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“The top floor maisonettes don’t benefit from [private] gardens, so we wanted to create a useable space for these residents as well. It was also our intention to remove the ‘old feel’ of the maisonettes and try to modernise them.”


EXTERNAL WORKS & SUSTAINABILITY In the final stage of the refurbishment, HMS and LMH carried out comprehensive hard and soft landscaping works, which included creating small front gardens, paving the old pavement on Wellington Road, and planting trees. At the rear, the contractor split the single communal garden into six


private gardens with timber fencing, sheds and cycle storage. “We gave people on the ground floors individual gardens, which they didn’t have before,”


confirms Bowker. Adjacent to the secure car park is also a communal garden with a seating


area and an enclosed drying space. The backyard is securely fenced on all sides for privacy, with a designated rear entrance as well as parking access both on Nelson Street. In addition to the increased soft landscaping, which minimises water


run-off, 16 photovoltaic panels had also been installed on the south- facing part of the pitched roof to power all internal and external communal areas. Commenting on the feedback of the refurbishment that tenants and


locals have been providing, Bowker says: “Tenants were perhaps embarrassed or ashamed to bring visitors to their property before and now they are proud of it and want to show it off. That says it all for me.”


PROJECT DETAILS Work initiated: August 2016 Work completed: March 2017 Client: Liverpool Mutual Homes Contractor: Housing Maintenance Solutions Cost: £750,000 (HMS gift aid) Architect: TADW Geo-environmental assessment: WML Consulting Cost consultants: Savills


Horbury appoints Senior Estimator


Mark Allen has been appointed as Senior Estimator at Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group. Mark has spent over seven years working in hard facilities management services, including most recently in an asset and compliance role where his responsibilities included co-ordinated activities at 500 train stations across the UK. Previous to this, Mark worked as Senior Estimator for another major construction contractor providing facilities management services to large scale clients. Mark, will be responsible for designing and pricing solutions to deliver hard FM maintenance and repairs to Horbury Property Services’ customers.


enquiries@horburygroup.com Making lives safer with innovative PPE


JSP will be showing a brand new product to market at London Build on Stand E99. JSP is committed to improving safety, health and well-being in the workplace. Celebrating over 50 years of ‘Manufacturing for a Safer Future’, JSP are excited to launch their latest innovative PPE protection: The new Powercap® Infinity® PAPR is a fully integrated TH3 powered air respirator offering four of the highest levels of protection in one compact intuitive head mounted unit. The JSP design team have developed the ultimate integrated product available in today’s marketplace which provides eye, face, hearing and respiratory protection all in one unit.


uksales@jsp.co.uk


Stokvis Energy exhibiting at HVAC


Mechanical services consultants and specialist contractors visiting this year’s UK Construction Week will be able to see the latest generation of boilers and other advancements from Stokvis Energy Systems on Stand H262 within the HVAC hall. Building on a long established reputation for offering the commercial sector both high quality and excellent service, Stokvis has upped its game still further with the introduction of the R600 and R40 EVOLUTION ranges of high performance gas boilers. Visitors to Stand H262 will have the opportunity to discuss their project requirements with Stokvis’ experienced personnel and understand the flexibility of the manufacturer’s offering.


UKCW STAND H262 info@stokvisboilers.com tremco showcases portfolio at UKCW


tremco illbruck is a European manufacturer and service provider of high-performance sealing, bonding, flooring, waterproofing, and passive fire protection for the construction and manufacturing industries. The ethos of the company, which boasts quality product portfolios and outstanding technical expertise, is to make the building process faster, smarter and more efficient. The broad spectrum of products avaiable through our key brands offers product solutions from one manufacturing source for almost all applications. This means the simplicity of short supply routes for our customers, products that work together from one accountable manufacturer.


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