YOUR CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS
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OVERVIEW OF GOODRICH
FOR OVER 30 YEARS, GOODRICH CONSULTING HAS BEEN DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANCY TO CLIENTS ACROSS THE UK Founded in 1992, the company has grown from strength to strength, seeing the team expand at its Northampton headquarters, and more recently the acquisition of a Birmingham and Bristol office. The owner-managed firm is led by six Partners, supported by an experienced team of project managers, project surveyors, building surveyors, and technical administrators.
Reliability and flexibility are key to any successful project, which is why we adopt a forwardthinking, proactive approach to our work, supported by our industry knowledge, ongoing research and benchmarking of current market trends.
For us, our team is what sets us apart, alongside our commitment to delivering an outstanding service on every project we work on. With expertise from both client and contractor backgrounds, our workforce ranges in experience levels which enables us to fit the right team for your job.
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Dilapidations
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Building Survey
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Licence to Alter
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Party Wall
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Clerk of Works, or Quality Monitoring
We aim to provide our clients with dedicated experts to support the smooth and successful delivery of your vision, from conception to completion and beyond, through the following core service lines:
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Fund Monitoring
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Facilities and Property Management
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Project Management
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Employer’s Agent
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Quantity Surveying
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Building Consultancy
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Principal Designer
In addition to our core services noted above, we also offer the following supplemental services:
We are proud to have developed strong repeat partnerships with our clients, some of which span over the 30 years we have been in business. Our enviable position as experts within industrial, commercial, and education sectors has enabled our entry into new areas such as retail, later living, infrastructure, hotel, and occupier fit-out. Our people and portfolio of work allow us to provide invaluable insight across a variety of industry sectors.
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OUR CORE OFFERING
Project Management
Quantity Surveying
We have an incredibly strong team of experienced project managers, who are responsible for the successful delivery of your construction project. Working closely with our clients, the team are well equipped to organise, control, and monitor ongoing construction operations. In addition to our project management team, we have a strong and capable technical administration department, which ensures all crucial paperwork is completed. We pride ourselves on the hands-on leadership and guidance we offer, from pre-commencement to completion.
The quantity surveying team’s strengths lie in their diverse backgrounds within client organisations, professional practice and contracting. This breadth of exposure enables us to offer broad skillsets and experience on all projects across our sectors. Our technical administration department provides additional support to the surveying team, ensuring the work produced is issued promptly and of the highest quality. With our team’s collective industry expertise, combined with a wealth of benchmarking data we acquire from our live projects, we can provide our clients with recommendations that accurately align with the changing business landscape. In addition, we have access to RICS Membership, BCIS data, CostX measurement software and JCT online, whilst actively supporting quantity surveying apprenticeships with Nottingham Trent University, allowing us to continue onboarding new talent for the future of construction.
WE UNDERSTAND OUR CLIENT’S REQUIREMENTS, WORKING SEAMLESSLY TO PROVIDE PROACTIVE ADVICE ON A RANGE OF TECHNICAL ISSUES Employer’s Agent
Building Consultancy
As employer’s agent, we ensure the project is structured correctly and that the investment value of the scheme is protected. As well as representing our client, we will administer the contract and complete all appointments, warranties, and other key legal documents, alongside organising, chairing, and recording meetings / key events.
The breadth of experience within our professional team means that we have worked across all property sectors, which allows us to provide our clients with detailed and reliable advice across the full property life cycle.
We are there to support, advise and organise our clients. Depending on the requirement the role will be fulfilled by one of our senior project managers or project surveyors, with backup support from the wider technical team.
Principal Designer As a business, we have invested heavily in training key members of the project management team as principal designers. As members of the APS, Association for Project Safety, we are competent in influencing how risks to health and safety are managed throughout the project. When appointed as project managers on a scheme, we can extend our appointment to include principal designers where required.
We understand our client’s requirements, working seamlessly to provide proactive advice on a range of technical issues, including acquisition surveys and fund monitoring reporting, technical due diligence, landlord and tenant dilapidations claims, planned preventative maintenance, party wall matters, together with building refurbishment and fit out project management and contract administration services for projects of all shapes and sizes. It is our professional team’s experience, knowledge, understanding and logical, lateral thinking that affords us the ability to provide the accurate, timely and focused advice our clients expect.
