Welcome to the latest edition of our bi-annual Group newsletter in what has been a busy year to date for our three companies: Kershaw Contracting Services Limited, Kershaw Mechanical Services Limited and T R Freeman Limited.

In this issue we focus on some examples of our recent projects working within: college education, student accommodation, hospitality, new build developments and social housing, a theatre conversion, sports and leisure, and retail. These represent a mix of new and repeat business, reflecting our commitment to delivering outstanding performance and client satisfaction on all the projects we undertake.

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Issue Number 6 July 2014

Willowfield Humanities College

WALTHAM FOREST

Construction is underway on this Design and Build, 6-form entry, secondary school for 900 pupils in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It will replace the existing, over-subscribed, 4-form entry comprehensive school catering for 600 pupils. Situated over three floors with a combined area of 7,900m2, the new building will provide teaching areas, a dining area with onsite catering, ICT suites and a sports hall with playing fields.

Kershaw Mechanical Services is installing full M&E building services on the project which presents a number of logistic challenges due the site’s location, being tightly bound by a main railway line to the north, Blackhorse Road, A1006 to the east and residential buildings to the south. The main pedestrian entrance to the school will be at level 1 and accessed via a bridge from Blackhorse Road. The mechanical works include an intelligent Building Management System, CHP boiler, full ventilation, ground floor plant room and roof top plant. The electrical works include access control, fire alarms, a voice alarm and public address system, and all lighting. The school with also benefit from a solar PV roof array of 576m2.

The main contractor is Bouygues UK. The school is due to open in September 2015.

Courtesy of HLM Architects Coles Green CourtL O N D O N N W 2 T R Freeman was appointed by Bugler Developments Ltd to undertake roofing and cladding works on this new residential development for Network Housing Group at Dollis Hill, London Borough of Brent. The circa £5m scheme is designed around a central green offering two apartment buildings; one of four storeys and one five storeys providing 34 flats, and four semi-detached family houses.

To give the development a unique look and feel, the architects have chosen PIGMENTO by VMZINC in Red. When applied to the buildings it provides a palette of red tinged, mineral hues, reflecting the light and showcasing the naturally grained texture of pre-weathered zinc. T R Freeman will supply and install the PIGMENTO to the mansard roofs of the apartment blocks, with detailed works required around the bay window finishes, and to the first floor external walls and pitched roofs of the houses. The scheme is due to complete in October 2014.

Courtesy of Aros Architects

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Courtesy of Foster Wilson Architects

This innovative project to convert the Grade II listed 19th century Moravian Chapel, formerly known as St Luke’s Church, into a state-of-the-art theatre for Bedford School, will see T R Freeman showcasing its skills in traditional hard metal roofing. The new performing arts centre is to be used for school productions and professional touring productions as well as by local amateur and community groups. It will include a foyer, front of house facilities, a 300-seat, galleried courtyard theatre, high level suspensions for scenery and stage lighting, offices, a rehearsal and teaching studio, and back stage facilities. T R Freeman, working for SDC Special Projects, has been appointed to undertake the design development drawings for the zinc roofing areas andthe subsequent installation. They will apply RHEINZINK pre-weathered graphite grey to the radial, tapered roof over the foyer, together with soffit detail, and to two high level turrets situated on a slated roof. Single ply membrane is also being installed to some flat roof areas. Bedford School is for boys aged 7-18 years, and previous pupils who have gone on to performing careers include actor Simon Chandler, comedian Al Murray and Joel Beckett of East Enders and The Office fame.

Trumpington CommunityCollege C A M B R I D G EKershaw Mechanical Services has won the contract to install full M&E building services into what will be the first new build secondary school in Cambridge for more than 50 years. Located on the Clay Farm development, just four miles south of Cambridge city centre, the college will have a footprint of 8,000m² and cater for 750 pupils.

The building’s interiors will provide flexible classrooms around a central atrium, together with a community sports centre including a main hall and fitness suite, and playing fields which will be open to the public. The design also reflects the college’s commitment to sustainability, and will enable students to see sustainability at work in the fabric of the building as well as taking related knowledge from the classroom out into the real world.

Working for main contractor Morgan Sindall, the M&E elements to be installed by Kershaw include a Breathing Building natural ventilation system, a ground source heat pump providing heating and cooling, a gas-fired plant room, full sprinkler system, all power including intelligent lighting, access control and CCTV. The project is targeted to achieve a BREEAM rating of excellent.

Cambridge Station Area RedevelopmentAn extensive programme of regeneration is currently underway which will see Cambridge Railway Station and the area around it transformed into a new, state-of-the art transport interchange supported by vibrant mixed-use development.

As part of the station’s Northern Quarter Enabling Works, Kershaw Contracting Services’ Asbestos Division was appointed by Wates Construction to undertake demolition surveys of several buildings in the vicinity of the station’s car park: the Cityroomz Cambridge hotel consisting of a basement and two storeys; the Aid & Abet, artist-led contemporary arts space; Station Cycles retail outlet, and

the offices and four storerooms of the train operating company, Abellio Greater Anglia. A visual inspection of the British Transport Police’s office was also undertaken. With footprints ranging from 500-1,000sq metres,

the premises had to be surveyed for the presence of asbestos, and reported on with recommendations, within the space of a week.

Kershaw’s experience, coupled with the tablet based data collection system they use which delivers a much quicker turnaround time than the traditional surveying process, meant the client’s tight timetable was successfully adhered to.

St Luke’s Theatre, Bedford School

Wycombe Sports andLeisure Centre

H I G H W Y C O M B EThis £25m new flagship facility is part of Wycombe District Council’s wider Handy Cross Hub redevelopment project which also includes a new quality food store, a new coach-way park and ride, a multi-storey car park and new spine road.

