RICS Awards 2017, East Midlands, The Winners

RICS Awards 2017 East Midlands The Winners

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Contents Director’s Welcome 4 Winner’s Overview 5 Building Conservation 6–7 Commercial 8–9 Community Benefit 10–11 Design through Innovation 14–15 Infrastructure 16–17 Regeneration 18–19 Residential 20–21 Tourism & Leisure 24–25 Project of the Year 28–29

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RICS Awards 2017 – The Winners

Innovative Carbon Neutral Laboratories power through to win Project of the Year 2017 Every year, the RICS Awards East Midlands, attract a significant number of quality entries and this year was no different. Selecting this year’s shortlist out of 19 projects was a challenge as the talent, vision and exceptional skills of the professionals behind them was nothing short of remarkable. A big thank you to all our sponsors who made the ceremony such a wonderful occasion.

It goes without saying that our judging panel found deciding upon the eight category winners particularly tough, not to mention who would take home the accolade of Project of the Year 2017, East Midlands. This highly-esteemed accolade is awarded to the project on the shortlist which demonstrates outstanding best practice, exemplary commitment to sustainability and significant benefit to local communities.

I’m delighted that this year’s Project of the Year, East Midlands title went to The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry at The University of Nottingham, which also won the Design through Innovation award.

Located within the award winning Innovation Park on The University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus, the building serves as a hub to catalyse sustainable scientific collaborations within the industry.

This project stands out due to the pioneering and innovative approach to energy efficiency, using the latest technologies and design, to allow it to be carbon-neutral within 25 years of completion.

The talent of our region’s professionals is amazing and I would like to thank all those behind the RICS Awards East Midlands’ shortlisted projects who took the time to enter and showcase their stunning work.

The work, expertise and professionalism of chartered surveyors ensures the best projects and value for end users and communities.

All category winners will go on to compete against other regional winners at the RICS Awards Grand Final on Thursday 2 November 2017 in London, for the chance to be crowned the overall UK winner in their respective category. I wish them all the very best in representing the East Midlands and showing the world just what RICS professionals within our region can accomplish.

As you turn the pages and read more about the exceptional projects, you’ll see many examples which sets the East Midlands apart from other regions as a fantastic place to live, work and of course visit.

Lynn Robinson RICS Regional Director

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Winners overview Guests attended the RICS Awards 2017 East Midlands for what was a truly inspiring evening.

The awards continue to attract pioneering projects from all over the region and this year was no exception. This is a testament to local property professionals who continue to utilise their talent, providing stunning properties that set the East Midlands apart from others regions.

and vision which make the East Midlands a fantastic place to live, work and of course visit.

The eight regional category winners – Building Conservation, Commercial, Community Benefit, Design through Innovation, Infrastructure, Regeneration, Residential and Tourism & Leisure – will now progress forward to the RICS Awards Grand Final on Thursday 2 November 2017 at InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane in London.

Across the following pages you will see many examples of the exceptional talent

Inspiring winners The RICS Awards 2016 were full of spectacular projects – here are some Project of the Year winners:

Johnstone Town Hall, Renfrewshire, Scotland

The full list of winning projects is:

Building Conservation

Infrastructure

Winner The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire

Winner London Road Fire Station, Nottingham

Commercial

Winner London Road Fire Station, Nottingham

Winner Derby Innovation Hub, Derby

Community Benefit Winner Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham

Design through Innovation Winner The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham

Regeneration Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, South West

Residential Winner Heathcott Road, Leicester

Tourism & Leisure Winner The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire Highly Commended Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham

The Curve, Middlesbrough, North East

Sacrewell Watermill, Peterborough, East of England

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This award honours excellent work in the conservation of a single building or structure XXXXXXXXX or a group of buildings or structures and covers renovation or conversion to a new or original use.

Building Conservation Winner The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire Architect Owner: Surveyor:

ctd architects Derby Patterns Ltd. and The West Mill Partnership Derby Patterns Ltd. and The West Mill Partnership

The West Mill is a highly significant heritage asset and represents an important part of Derbyshire’s industrial architectural history.

