PROJECT NEWS

A ROUND-UP OF PROJECT NEWS FROM ACROSS THE BUSINESS

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Place secured on CHIC’s Newbuild Development Framework

We’re proud to have been appointed to provide consultancy services through the newbuild development framework operated by the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC). The non-profit consortium has more than 200 members, mainly housing associations and local authorities, and is free to join.

The framework, which will last for four years, is an integral part of CHIC’s commitment to providing compliant procurement solutions and commercial support to its members.

Our involvement gives John Rowan and Partners the opportunity to help public sector organisations tackle the housing shortage via two workstreams.

Workstream 1 will see us provide project management services including employer’s agents and workstream 4 will see us as principal designer services. The achievement reflects our commitment to delivering high quality services and solutions in the housing sector, in collaboration with CHIC.

Huge framework win for safety compliance team

“The Framework Agreement for Asset Safety and Compliance has a £135m value which will be split across a total of 300 partner suppliers.”

John Rowan and Partners are pleased to announce a significant framework win. Our safety compliance team have been appointed to the Asbestos Consultancy of LHC Procurement’s new Framework Agreement for Asset Safety and Compliance (ASC1).

The four-year framework calls on our asbestos management expertise and encompasses the full scope of our specialist service. The services will be across a large variety of residential and non-residential building types throughout the public sector.

This significant win was our first attempt at a major framework bid following the commencement of associate director and gead of safety compliance, Dan Bryan, leading our asbestos compliance team.

The Framework Agreement for Asset Safety and Compliance has a £135m value which will be split across a total of 300 partner suppliers.

New opportunities as John Rowan and Partners joins Crown Commercial Service

John Rowan and Partners has expanded its reach into the public sector having been accepted to join the Crown Commercial Service’s RM6242 Construction Professional Services

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK. It enables central government and public and third sector organisations to buy construction services via the DPS.

Through this DPS, we can provide services including but not limited to; employer’s agent, quantity surveying, building surveying, and principal designer across an array of projects such as new builds, refurbishments of buildings

Projects In Brief

Residential handover and infrastructure, alteration and extension of buildings, and regeneration.

The handover of all units at Longwick Road, Princes Risborough is now complete. We acted as the Employers Agent on this project on behalf of Peabody and worked alongside Star Contractors Ltd to deliver 24 quality Shared Ownership homes for residents. A great project.

Executive director, Ken Morgan commented, “We are excited to have been accepted to join Crown Commercial Services and be able to work with them. This will be a great way to engage with new clients and gain new opportunities!”

School reno project Hospital room install

We have completed a project at Tudor Grange Academy Solihull, which saw the replacement of 180 windows, entrance doors, access control and security installations. We took ownership of managing the design, feasibility cost plans, specifications tender process and turnkey project management.

We assist on many NHS projects and have recently completed projects at a health centre, refurbishing a room and fitting an x-ray machine. We also renovated a hospital room and installed a CT scan (pictured).