OUR OCCUPIER EXPERIENCE
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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.
Our team is what sets us apart, alongside our commitment to delivering an outstanding service on every project we work on. With expertise from client and contractor backgrounds, our workforce ranges in experience levels, enabling 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
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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Clerk of Works, or Quality Monitoring
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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 in industrial, commercial, and education sectors has enabled us to enter new areas such as retail, retirement 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 and 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 have provided cost advice on a wide variety of building types ranging from £100k to £100m, 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.
4. 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
62.6 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%
3.1 tCO2e
0.1 tCO2e
6. Sector overview
Occupier Sector Customer requirements and operational needs can change over time, and therefore buildings may require a fit-out to meet the new needs of their occupier. We have successfully delivered ‘full turnkey’ projects for our clients due to our flexible approach and understanding of programme and budget constraints that may be associated. We work closely with the occupier to establish project deliverables and key milestones to be achieved, whilst working collaboratively with the wider team to maximise the area available to ensure it fulfils the brief.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Base Build Monitoring and Fit-Out of Customer Fulfilment Centre, Purfleet
Client Name:
Ocado
Project Details:
Fit-out of a newly built warehouse, including construction of mezzanine floors, M&E, refrigeration services, internal partitions and division walls, office fitout, lifts, protection, fuelling facilities, vehicle wash and associated builders’ work
Project Address:
Purfleet Road, Aveley, Essex
Project Value:
£70 million
Contract Duration:
60 weeks (Base Build and Fit-Out)
Key Facts:
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Ocado new automated Fulfilment Centre
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BREEAM ‘Excellent’
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Works completed in May 2021
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Design Team consisted of Goodrich, Architects Ashton Smith Associates, Fairhurst (Civil & Structural Engineers) and MBA Consulting Engineers on the building services
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
Key Facts:
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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:
Freezer Extension, Speke, Liverpool
Client Name:
Bidfood
Project Details:
Internal construction and fit-out of an extension to Bidfood’s existing freezer. The extension provided 9,400 sq ft of additional -25C freezer storage with racking
Project Address:
Bidfood Storage & Distribution Centre, Garston Shore Road, Liverpool International Business Park, Speke, Liverpool, L24 8RL
Project Value:
£1.8 million
Contract Duration:
24 weeks
Key Facts:
When Bidfood’s new Speke facility was built 3 years previously, a section of the building was constructed to have a frame, roof and external walls only with the internal floor etc omitted. This was to allow for a future extension to the freezer should demand necessitate it.
Following the pandemic, demand significantly increased and in Oct 2021 Bidfood required additional space for the start of the next financial year. A start on site with quick mobilisation and procurement of long lead items was critical to the success of the project. The contract was negotiated and a swift commencement on site was achieved with a full turnkey solution delivered a week ahead of the new financial year in 2022. This was all achieved without any impact on the site’s current operations and the new -25C chamber was immediately put to use when handed over.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Glasgow Depot, Bidfood – Phase 2
Client Name:
Bidfood
Project Details:
A new purpose-built 90,000 sq ft cold store, chill store, ambient facility with offices and externals for Bidfood
Project Address:
Wright Street, Paisley, Glasgow
Project Value:
£16.8 million
Contract Duration:
77 weeks
Key Facts:
The project was split across two phases. Phase one included the clearance of the site, all below ground structures and contamination, completing with finished plateaus. Phase two comprised the construction of a new 90,000 sq ft cold store, chill store, ambient warehouse, offices and extensive external yards with electrical connections for parked lorries, vehicle wash and dual fuel island. The works extended to provide a turnkey solution with all signage, racking, IT and furniture installed to allow the client to commence operations following completion.
CASE STUDY Project Name:
Biggleswade, Bidfood
Client Name:
Bidfood
Project Details:
A new purpose built 160,000 sq ft cold store, chill store, ambient facility with offices and externals for Bidfood
Project Address:
Unit 2 Symmetry Park, Gold Road, Biggleswade SG18 8YY
Project Value:
Contract Sum - £13 million
Contract Duration:
36 weeks
Key Facts:
The project comprised the landlord’s enhancement of the base build to facilitate the follow on fit-out by Bidfood as the tenant. The base build enhancements included installation of 1mVA power upgrade to the site, the omission of part of the warehouse floor (to allow the laying of a bespoke freezer slab) and the extension of the yard to provide additional parking facilities. Following monitoring of the base build, the fit-out of the new facility commenced with the installation of an independent internal structure within the warehouse to support the new white wall freezer and bespoke freezer slab.
Works are currently progressing well on site with the structure for the white walls having been installed, the external fuel island commenced, refrigeration equipment procured and office fit-out well advanced. The project remains on target to be completed by the end of September 2023.
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