The Grade I listed building was on English Heritage’s ‘buildings at risk’ register when it was purchased by the client. A careful design, and considered approach, through material choice and attention to detail to maintain the visual function and scale of the historic working floor space, the buildings original architectural character, and their heritage value was adopted. As a result we believe the architectural and historic integrity of the building have not been compromised.

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Shortlisted Ashgate Hospice – Harry Fisher Building, Chesterfield Nominated by The Manser Practice Architects + Designers

University of Derby St Helena Campus, Chesterfield Nominated by Henry Boot Construction

University of Nottingham George Green Library, Nottingham Nominated by Faithful+Gould

The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire Nominated by ctd architects

The judges said The judges were very impressed with the owners commitment and determination to retain and preserve every possible historical feature of the existing building, whilst sympathetically enhancing other areas with new additions required to support the ongoing use.

This restoration project to a historic and very significant local building has resulted not only in the whole building being brought back into use but has also created a fantastic venue for people to enjoy for many years to come.

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This award honours an outstanding commercial property development whether retail, office, leisure, industrial or mixed use. We are looking for evidence of a commercially successful project.

Commercial Winner Derby Innovation Hub, Derby Surveyor: Owner/Client Architect:

Turner & Townsend Derby City Council Franklin Ellis

Developer/Contractor: GF Tomlinson The Derby Innovation Hub (iHub) is a flagship commercial development located on Infinity Park, Derby. This prestigious scheme aims to expand on Derby’s reputation as a centre of industry and manufacturing, whilst regenerating a previously unpopulated area. As a catalyst for growth, the Innovation Hub has been designed to attract new investments by providing bespoke, high-quality working environments for local Small and Medium Enterprises, in keeping with the city’s “planes, trains and automobiles” ethos.

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Shortlisted Derby Innovation Hub, Derby Nominated by Turner & Townsend

University of Nottingham – Ingenuity Centre, Nottingham Nominated by Thornton-Firkin LLP

West Bridgford, Nottingham Nominated by FHP Property Consultants

The judges said Derby Innovation Hub aka the iHub is a significant and most impressive commercial development offering a unique opportunity for aspiring small and medium size companies to locate to offices and/or workshops in a manufacturing focused innovation technology park.

Designed to encourage future investment in the planes, trains and automobiles this flagship development encapsulates within its physical characteristics the spirit of transport engineering with its curvilinear features. Standing proud on Infinity Park the iHub is a beacon of success and a catalyst for growth.

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This award recognises excellent achievement in providing a facility, which directly benefits the local community. In particular, the project must illustrate its success through local community feedback.

Projects may be single or groups of buildings in urban, rural or coastal areas. They may be new or improvements to existing facilities.

Community Benefit Winner Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham Levitate Nottingham City Council Surveyor/Contractor: Carillion Architect: Owner/Client

The £16m redevelopment of Harvey Hadden Sports Village is the flagship project in Nottingham City Council’s ten-year-long leisure transformation programme and is a collaboration with Sport England, British Cycling, England Athletics, the Football Association, England Squash and local clubs. The council’s forward-thinking programme has replaced or upgraded outdated leisure centres with modern, energy-efficient centres that are becoming architectural landmarks, successfully inspiring more people to be more active, more often.

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Shortlisted Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Skegness Nominated by Kier Workplace Services

Heathcott Road, Leicester Nominated by rg+p Ltd

St Lukes Hospital, Market Harborough Nominated by Pick Everard

Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham Nominated by Levitate Architects

South Wilford Endowed Primary School, Nottingham Nominated by Faithful+Gould

The Portland Collection, Nottingham Nominated by Ridge & Partners LLP

The judges said A fantastic project overall. Harvey Hadden impressed the judges with their enthusiasm for creating a long term relationship with the local community. They have created a facility which provides not only amenities for the local residents, but which is also used on a national basis by various sporting organisations.

The project has been a catalyst for the redevelopment of the existing site and is fast becoming a key part of the community.