WITH THE BUSINESS LANDSCAPE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING OUR CLIENTS WITH ACCURATE COST PROJECTIONS Data Analysis Our team regularly extract cost information from our current projects based on the contract data, which allows us to highlight trends, gain a clearer picture of projections and averages based on £sq. ft GIA, and provide a percentage breakdown of costs based on the different elements of the build. With around 8 million sq. ft analysed so far and a combined job value of £0.5 billion, we can provide projections for units ranging from up to 10,000 sq. ft to over 500,000 sq. ft, and everything in between. This insight helps our precision with cost analysis by using the real-time data we harvest.
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Dilapidations
Licence to Alter
We work for both Landlords and Tenants, preparing schedules of dilapidations for Landlords and responding to schedules on behalf of Tenants. Our experienced team reviews all the legal documentation in preparing/responding to schedules, inspecting the demise for breaches under the terms of the lease and conducting negotiations to conclude the claim in accordance with the lease terms.
We will conduct a technical review of a tenant/occupier’s proposed works to assess the suitability of information received and compliance with Lease Terms or Covenants. Comment upon the impact on the structure and fabric of the property, and on the statutory and legal compliance of the proposed works. The report will also provide advice on reinstatement requirements to be considered for inclusion with any formal Licence to Alter.
We also provide consultancy advice on dilapidation strategies including assessment of liability and obligations in preparation of lease events.
Building Survey Our team of building consultants can carry out a detailed inspection and report on the structure and fabric of the property together with comments on the condition of the services, predominantly for the owner/occupiers. The report will also recommend additional specialist inspections and reports as required, i.e. services, environmental, deleterious materials, DDA, etc.
Party Wall We will manage negotiations on behalf of the building owner or adjoining owner of the terms and conditions applicable where works are affecting a party wall, having due regard to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
Quality Monitoring We recognise the importance of quality when it comes to building. That’s why we have a mix of experts, many with building surveying and on-site backgrounds, who are placed to provide a constructive view on the quality and appropriateness of your built asset as the works progress.
Fund Monitoring We have provided fund monitoring services to Barwood Capital, NatWest, Octopus and Handelsbanken for a variety of building projects. We are practical and realistic, providing guidance and advice as the project progresses from the agreement of funding through to completion.
Facilities and Property Management We can care for your asset as part of our facilities and property management services, in a way that suits your business. Covering all services from a soft-landing handover to operators and occupiers, management and provision of all hard and soft facilities services to the asset and occupiers, management of all operational health and safety compliance, budget and financial management, and reactive services management. Our consultative services available include property operating budgets, services charge advice, operating lifecycle plans and operational best practice advice.
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DATA CENTRE EXPERIENCE
In a world that has seen a surge in digitalisation, data centres is a sector that continues to grow. With an emphasis on data security and accessibility in both the physical and digital world, the resilience of the support systems and the environment in which they are held is imperative to hold, manage and distribute information safely and efficiently. At Goodrich, we work alongside our clients to create robust, reliable systems whilst minimising downtime and maximising space utilisation to optimise the capacity of your data centre. Our team have extensive experience in data centres working with prestigious global telecommunication companies and major high street retailers through to government departments. Paul Smyth would be your account contact within Goodrich. Paul joined the team as an Associate in February 2021, bringing with him 24 years of experience as a Chartered Building Surveyor in commercial property. Now a Partner, Paul heads up one of the teams within Goodrich and has a wide and varied knowledge of all aspects of the industrial / commercial sector.
Paul is a natural problem solver, looking after the detail whilst also being mindful of the bigger picture and wider project considerations. Associate Project Manager, David Bridges, also has experience with data centre projects and would provide comprehensive back up to Paul. David has delivered a variety of data centre projects, predominantly for BT, working across their existing property portfolio to create new / refurbish existing space for new use and expansion. David’s experience includes creating secure spaces for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) operating within BT existing buildings.
Experience Statement Paul Smyth has worked with numerous clients over 20 years delivering a wide and diverse range of telecommunication and data centre facilities, nationwide. He was a key member of the project team which through deregulation of the UK’s network set up and ran a programme over almost a decade who delivered BT’s Local Loop Unbundling programme, allowing third party providers access to BT and later, Openreach’s, local network. The programme involved the creation of small Multiuser Areas within almost every Telephone Exchange across the UK, providing essential/non-essential power, dedicated cooling and UPS provisions with secure and separate access.
EXPERIENCE STATEMENT CONTINUED… Paul was also a key team member to BT Wholesales Locate offering. With the advancing of technology BT found that large areas of their exchanges were surplus to their requirements. BT Locate offered a bespoke service providing perspective tenants with a turnkey data centre provision. With secure, enhanced floor loadings, available on site essential and non-essential power, along with unrivalled access to their fibre network. Their bespoke offering provided the flexibility end users needed.
