Case Studies Overview
Fast track build/ Hartlepool
Where space allows, and an accelerated programme is needed, we can site build the floor cassettes and bank the trusses to allow a pair of three bed semis to to be built and completed within…
Care Home/ Penrith
Our client was a Housing Association specialising in sheltered unsupported care for the elderly and infirm. The site was tricky: a tight infill site situated between an existing care home and a petrol station on…
Extra Care/Hetton
Phew! this was a challenge! Main road. Tight access. Just in time delivery. This was the first scheme where we used our sister company Qubiq to supply the floor cassettes. And we’re pleased to report…
Luxury Apartments/ Sunderland
This project of private residential apartments was easy and straightforward. Originally intended for masonry, and converted to timber frame, our client was pleased that we saved him money by re-engineering the roof…
Private residential/ Bridlington
This was interesting – right on the promenade in Bridlington! The project was pretty tricky too, being a tight infill site with serious access problems AND with the additional challenge of an existing adjoining gable…
Social Housing/Bedington
Our commission was to replace eighty eight existing post-war houses (originally constructed from steel frames and concrete wall panels) with toastie warm, eco friendly, modern methods of construction timberframe ones. This was existing council stock,…
Eco offices/Co Durham
These are the head offices for a local housing association designed by Russell Edwards Architecture. It was important for the client that the build was as eco as possible, without the scale being constrained by…
Travelodge/Sunderland
Really convenient like… We’re looking forward to building this – it’s in the pipeline right at this moment – so watch this space (and then book yourselves a great night out in Sunderland).
Passiv Bays/Tyneside
oooh…steady…! Although we’re renowned for our timberframe we can turn our hand to other exciting stuff too. This particularly interesting challenge was part of a refurbishment project to adapt existing homes to Passivhaus standards. And…
Extra Care Home/ Teesside
Supporting the heart of an established mining and shipbuilding community, this 42 bed care home with communal areas sits right under the Eston hills. An interesting build using Posijoists meant we kept the M&E boys…
Student Accommodation/ Newcastle upon Tyne
We have now completed Phase 1 of this 80 bedroom project in just 4 weeks… How fast is that? No, really! How fast is that? (FAST…) With completion due in time for the start of…
Supported housing / North East
We have a great working relationship with our good friends at JDDK Architects – they really ‘get us’ and understood what we needed from them in order for us to offer this particular client a…
Respite Holiday Centre / North East Coast
The brief was to build a Respite Care Holiday Centre for those who require specialist care. The project presented a series of interesting hurdles, but our major challenge was to meet the very short build…
Sheltered accomodation / North Yorkshire
We embraced an interesting challenge to build social housing in a conservation area; it was critical that the new structure would blend in with the surroundings, and had to be cleverly designed in a way…
Private residential accommodation / Cumbria
This project presented an exciting opportunity to embrace latest warm wall technology to maximise solar gain from the two storey glazed elevations whilst avoiding the need for masonry for the external elevations.
Extra Care scheme / Sunderland
This 44 bed scheme was the first build in the North East for a national housing association. Our client approached us to work with them to build a structure which was energy efficient to BREEAM standards, and which was constructed as safely and efficiently as possible in order to reduce build programme.
Private residential accommodation / Northamptonshire
The brief was to build five luxury houses on undulating wooded site within a desirable residential area just outside Northampton. Our client required a high performance build; maximising the use of glazed areas to fully exploit the mature landscape setting.
Student accommodation/Sunderland
Our client wanted a fast track build for a five storey student accommodation block in the centre of Sunderland which necessitated careful engineering – the site was tricky, bordered by a main thoroughfare and a railway line.