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This award honours the use of outstanding innovation in designing a successful project. The judges will look for evidence that use of creativity and innovative design have enhanced a project across a wide range of criteria.

Design through Innovation Winner The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham Gleeds University of Nottingham Architect: Fairhursts Design Group Developer/Contractor: Morgan Sindall Surveyor: Owner/Client

The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry is the latest landmark development to be undertaken by The University of Nottingham. Located within the award winning Innovation Park on its Jubilee Campus, the building serves as a hub to catalyse sustainable scientific collaborations within the industry. It incorporates the latest technologies in design to allow it to be carbon-neutral within 25 years of completion and is constructed of materials intended to have the least possible impact on the environment.

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Shortlisted David Ross Sports Village, Nottingham Nominated by Gardiner & Theobald LLP

The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham Nominated by Gleeds

University of Nottingham – Ingenuity Centre, Nottingham Nominated by Thornton-Firkin LLP

Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Skegness Nominated by Kier Workplace Services

The Portland Collection, Nottingham Nominated by Ridge & Partners LLP

West Bridgford, Nottingham Nominated by FHP Property Consultants

University of Leicester Centre for Medicine, Leicester Nominated by Willmot Dixon

The judges said Design through innovation has covered a variety of projects all with fantastic individual innovations over a very contrasting scale, however we feel that the winner this year should be the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry.

The building captures the essence of innovation, both within its construction and occupation but further enhances the way pharmaceutical practices are embraced moving forward.

This building has distinguished itself within the category, by embracing an innovative concept of energy efficiency and managing to successfully integrate this into a typically energy heavy environment captured within an honest and well designed shell.

Testimonial of Past Winners Community Benefit Winner 2016, Soft Touch Arts, Leicestershire Nominated by Smallman & Son Ltd – what the judges said: A fantastic project overall. Soft Touch Arts impressed the judges with their enthusiastic approach to shaping a community and building long term relationships, ensuring the longevity of their project. Working in the heart of Leicester the project combats anti-social behaviour and gives a sense of pride and purpose to those in the community. By transforming an old derelict car garage into a hub for the youth across the city provides valuable life skills to all those who interact with the project.

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This award recognises the excellent achievement by a project or programme of infrastructure works. Infrastructure works include any projects that deliver essential facilities, services or organisational structures.

Infrastructure Winner London Road Fire Station, Nottingham Turner & Townsend Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service Architect: CPMG Architects Developer/Contractor: J Tomlinson Surveyor: Owner/Client:

The London Road Fire Station is a state-of-the-art building that houses three fire engine bays, accommodation for fire fighters, and office space for Nottingham City Council’s Emergency Response Department including training facilities.

Well placed to respond safely and quickly to emergency calls, this prestigious scheme replaces the iconic Central Fire Station which has served the city centre since the 1940s. The co-location of the Emergency Response Department represents a new and exciting chapter in the stations history

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Shortlisted Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham Nominated by Levitate

London Road Fire Station, Nottingham Nominated by Turner & Townsend

St Lukes Hospital, Market Harborough Nominated by Pick Everard

The judges said Nottingham Central Fire Station in Nottingham, an iconic civic building of its time, was not fit for a modern Fire and Rescue Service. Traffic congestion and large maintenance and running costs were all getting to be greater challenges. This new facility on the edge of the city has transformed the service, giving improved response times in a more efficient building and providing a better service. In addition, it sets a good design standard for the planned regeneration nearby. Truly a piece of city infrastructure.

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This award honours exceptional improvements to urban, rural or coastal areas. We are looking for evidence to show that the scheme has conserved or improved the built or natural environment in a way that has contributed to the viability of the area.

Regeneration Winner London Road Fire Station, Nottingham Turner & Townsend Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service Architect: CPMG Architects Developer/Contractor: J Tomlinson Surveyor: Owner/Client:

The London Road Fire Station is a state-of-the-art building that houses three fire engine bays, accommodation for fire fighters, a training tower and office space for Nottingham City Council’s Emergency Response Department.