The 10,750m² sports and leisure centre will have a 50m swimming pool with eight lanes, a sub-aqua dive pit, four indoor bowls rinks, two squash courts, a multi-purpose 12 court sports hall, a dance studio, a 150 station fitness suite, a climbing wall, two meeting / party rooms, changing rooms, a café and vending area as well as staff offices.

Full M&E building services will be installed by Kershaw Mechanical Services who are working for main contractor Willmott Dixon on the project. A CHP unit, biomass woodchip boiler and three gas fired boilers will collectively heat the building and the water for the pools. There will be a natural ventilation system together with VRF air conditioning supply to the fitness suite, dance studio, meeting / party rooms and offices. Other M&E elements include fan coil units, radiant panels and under-floor heating.

The Centre is due for completion by Autumn 2015.

Courtesy of AFLS+P Architects

The Railyard C A M B R I D G E CB1This new build student accommodation for Anglia Ruskin University, comprising three distinct buildings collectively known as The Railyard, is at the heart of the regeneration of the Cambridge Station area. The Stephenson building, Station Road is the largest providing 174 studio apartments, 180 en-suite bedrooms in shared flats and a games room. Brunel on Brookgate offers 139 studio apartments and a communal lounge, and the nearby Telford is a mix of 29 studios and 64 en-suite rooms.

T R Freeman was appointed by George Downing Construction to install a Booth Muirie, architectural rainscreen cladding system in metallic silver to the fifth floor of the Stephenson building together with Polyester powder coated cappings. To the perimeter of the Brunel and Telford buildings at roof level, they will install a three metre high, 85 degree mansard slope, to be constructed with the Admaster composite panel product and clad in VM Quartz zinc using the traditional standing seam method of fix. T R Freeman will also apply the main decking for the roof finish. The Railyard is due to complete ready for the Autumn 2014 term student intake.

Courtesy of Falconer Chester Hall

Kershaw Contracting Services has......achieved registered installer status with the

Government’s Green Deal Home Improvement Fund enabling it to carry out energy saving measures for customers who are eligible to claim money back on their installations.

...finished installing Technitherm cavity wall insulation into the 1970s, 7-storey block of flats, Westdown House, close to Eastbourne’s seafront, which will combat heat loss caused by the building’s severe exposure to the elements and stabilise the walls.

Kershaw Mechanical Services has…...been appointed by Willmott Dixon to install

full M&E building services into the new Michaela Community School, Wembley Park. It will be housed in the former College of North West London’s seven-storey building which is being completely refurbished and refitted.

...provided comfort conditions for spectators and players to the five Sport for England squash courts which have been added to the Cambridge University Sports Centre, into which they installed full M&E building services in 2013.

...been continuing its long standing relationship with Waitrose, with the installation of full M&E building services into stores in Leek City Centre, Keynsham near Bristol and Camden Town, all of which are transformations of existing retail acquisitions.

T R Freeman has…...been undertaking zinc roofing and cladding

works for Countryside Properties Ltd on Phase 4 of the Cliveden Village development in the National Trust Cliveden Estate. QUARTZ-ZINC, providing velvet grey accents underpinned by structural flexibility, is being applied to a series of residential properties.

...commenced works at 8 St James’s Square and 7 Apple Tree Yard, City of Westminster on a new, five-storey office building. Working for English Architectural Glazing Ltd, T R Freeman is installing RHEINZINK prePATINA blue-grey cladding and rainwater goods to the fifth floor, and undertaking traditional lead work to the chimney of the adjacent building.

...installed Sika-Trocal single ply membrane on tapered insulation to five roof areas on the new, 121-bed Premier Inn, Cambridge which is the chain’s second hotel in the city.

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For further information on any items in this newsletter, please contact Sarah Payne, PR and Marketing Manager, t 01223 715800, e sarah.payne@kershaw-grp.co.uk

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The Bluebells K E N TKershaw Contracting Services’ New Build Insulation Division has been appointed by award winning Kent house builder, Pentland Homes to undertake insulation works to properties on its new Bluebells

development in Ashford, Kent. Buyers have a choice of 14 different house styles, with 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms, all of which are stunning in appearance and designed to complement the nearby Ashford Warren wildlife nature reserve and the ancient Hoad’s Wood.

Using a highly specified product range, in keeping with the development, the Kershaw team will install loft and warm roof insulation to 49 houses. They will also install loft insulation to a four storey block of 67, 2-bedroom apartments and communal areas which provides an extra care facility. This is the second time that Kershaw has worked with Pentland Homes.

Hard-to-treat high-riseH A R I N G E Y C O U N C I L

The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) was welcomed by Haringey Council as it provides a source of funding to install cavity wall insulation into multiple, Homes for Haringey tower blocks. However,

subsequent changes to ECO funding left the Council with the dilemma of outstanding tower blocks still to insulate and a rapidly narrowing funding window.

Fortunately, Kershaw Contracting Services’ Insulation Refurbishment Division was able to step in and provide a timely and proficient solution, free of charge. Working closely with Haringey Council, they very quickly identified which blocks which were suitable for insulation and agreed a project plan which ensured the remaining blocks were insulated well in advance of the April 2014 changes.

Traditionally, the access for high-rise cavity wall insulation installation is provided by expensive scaffolding access systems. In this case, the cavity wall insulation installation process was carried out by abseiling teams of Rope Access Technicians who took just six weeks to complete the works to 13 high-rise tower blocks.

Tenants of the 499 flats are now benefitting from homes which are warmer, more comfortable and less expensive to heat. John Mathers, Haringey Council said:“I was extremely impressed by the helpful attitude of Kershaw throughout the project. Every morning they arrived promptly and carried out their work with the utmost professionalism. I would have no hesitation in working with them in the future.”