Paul was the project manager in BT’s first adiabatic cooled data centre for John Lewis in Woking. This allowed for more equipment to be installed on a site with a restricted power load in an essential location for the end user. The data hall was modelled with enclosed hot and cold aisles to prove that adiabatic cooling would still cool the equipment, even on the hottest of summer days. The site required the installation of a tanked and boosted water supply to support the water load from the adiabatic coolers.
One project delivered by Paul was a multi floor data centre and power management suite for Spirit Group (Star Pubs & Bars) in Burton. The data centre was over several floors with build, storage and monitoring rooms immediately adjacent to the main data halls. Power was UPS and generator supporting on an N+1 arrangement, with DX downflow AHU’s in an N+1 configuration. All areas were also built secure to LPS standards with full fire suppression across the data halls.
Paul was also a senior programme project manager in BT’s role out of their 21st Centre Network. This provided over 1200 facilities Nationwide ranging from smaller Multi Service Access Network facilities in local exchanges through to METRO-NODE data centres and Core-node Data centres arranged in a pyramid configuration. The roll out programme was delivered over a 2-year programme and allowed BT to deliver their broadband Britain commitment.
Another successful project was a multi-site and floor IL3 and IL4 secure data centres in the Northeast for Central Government. The data centres were configured in a primary multi hall IL3 and 4 secure facilities with an N+N arrangement in Newcastle Upon Tyne, with a dark recovery site in Sunderland. The data centres were arranged on a phased basis to allow for future expansion as demand increased over a five-year period.
More recently Paul has worked alongside TUV SUD in building a bespoke data centre for BT Sport within the BT Tower in central London to support their on-air offering. The facility had to be delivered in a short operational window to align with the start of the football season and an expected increase in online demand for their service. The data centre was designed, procured and built to allow bench testing and resilience proving prior to going live on schedule.
5. OUR CLIENTS
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Environmental Social Governance
AS A COMPANY, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO At Goodrich, we realise that we need to be strategic about our social responsibility and raise awareness of our individual and collective impact on the planet. By being a part of Planet Mark and collating key data on our business, we can access invaluable insight to understand the effect of our carbon footprint and identify critical areas where we can make improvements. From the knowledge we gain, we can make decisions that positively influence our future actions allowing continuous improvements to be made across the business and within our community.
As a company, we are working hard to reduce our footprint, because we know it’s the right thing to do. Our aim is to continue to take proactive steps forward to drive a positive change for both our planet and society to help build a brighter future for all.
Total carbon footprint
75.3 tCO2e *tCO2e – tonnes (t) of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent (e)
Our social value is measured across three main categories: Our People Developing skills for the future, equality, health, safety & wellbeing Our Planet Climate change, land use, nature loss, freshwater availability Prosperity Innovation, employment generation, community, and social vitality Over the next year as we grow and develop as a business, we have targeted ourselves to work towards achieving a 5% reduction in our total and individual carbon footprint. Our teams have also been tasked with suggesting ideas to support local communities, schools and charities, and so far, we have managed to donate over £7,000 to worthy causes across the country.
Total carbon reduction
Carbon reduction per employee
5%
5%
3.8 tCO2e
0.2 tCO2e
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Case Studies
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Phase 1 Refurbishment Project, Nomura House
Client Name:
Nomura
Project Details:
This project at Nomura’s European Headquarters entailed the construction of a highly serviced and substantial new data centre and included all new IT within a fully occupied operational building
Project Address:
1 St Martin's Le Grand, London EC1A 4NP
Project Value:
£48 million
Key Facts:
The data centre which was built to a Tier IV Standard (TIA 942) comprises a 10,000 sq ft equipment room of over 800 cabinets and is served by its own dedicated cooling system from two 750kW air-cooled chillers. Twin UPS power systems each capable of supporting 1000kVA provide the resilience (N+1) that Nomura demanded in order to ensure business continuity. Sensitive issues regarding placing the new plant on the roof and noise restrictions during office hours had to be tackled as part of this project. As the Project Manager and Contract Administrator for the data centre contract, the team played a key role in liaising with the client as well as undertaking the co-ordination of the design team and contractors. The data centre contract formed part of the phase 1 refurbishment plan for the building and therefore part of a much wider scheme. The programme management leadership team included several other PM’s, each managing projects within the phase 1 scheme.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Thurrock
Client Name:
Legal & General & Graftongate
Project Details:
New 160,000 sq ft warehouse development
Project Address:
Thurrock
Project Value:
£7.7 million
Contract Duration:
35 weeks
Key Facts:
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The 7.2 acre development site comprises the design and construction of a single storey warehouse, 13 dock and 6 level loading doors, double sided loading and 13m clear integral offices.
