivating works.
A new jockey weighing room was constructed using traditional brick, block and render which incorporated male and female changing rooms, toilets, shower facilities, sauna, medical rooms, wash rooms, steward’s room and public toilets. The steel framed building is curved to the same radius as the racecourse track and is tied into the existing adjacent bar. The new suite features sliding movable walls enabling sub division into 6 individual suites, fully equipped industrial kitchen, rooftop viewing gallery and external decking area.
Value: £900K Duration: 16 weeks
Value: £1.4M Duration: 16 weeks
Durham County Cricket Club, Durham Client: Durham County Cricket Club
Outdoor Velodrome, York Client: University of York
In order to become an International Venue, a new two tier spectator stand and additional upper tier to an existing stand were constructed to increase the capacity by an extra 1600 seats. The works required a mix of mini and driven piling solutions, reinforced concrete foundations for increased loadings created by the new upper tier. Construction activities were completed in tight constraints adjacent to operational public areas. New staircases were created along with hand railing and balustrade. New retail space and a grounds mans store was developed in the under croft of the existing south east stand.
Works began quickly on site and started with reduced level excavation to create the footprint of the track. The fill material was laid in sections, compacted and trimmed to shape. On the steep banks we laid a concrete bed and then tarmac over the top to create a smooth curve. The tarmac was laid using specialist surfacing techniques and involved the use of GPS guidance on bespoke machinery. This method reduced the need for pegs to set out the design and reduced the programme duration.
Value: £2.1M Duration: 20 weeks
Value: £932K Duration: 14 weeks
OUR EXPERIENCE
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway Client: National Trust for Scotland The new build element comprised the construction of a high quality landmark museum providing around 500m² of exhibition space together with reception, café / catering and office space. The refurbishment element comprised the comprehensive refurbishment, upgrading and restoration of both the listed Burns Cottage and the 1906 museum building which has been converted
into an Education Facility providing a range of function rooms and library. Externally the works included the construction of a new feature timber footbridge connected the museum with the Burns Walk and Education Pavilion.
Value: £9.7M Duration: 104 weeks
Abbotsford House Visitor Reception Client: The Abbotsford Trust The project comprised the construction of a new architecturally striking and highly sustainable visitor reception. The location required extensive external works all within the existing mature wooded area. The visitors reception building provides a range of facilities and amenities including reception, ticketing and shop together with café and terrace, conference and multi-purpose Value: £3M Duration: 47 weeks
areas complete with extensive audio visual and lighting systems and associated office, kitchen and ancillary space. External works include formation of new access roads, parking areas, footpaths, retaining walls and extensive soft landscaping.
SPORTS & RECREATION
Harton & Westoe Miners Welfare Club Client: Miners Association This £1.95m new design and build project was created on an existing site to provide leisure facilities to the community and incorporates offices, residential accommodation, 2 bar function rooms, gymnasium, snooker room, 4 full size changing rooms, 2 officials’ changing rooms, 2 bowls changing rooms, disabled facilities and stores. Externally, there is a new stand to the football pitch, new 5
a side synthetic turf pitch with palisade fencing and a new bowling green. The car parking facility will accommodate 100 cars and the facility is protected by security fencing.
Value: £2M Duration: 52 Weeks
Saltholme Visitors Centre, Teesside Client: RSPB The RSPB and Teesside Environmental Trust’s Wildlife Reserve and Discovery Park is located at Port Clarence in Teesside on 1,000 acres of former industrial land and is the largest wetland creation project in the North of England. The landscape design wraps the water around the building, giving the appearance of the building set on an island. Externally, ponds, pools, bridges and walkways have been Value: £3M Duration: 47 Weeks
created along with 10km of footpaths leading to wildlife areas, 3 new bird watching hides and public access cycle ways that are part of the SUSTRANS network. The building achieve a rating of BREEAM Excellent.
Outdoor Velodrome, York
£932,000 Client: University of York
We were contracted in January 2014 by York University to design and construct a new 250m outdoor velodrome with the added interest of the eagerly anticipated ‘Grand Depart’ of the 2014 Tour de France in Yorkshire.
Village and a 1km closed circuit cycle track which we constructed a year earlier making York University the Hub for cycling in the north.
Works began quickly on site and started with reduced level excavation to create the footprint of the track and the commencement of laying of fill material whilst the final design was agreed. The fill material was laid in sections, compacted and trimmed to shape. On the steep banks we laid a concrete bed first then tarmac over the top to create smooth curve. The concrete was laid from the top of the hill and smoothed out by hand to ensure an even surface.
The site was securely fenced with heras fencing around the perimeter. The existing sports village and closed circuit cycle track operations were maintained and pedestrians diverted around the new works area. No closures were required throughout our works which in turn reduced impacts to users of the nearby sports village. The access road to site was an operational bus route which has bus running every 7 minutes. We ensured our machinery didn’t interfere throughout our works by timing deliveries around the bus timetable.
The stone and tarmac was laid using specialist surfacing techniques. This involved the use of GPS guidance on bespoke machinery which had the design inputted already into their on board computer. The design of the track guided the machines along the velodromes 30° bankings when constructing to tight tolerances. This method reduced the need for pegs to set out the design and reduced the programme duration. A similar concept was used when adding sports marking to the completed velodrome.
