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Briggs & Forrester Special Projects are proud to announce that they have now completed the works to a new teaching block for the modern primary and secondary phase school, Kettering Science Academy.
The new state-of-the-art, three storey building consists of 16 classrooms, dining room, common room, library and ICT facilities. The addition of this building has enabled a rise in pupil numbers, adding approximately 300 new student places with an extra 60 pupils per age group.
This month, Living Housing are celebrating their 3rd anniversary. Living Housing was first established in March 2018, following the appointment of Housing Director, Darren Lovelock.
Living Housing secured their first contract with David Wilson Homes and the team held their very first Plumbing Pre-Start meeting on the 7th March 2018. They began on site a week later, with a small project totalling a contract value just under £100,000.
Briggs & Forrester Living Housing have recently completed the 1st phase of the Mulberry Homes development located in Lutterworth, one of Leicestershire’s most sought after market towns.
Following the successful delivery of the building services on the 1st phase, Living Housing went on to secure the 2nd phase of the development consisting of 79 plots. All together the development will provide 250 new homes which also include affordable housing and associated infrastructure, paving the way for future developments.
Working in collaboration with Walter Lilly (specialist building arm of Renew Holdings plc), Briggs and Forrester Engineering Services are currently delivering works on the 12000m2 London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) building located at Hammersmith Hospital in White City.
The LMS building will be a new, innovative research facility including highly specialist laboratories, write up spaces and support facilities for the Medical Research Council.
Briggs & Forrester Living Housing have secured the mechanical services contract with Storey Homes on their new build housing development, The Place in Kempston. Situated alongside the Great River Ouse, The Place offers a mix of high specification 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and 2, 3 & 4 bedroom houses. The development incorporates historical elements, pairing them with modern attractive design.
After more than 37 years at the helm of the Briggs & Forrester Group, Mike Stanton has retired from his position as Group Chairman.
Mike said: “Over the past 73 years the Group has gone from strength to strength and is well positioned to continue to develop successfully in the future as one of the UK’s Top 5 Independent Building Services Contractors.
“The Group now operates nationally across the UK, and has come a long way from the domestic heating & maintenance business operated from my family’s home on Overstone Road in Northampton back in the mid 1960’s.
Last year, Briggs & Forrester Living were delighted to successfully complete the MEP works on the Park Hill student accommodation project in Sheffield.
Working in collaboration with main contractor Kier Group, Living were responsible for carrying out the MEP contract for the development, including services such as heating and cooling, external lighting, fire alarm and switchgear.
Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services are delighted to have secured the MEP contract on the Globe & Simpson innovation building as part of the St. John’s redevelopment in Manchester. St. John’s is a diverse mixed use development that will establish the area as a new neighbourhood and cultural community for Manchester.
After an extensive selection process, Briggs & Forrester were selected as one of the successful framework partners on the St. John’s redevelopment of the former Granada studio site in Manchester City Centre.
Briggs & Forrester Special Project have recently completed the mechanical, electrical and public health design and installations on a new 5 storey car storage facility in Purfleet for Huber Car Park Systems UK Ltd.
The new car storage facility provides in excess of 8,000 spaces over 5 floors. Situated in a shipping terminal adjacent to the River Thames, the car parking spaces will be used to store newly imported vehicles before they are distributed to main dealerships throughout the country.
Briggs and Forrester Living Housing are delighted to announce that they have been awarded the M&E package for the new build housing residential development, Hayfield Oaks.
Hayfield Oaks is a brand new eight-acre development that will features 53 luxury family homes.
All of the properties will offer four or five bedrooms that will be delivered to a superior specification. 16 of the 53 plots at the development, have been designated for affordable housing.
Living Housing are set to provide the mechanical and electrical works for all 53 of the new homes.