Well placed on an arterial route to respond safely and quickly to emergency calls, this prestigious scheme forms part of Nottingham’s major regeneration ambitions within the Waterside Regeneration Zone and links the zone to the city centre, whilst revitalising an under-utilised site, and benefitting the local community.

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Shortlisted Derby Innovation Hub, Derby Nominated by Turner & Townsend

Pick and Shovel, Leicester Nominated by rg+p Ltd

University of Derby St Helena Campus, Chesterfield Nominated by Henry Boot Construction

London Road Fire Station, Nottingham Nominated by Turner & Townsend

The Portland Collection, Nottingham Nominated by Ridge & Partners LLP

University of Nottingham George Green Library, Nottingham Nominated by Faithful+Gould

The judges said Regeneration is more than bringing re-development to a declining site: London Road provides great design and key functional infrastructure.

The scheme is entirely sympathetic of the function of the building and integrates great vision lines and architectural detailing enabling a new key section of infrastructure to act as a regeneration catalyst on a key gateway to Nottingham.

This represents a significant investment in Nottingham emergency services infrastructure and creates well considered accommodation to meet the needs of the fire and emergency planning services supporting Nottingham.

Testimonial of Past Winners Infrastructure Winner 2016, Northampton Castle Train Station, Northamptonshire Nominated by CJCT Studio North Ltd – what the judges said: The entrance for many of us to a town, city or village is via its railway station, and that influences our views of the location. This project at Northampton Castle Train Station has taken a station that was life expired, and delivered a new one, with improved passenger facilities, and connections to the town and surrounding areas, whether that uses public transport, taxi, car, bicycle or is on foot.

All of the users think it is a great improvement and delivered without interruption to rail services.

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This award honours an outstanding residential development of either a single building or overall scheme, either new build or conversion. We are looking for evidence of a successful project across a wide range of criteria.

Residential Winner Heathcott Road, Leicester rg+p Ltd emh group Westleigh Partnership Ltd Developer/Contractor: Westleigh Partnership Ltd Architect: Owner/Client: Surveyor:

Just off Heathcott Road, Saffron Lane, Leicester, lies the biggest Passivhaus affordable housing scheme in the country.

The community-led scheme has regenerated 13.3 acres of overgrown and disused land into a ÂŁ7 million community of 68 eco-homes that have been built to Passivhaus standard. The affordable housing scheme is accessible to everyone, giving families, couples and individuals a well-designed, environmentally friendly and community orientated place to live in the city.

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Shortlisted Draper’s Bridge, Nottingham Nominated by Pulse Associates

Heathcott Road, Leicester Nominated by rg+p Ltd

Pick and Shovel, Leicester Nominated by rg+p Ltd

The judges said The judges were impressed by this outstanding residential development of 68 affordable homes, encapsulating all that is good in modern site and space planning in terms of style as well as both community creation and internal, flexible, forward “occupier life planning” design; all whilst achieving outstanding energy efficiency through its Passivhaus status and clever surface water management.

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This award honours projects that make an outstanding contribution to tourism and leisure facilities in the region or their locality.

Tourism & Leisure Winner The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire Architect Owner/Surveyor:

ctd architects Derby Patterns Ltd. and The West Mill Partnership

West Mill is a highly significant heritage asset and represents a key component of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The site is a large scale complex of former cotton spinning mills located adjacent to the River Derwent. The owner’s vision and brief was to regenerate the building to create a bespoke and unique exclusive-use hospitality wedding venue along with the adjoining Long Mill to form small creative enterprise business units. A continuing use and associated income stream will help to preserve the heritage value and significance of the site; supporting its future sustainability and conservation for generations to come.

West Mill venue opened for its first weddings in July 2015.

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Tourism & Leisure Highly Commended Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham Levitate Nottingham City Council Surveyor/Contractor: Carillion Architect: Owner/Client

Shortlisted David Ross Sports Village, Nottingham Nominated by Gardiner & Theobald LLP

Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham Nominated by Levitate

Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Skegness Nominated by Kier Workplace Services

The Portland Collection, Nottingham Nominated by Ridge & Partners LLP

The West Mill, Darley Abbey Mills, Derbyshire Nominated by ctd architects

The judges said The judges were really impressed at the vision to turn this historic and unloved local building into a fantastic space bringing people together for weddings and events. They also appreciated the owner’s commitment to retain and preserve as many of the historical features as possible.

