STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS WINS A CONSTRUCTION AWARD

Stephen George & Partners’ Library Resource Unit project for the Department of Health at Quarry House Leeds has been awarded “Highly Commended” in the Yorkshire and Humber Constructing Excellence Awards 2014.

These awards are intended to reward projects which make a contribution to best industry practice, particularly in the fields of integrated working and stakeholder involvement.  In short, they celebrate ‘going that extra mile’.

The Library project involved extensive environmental modelling to ensure adequate daylighting was maintained to the existing adjacent office areas.  The design and construction process also involved very close cooperation between members of the design team and the contractor to examine and resolve areas of detail above and beyond that normally expected of such a small project.  This has resulted in a very successful space that has delighted those working in it and in which the attention to detail paid by the design team is self-evident.

The awards were presented at a Gala Dinner in Sheffield City Hall on 18th July which was attended by representatives of the design team and the client organisations.

Pictured is Chris Halligan – Director with Stephen George & Partners – with the award certificate.

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STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS NOW BREEAM ACCREDITED

Stephen George & Partners can now provide Accredited Professional duties for BREEAM rated buildings

Chris Halligan, Director and Chair of Stephen George & Partners Design & Technology group, has recently qualified as a BREEAM Accredited Professional. If appointed by the client at an early enough stage, an Accredited Professional (AP) can gain up to three credits under BREEAM.

The role of the AP is to act as the “Sustainability Champion” guiding and advising the design team and client in order to achieve a targeted BREEAM rating under the New Construction, Domestic Refurbishment or International assessment schemes.

This expansion to Chris’ role is a logical progression in his capacity as sustainability advisor within the practice which has already led to his co-authoring the award winning “Stephen George & Partners Guide to Building Materials and the Environment.”

Chris will be available to initially provide informal advice to clients considering BREEAM for their buildings and to explain how the Accredited Professional can help them attain the desired rating.

GOOD THINGS COME OUT OF SMALL BOXES

Stephen George & Partners recently completed a Library Resource area project for the Department of Health in Quarry House, Leeds, and it has been shortlisted for Project of the Year and Innovation of the Year in the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2014.

Taking place on Friday 18th July 2014 at Sheffield City Hall, the awards recognise & reward the best of construction innovation & best practice in the region. These awards have grown to become one of the highlights of the business calendar with over 250 construction professionals regularly attending to celebrate the best that the regional built environment sector has to offer. Needless to say, we're delighted to be included!

The Quarry House Library project, although relatively small, demonstrates how attention to detail and a consideration of the impact on an existing work environment can create a positive improvement in the workplace.

STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS AMONG THE TOP 100 ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES IN THE UK

It’s the time of year that practices get rated by the Architects Journal (AJ). 

The AJ Top 100 is an annual event and practices await their position with eagerness to see if they’ve risen through the ratings or gone down. Having spent hours collating data and feeding it into the annual survey, the results have been published and we’re delighted to announce Stephen George & Partners have been placed 76th.

Now, the AJ Top 100 is an industry-wide survey and, one could argue, a good marker for the success of a practice. But, and not to demean the success of any practice in the top 100, it is measured by the number of ARB registered Architects a practice has.

Whilst a broad relationship between the number of Architects and the fee income can be found, what about the massive contribution that technicians and technologists make? Is this a legitimate barometer to rank practices by anymore?

STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS RANKED BRITAIN'S NUMBER 1 INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECT

We are pleased to be ranked as Britain’s number 1 Industrial architect!

Having set ourselves a target in our Business Plan of becoming the UK’s number 1 architect in the Industrial/Distribution sector, we are pleased to announce Stephen George & Partners has been ranked as such by Barbour ABI in their Economic and Construction Market Review for March 2014.

Barbour ABI is a leading provider of construction intelligence services providing commercially relevant insight and unique analysis of trends and developments within the building and construction industry. Barbour ABI is the chosen provider of industry data and indicators for Government bodies including the Office for National Statistics and the UK Government’s Construction and Infrastructure Pipeline, which outlines future construction and infrastructure projects where public funding is agreed.

Congratulations to all involved!