Health and Safety and Risk Mitigation
Sustainability All material retrieved during excavation was kept on-site and used within the outside non-structural embankments. This resulted in reduced material requirements and reduced transportation miles and as a result reduced vehicles emissions and fuel consumption. Value Engineering
Close coordination and regular design team meetings with British Cycling enabled the design to be completed to meet their requirements. The new Velodrome is situated between the new York Sports
Early discussions with the client regarding value engineering resulted in changes to the track design, changes in drainage and in the barriers around
Outdoor Velodrome, York
Contract Duration: 14 weeks Form of Contract: JCT Design and Build 2011
the velodrome. These savings allowed the client reinvest the savings and construct a 60 bay overflow car park worth £73,000 to cater for the expected increase in visitor numbers. We were awarded these additional works which were completed within the agreed budget and handed over within the agreed programme. Added Value As part of our investment in the communities in which we work, we have an established school training programme (Esh Employability) which engages with schools and colleges, enriching the curriculum and preparing young people for the world of work whilst still in full time study. Esh Employability is an ongoing commitment which over the course of the 2013/14 academic year will engage with 32 schools and some 6,200 students within our operational areas. Over the course of an entire academic year learners eyes are opened to the world of work by real business people, while being supported to create their own ‘employability portfolio’, complete a professional CV and schooled in interview and presentations skills via employability workshops, business mentoring and mock interview experiences. The works such as this project enables us to continue with this investment and we are currently delivering the programme within Archbishop Holgate’s School (Hull Road, York) to 320 students this academic year which represents a total of 1280 learner hours.
Public and Stakeholder Liaison Fortnightly meetings were held with the client and design team to discuss works and its progress. Routine Health and Safety meetings and Toolbox Talks were held onsite and were compulsory for all workers including subcontractors. York University informed students of works and pedestrian diversions on our behalf and the Public right of way across the site which has been initially diverted when the cycle track was constructed remained in its new location. Summary A successful scheme with a regular client, we have now completed several schemes with University of York proving a healthy relationship and valued quality. Awards In May 2014, we were highly commended for this project at the 2014 Pro Yorkshire Awards ceremony.
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
£9,700,000 Client: National Trust for Scotland
The new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum opened its door to the public on St Andrews Day 2010. It is arranged around a 500m² exhibition gallery displaying many of the 5000 artefacts in the Museum’s collection. The new building also accommodates a café opening onto the mature gardens inherited from an earlier exhibition building, a gift shop and an education room. The new build element comprised the construction of an exceptionally high quality landmark museum providing around 500m² of exhibition space together with reception, café / catering and office space and extensive external works. The refurbishment element comprised the comprehensive refurbishment, upgrading and restoration of both the listed Burns Cottage and the 1906 museum building which has been converted into an Education Facility providing a range of function rooms and library. The new museum plays a central part in the master plan for what used to be known as the Burns National Heritage Park. This master plan was developed to link together and enhance the experience of the different sites in Alloway (Burns Cottage, Burns Monument, Brig O’ Doon and the Auld Kirk amongst others) relating to the poet’s life and legacy. The main gallery has been designed to be open plan and offer absolute control to the exhibition
and lighting designers over the way the artefacts are presented to the visitors, while to openness of the plan allows the National Trust for Scotland to easily re-model the exhibition space at a later date. Externally the works included the construction of a new feature timber footbridge connecting the museum with the Burns Walk and Education Pavilion. A key component of the overall project was the design, fabrication and erection of a new timber footbridge linking the new museum building with extensive parkland and the Burns Cottage and Education Pavilion. The new footbridge traverses an existing vehicular roadway and ensures safe and convenient pedestrian access between attractions. All the timber was sourced through verifiable sustainable sources by our Joinery division who manufactured and fabricated all the components prior to delivery and erection on site. Winner Scottish Design Awards May 2011 – Engineering Design Category Key Issues and How They Were Managed The project required very careful planning and very close ongoing collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland and project Design Team to achieve a multi phased handover and ensure minimum disruption to the ongoing operation during the construction phase.
Quorum Retail Park, Newcastle
Contract Duration: 104 weeks Form of Contract: SBCC with Quantities with Contractor Design Portions and Selectional
Successful Outcomes The new museum and visitors centre building achieved a “Very Good” BREEAM Rating and incorporates a range of sustainable features and components. The museum is made of timber most of which was locally sourced as this has the lowest carbon footprint of all materials. The public spaces including the entrance, the reception hall and the café are defined by a substantial green Douglas-fir structure developed in close collaboration with structural engineers, Buro Happold and Carpenter Oak and Woodland’s workshop in Angus. The rest of the building is made of European redwood panels. The external wall panels are filled with 250mm of recycled paper which not only gives excellent thermal insulation and reduces the energy consumption of the building but also enhances the hygroscopic quality of the structure, allowing the building envelope to release excess of moisture from within the rooms and the structure to the outside environment. The main gallery climate control system circulates air by natural convection, assisted by fans when required. Air is sucked in through an air intake structure located in the garden of the museum, and finds its way towards the building through a labyrinth of five large concrete pipes, each 30m long, buried two meters below ground, and so benefiting from the constant temperature of the ground at this depth. This naturally tempered air enters the building via a basement plant room where additional cooling or warming is provided
by the ground source heat pump system installed under the new car park on the North-east side of the site. The air then passes through another set of pipes, distributing it evenly in the main gallery space. The ground source heat pump also provides heated water for the under floor heating system in the public spaces. In contrast to the inward looking, blacked out environment of the Main Gallery, the reception hall and the café are very much opened to the outside world and to each other, and take advantage of natural ventilation and natural lighting. The hall is predominantly a double storey height space, with the sweeping curve of the roof emphasized by a spine of Douglas-fir purlins that leads the eye from the Reception Hall towards the Café. An external seating area is provided along the south face of the building under a matching timber pergola.
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