This building has gone from being visited by few to over 20,000 visitors since opening its doors in July 2015 and has had a positive impact on the surrounding community by using local suppliers and employing local people.

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This award is presented to the project which has been judged overall as an excellent example of best practice by professionals working in both the built and natural environments.

Project of the Year Winner The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham Gleeds University of Nottingham Architect: Fairhursts Design Group Developer/contractor: Morgan Sindall Surveyor: Owner/Client

The GlaxoSmithKline Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry are the UK’s first carbon neutral science facility constructed in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, who provided a £12 million grant as part of their ‘green chemistry’ commitment. Additional funding streams were the Wolfson Foundation, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Impact: The Nottingham Campaign. The centre itself is unique to the UK, not only in its design, but also its focus on world-leading research activity in sustainable chemistry. It

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aims for the highest clean and green standards to minimise environmental impact and ensure that the new research developed is both energy and resource efficient. Built from natural, local and reclaimed materials, the building provides 4,500m² of laboratory, teaching and outreach activity space, acting as a hub to catalyse new collaborations within the industry.

The building has been primarily designed to be as efficient as possible in the use of heat and power. This involves combining a very effective thermal envelope with LED lighting and controls, on demand ventilation and heat recovery throughout the building. Overall this is estimated to result in savings of over 60% in power consumption, and over 80% in heat demand for a typical chemistry laboratory (according to Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) benchmarks). To offset power consumption that cannot be designed out, an array of 220kW solar PV panels and a 125 kW biofuel fed Combined Heat and Power engine (CHP) generate more low carbon power than the building consumes.

For periods of peak demand, heat generated by the CHP is supplemented by heat from a biofuel fed boiler. Excess heat generated by the CHP is exported to

nearby buildings, and surplus electricity is fed back into the campus HV ring main.

By using state-of-the art, innovative design solutions, the project has had a significant contribution to the character and appearance of the surrounding area. The materials used throughout tie-in and complement the existing campus style, for example the grey tones from the terracotta cladding blend with the silver façade of the neighbouring buildings. The north facing green roof is also finished with a ‘wildflower blanket’, enhancing green space and campus biodiversity, with minimal maintenance and no permanent irrigation. The building has an organic form which not only reflects the character of the Jubilee Campus, but allows the building’s features to flow into the rest of the landscaping. This high standard of design, construction and site management allowed the project to successfully achieve both LEED ‘Platinum’ and BREEEAM ‘Outstanding’ status – setting the benchmark for all new capital projects at the University.

The building as a whole is an experiment, the vision of both the University and GlaxoSmithKline was for the unique character and philosophy of the building to inspire those who work in, visit or observe

it, influencing and improving the entire field of sustainable chemistry. While the processes engaged within the building form a large part of scientific study, the building itself is also being extensively monitored. This includes both a soft landings process to work with the users to improve how they and the building works together, as well as tracking of its energy and carbon emissions. This process is being used to confirm how the building is actually operating against the design anticipations, to identify where modifications can be made to improve performance, but also where the users can help improve the energy performance by their interactions with the building. This information will also be used to help guide the design of future sustainable laboratory buildings.

This project deserves recognition as it provides unrivalled facilities for chemistry – setting the standard for science in the UK. Its dedicated focus on sustainability is not only reflected in the building itself, but incorporated in the latest technologies. It has been as a result of many years of development and research that this building exists and really challenges the boundaries of sustainable construction for a laboratory building.

The judges said No amount of words will ever give this project the justice it deserves and following a devastating fire anyone could have taken an easier route to rebuild. However, the teams behind this project have taken careful consideration to not only deliver a building for the future but have looked at how this building will impact the future of scientists. By embracing an innovative concept of energy efficiency and managing to successfully integrate this into a typically energy heavy environment, this building has captured it all and in an honest and well-designed shell.

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