Major Norfolk County Hall

Refurbishment Underway

HamsonJPA is providing full building engineering and sustainability services for the Norfolk County Council County Hall Maintenance and Essential Repair Project. The £21 million refurbishment of the County Hall building will provide an improved working environment for over two thousand employees.

As a three-phase project, phase one is now well underway comprising refurbishment of the existing office tower block from levels 1 to 8, including the 9th

floor plantroom and external roof and façade. New mechanical, electrical, and public health services are being installed throughout including a new sprinkler installation in the tower block, replacement of the High Voltage and Low Voltage transformers and Low Voltage switchgear.

With two levels now complete, this phase is scheduled for full handover in 2015. Phase 2 comprises full refurbishment of the Ground Floor South Wing with design due to commence in the near future.

The third and final phase is now at feasibility stage, and will comprise the essential repair, refurbishment and maintenance for the rest of the building, basements and North Wing. HamsonJPA is working with its sister company, Norse Energy, to deliver the comprehensive building engineering services.

insightthe quarterly newsletter from HamsonJPA

Winter 2014

in this issueProject SnapshotHamsonJPA in EducationA Word from our ClientsIntelligent Design with Revit MEP TrainingNew London OfficeThriving Exeter Team

Cutting the

Cost of

Energy for

Clients

HamsonJPA has recently provided contract administration and CDM Coordinator services to its sister company, Norse Energy. Norse Energy offer funded renewable technologies, such as Photovoltaics on roofs to landlords across a range of projects. Each scheme will deliver the next generation of renewable energy and reduced carbon emissions. Existing and forthcoming sites include:

Colchester Borough Homes Bartrums Transport in Suffolk Preston School in Norfolk Norman Farming in Norfolk Swansea Tennis Club Ibbotson Farms in Yorkshire Five Star Fish in Grimsby A1 Housing in the Midlands

The UK is committed to achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. Energy Efficiency is considered a crucial element in resolving universal access to energy and mitigating climate change.

School Extension Delivered

using Partnering PrinciplesA three classroom extension has recently been handed over at Beddington Park Primary School to the London Borough of Sutton. HamsonJPA provided QS, M&E and BREEAM Assessor services for this project which used the partnering contract PPC2000 and is set to achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating.

The project involved complex phasing to allow the school to remain operational during the works which included two extensions as well as internal adaptations in order for the school’s Main Reception, Staff Room and WCs to be relocated plus provision of a new staff PPA area, Hygiene room and sick bay.

| in brief

News Snapshot

A look at some of the key projects

and events we’ve worked on this

quarter.

At HamsonJPA, the education sector represents a valued and large part of our business. This year, we have continued to deliver a range of planned maintenance works on schools for East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent and Surrey County Councils:

HampshireChiltern Primary School in Basingstoke is a key project with Hampshire County Council. Providing multi-disciplinary design and contract management services from inception to completion of the projects, the works include removal of the existing facades and associated single glazed windows and asbestos containing curtain walling - replacing with a modular cladding system. Felt covered roofs are being insulated and overlaid with objectives of extending the lifespan and transforming the thermal efficiency of the buildings.

East SussexKey maintenance projects for East Sussex County Council have this year seen HamsonJPAdeliver a number of contracts including hot and cold water replacement, building and extension services for schools.

KentAmong many others, Joy Lane Primary School, Sandwich Junior School, NoningtonPrimary School, St Nicholas at Wade Primary School and Minister-in-Thanet Primary School represent five major school projects with Kent County Council for HamsonJPA. With a combined contract value in excess of £1.2million, each project is providing essential maintenance and expansion works for the education facilities. Services include project management, Mechanical & Electrical Design, building surveying and sustainable building engineering.

SurreyContracted through NPS, parent-company to HamsonJPA, a 14-project programme worth more than £30million is now well underway for Surrey County Council. Involving Quantity Surveying and M&E Service teams, the programme is comprised of primary school expansions and refurbishment.

HamsonJPA in

Education

Car Park Lighting Replacement, Horsham District Council | HamsonJPA appointed as Designers and Contract Administrator.

Highways Surveys, East Sussex County Council - HamsonJPA has been appointed by East Sussex county council to undertake schedules of condition of properties which are adjacent to planned highway improvement works in Eastbourne. Work begins in 2015 and our surveying team are already busy recording the condition of the properties prior to start of works.

Brighton University Varley Halls of Residence | Having been appointed as technical advisers for Phases 1 & 2, HJPA was commissioned to produce the performance design for Phase 3 and follow on with technical advisor services. Due for completion August 2015.