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Built as a Data Centre with 17 MVA power supply.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Project Tesla
Client Name:
SEGRO plc / Ball Engineering
Project Details:
Full turnkey construction of a new 660,000 sq ft building to operate as a can making facility for Ball
Project Address:
Maynard Road, Burton Latimer, Northampton NN15 5ZS
Project Value:
£51 million
Contract Duration:
63 weeks
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The building is split into four distinct areas which are the offices, the production hall, the storage area and the technical rooms. There are detailed / complex M&E installations throughout the manufacturing hall
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EPC A rated
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Close working with the occupier was required to provide infrastructure for their plant install machinery
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15 staged early access dates helped the occupier maintain the go live programme. Goodrich managed over £8 million worth of change requests for this project
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The technical rooms act to support the 24-hour can production operation and house equipment, spares and supplies
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Within the building there are a number of ATEX rated rooms that hold flammable liquids and specialist trenches and sumps to collect and hold liquid spillages
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Manton Lane, Bedford
Client Name:
Equation Properties Ltd / Barwood Capital
Project Details:
Demolition of covered reservoir and construction of new units for A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd, comprising 2 single storey industrial units with integral offices split into 10 units, together with associated car parking, service yards, drainage and landscaping
Project Address:
Bedfordshire
Project Value:
£13.5 million (base build) £8 million (fit-out)
Contract Duration:
10 months (base build) 7 month (fit-out)
Key Facts:
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The bespoke warehouse is set to be the largest fine wine storage facility for private clients in Europe
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It will have the capacity to store more than 14 million bottles of wine at optimum temperature in a humidity-controlled environment
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The leading-edge facility aims to be operationally carbon neutral, generating its own energy supply alongside utilising rainwater harvesting and electric vehicle charging points
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Project Gray, Biggleswade
Client Name:
Co-op Supply and Logistics
Project Details:
Fit-out of 800,000 sq ft warehouse, office, separate vehicle maintenance unit, de-kit building, HGV wash and weigh station. This development comprised 64 dock bays, a freezer box of 80,000 sq ft, chill marshall, offices, restaurant and other welfare and office amenities; respecting the diverse workforce and the health and wellbeing of all employees.
Project Address:
Symmetry Park, Gold Road, Biggleswade
Project Value:
£33 million
Contract Duration:
35 weeks
Key Facts:
Office and welfare areas developed following WELL principles and cultural requirements of the diverse heritage of staff and workforce.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
The Arc, Snodland
Client Name:
Wrenbridge Land Limited, OBO LaSalle Asset Management and Coal Pension Properties
Project Details:
The project comprised the design and construction of four industrial units and two roadside offerings at the junction of the A228 and Peter’s Bridge, Holborough Road, Snodland. Industrial Units A and D are detached, Units B and C are semi-detached and all with integral offices, together with external works including parking and circulation areas, footpaths, drainage, and external lighting. The roadside offerings comprise a drivethru Costa Coffee and Mcdonald’s. The 4 industrial units total circa 122,000 sq ft (GIA’s) Unit A - 68,783 sq ft Unit B - 20,667 sq ft Unit C - 14,510 sq ft Unit D - 17,922 sq ft
Project Address:
Holborough Road, Snodland, Kent
Project Value:
£12 million
Contract Duration:
52 weeks
Key Facts:
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The Grade A units sit on an 8-acre site located to the north of Snodland Town Centre in a very prominent position, with direct access to the A228
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The units benefit from up-to-date modern amenities including car charging points and a pocket park to the south of the site
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The project has also achieved BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and an EPC ‘A’ rating
CASE STUDY Project Name:
SmartParc, Infrastructure
Client Name:
SEGRO
Project Details:
The scheme involves the construction of 9 new building plots totalling two million sq ft across a brown field site of over 100 acres. The works involved extensive road infrastructure, footpaths, below ground services including utilities, drainage and DH&C pipework and various forms of highway works.
Project Address:
Spondon, Derby DE21 7BS
Project Value:
£82 million
Contract Duration:
125 weeks
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The infrastructure includes the installation of District Heating and Cooling to provide energy efficiencies to all plots on the park Significant offsite utility reinforcement works Significant Highways works including liaising with Highways England
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