Victory Services Club | Design works to refurbish the large kitchen areas are now underway.

Build East Sussex Networking Event | HamsonJPA took part in the Build East Sussex networking event and workshop in Hastings on November 4th. Attracting more than 200 new and established business owners, the event helped thirty-two framework contractors and consultants working for East Sussex County Council and other clients to meet with local businesses, suppliers and students in a bid to highlight the Construction projects that are happening locally and to talk about how local firms and people can benefit from those projects.

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HamsonJPA has invested in a rolling programme to train even more engineers in Revit

MEP to provide increased intelligent design capability. The software enables our

mechanical, electrical and public health engineers to create complex building systems

accurately and efficiently with Building Information Modelling (BIM).

Recognising the increasing importance and necessity to design comfortable buildings that

consume less energy, HamsonJPA has invested in a training initiative to diversify

engineers’ skills using dynamic building performance modelling software to test different

options, passive solutions, compare renewable and low carbon strategies and evaluate

energy use, CO2 emissions & occupant comfort.

We hold regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events in-house, accredited

by CIBSE, to improve and broaden the skill of our staff.

Intelligent Design with

Revit MEP Training

A Word

from our

ClientsWe love nothing more than to receive thanks and positive feedback from our valued clients when a project is completed. Here are two of our recent testimonials:

“…the Sussex Control Centre is a great example of what can be achieved when we consider commissioning of services, shared services and collaboration and it is great to see it is the Fire Service leading the way.”

Sussex Control Centre for West Sussex Fire & Rescue Services

“I’d like to take a moment to thank you all for all your assistance it making that possible, it’s been a pleasure working with you and your timely response to our queries has been much appreciated.“

Tasker Catchpole Ltd | Kingstanding Project

New Category 2 Laboratory

at Brighton University

Completed in April 2014, HamsonJPA delivered a brand new Category 2 Laboratory at the University of Brighton campus in Eastbourne.

The laboratory provides greatly improved testing facilities. Works included stripping out an existing classroom and the provision of new laboratory benching, fume cupboard, shelving, sinks, lighting, suspended ceiling, flooring and air conditioning unit.

Thriving Exeter

HamsonJPA TeamFollowing the success of the award winning Zero-Carbon school design in Exeter (Montgomery School featured in the previous newsletter), we appointed an Associate Director for the Exeter office to increase our presence in the local market. James Laughlin was appointed in June 2013 and has since recruited three key members of staff to add to the team.

James has shaped the department to support and drive the BIM environment to realise the true value from the process. The Exeter office is now very active with schools, libraries and care home new build and refurbishment projects. We provide Building Physics, BIM and specialist lighting design services to complement the traditional design services. The teams core principles are early design development and options testing, and Holistic Project team collaboration. This allows the team to incorporate Engineering into the architecture and provide sustainable buildings that people want to use.

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| people

New Faces at HamsonJPAWe continue to expand our team across all of our offices and have an ongoing recruitment drive in place to bring our clients some of the best talent in the industry. In this section, we bring you up to date with some of the latest company appointments and new additions to our team.

Smitesh Zala - Intermediate Mechanical Engineer Ann Marie Coles – Senior Administrator Jane Pakenham – Administrative Assistant

Building

Surveying

Services at

HamsonJPA

Healthy Pedalling

for Parkwood Hall

SchoolEarlier this year, HamsonJPA team members Sam Rigden and Richard Carre took part in a fundraising event at Parkwood Hall School in Swanley.

The ‘Smoothie Bike’, sponsored by HamsonJPA, allowed pupils and their families to create healthy refreshments while pedalling at the Summer Fair in June - creating a lot of interest and enjoyment whilst raising money for the school.

New London OfficeWe have recently opened our London office, close to Tower Bridge. By linking

with our existing offices we now offer a full range of Quantity and Building

surveying together with Mechanical & Electrical engineering services to

London-based clients. Look out for our official launch planned for early

February 2015.

Please direct HamsonJPA London office enquiries to 0207 940 3470 or

london@hamsonjpa.co.uk.

At HamsonJPA, our Building Surveying team

provides vital services to many of our clients

and is integral to our business. In the past

year, we have worked on more than 200

projects and now have a team of 20 building

surveyors across three of our offices.

As members of the Royal Institution of

Chartered Surveyors, we are also accredited

Investors in People, and conform to ISO 9001

and 14001 quality standards – we are proud

to provide core building surveying services to

many corporate and public sector clients.