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Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed for the construction of a new Head office building at Hengrove Park, Bristol – Project Rowan, for Constellation Europe Limited, who are one of the largest drinks retailers in the world.

This prestigious building consists of three storeys of office areas and staff facilities, with a central atrium street linking all parts of the building.

Features

Proposals were developed for both active and passive evacuation strategies.

The development is expected to be complete ready for occupation in December 2009.

The new reception and entrance area incorporates two new platform lifts to enable all users to gain access to and use the premises.

Client: Constellation Europe

Architect: Aedas

Build Value: £21M

Salus Approved Inspectors were pleased to be appointed for a new £5.5M development comprising a main building housing North Yorkshire’s largest livestock auction mart with restaurant, business units, college facility and separate commercial business units.

Thirsk Rural Business Centre is situated on a 20 acre site, on the outskirts of Thirsk.

The Centre was proposed not only as a new home for the auction mart, but as a centre point for rural businesses and education establishments.

Client: Thirsk Rural Business Centre
Architect: Severfield-Reeve Design
Contractor: Severfield-Reeve Projects
Build Value: £5.5M

Salus were delighted to work as approved inspectors on FLYBE's £24 million training academy.

The building, which is being designed and built by Rok includes a 25-classroom academy and will house up to four flight simulators and an apprentice workshop, enabling Flybe to offer training to other airlines and companies.

It will be built on a 12-hectare site off Long Lane, Exeter, near the airport industrial estate.

Building work on the scheme was started in 2010 with an expected completion date of March 2011.

Another great example of us delivering our expertise with value engineering and top quality Building Control.

Client: FlyBe
Architect: Robinsons Design Ltd
Build Value: £24M

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Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed to guide Next Retail through the complicated Fire Strategy and expectations of the Building Regulations for one of their flag-ship stores based at The Bull Ring in the heart of the city of Birmingham.

The unit includes retail trading over several levels, staff facilities, storage and logistics. Given that there is a very sensitive need to balance the rightful expectation of access for all, this combines with the needs of retailers to carry out their obligations under Part M and the ongoing legislation of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Salus had detailed design issues to resolve, both as part of our project management and our site inspection role.

Client: Next Retail

Build Value: Multi-million

Salus Approved Inspectors were delighted to be involved with Porsche in the UK. Salus continue to grow in the prestige car showroom sector, pictured are the Porsche Centres in Ferndown, Bournemouth, completed in 26 weeks and Burgess Hill, Mid-Sussex, completed in 28 weeks, both by Talbot Construction. This is just one example of many completed developments where we have guided our clients through the Building Control Approved Inspector process.

Client: Porsche

Architect: Talbot Design

Contractor: Talbot Construction

Build Value: £Multi-million

The Rockingham Park Development was an important project for Salus Approved Inspectors to be involved with.

The project was part of the regeneration of Corby and the site was previously a car showroom and had been vacant for some time.

The work consisted of the erection of a JD Weatherspoons pub, fitness centre, nursery and 3 small food outlets. A new Hilton hotel is also planned for the site.

Client: Rockingham Park

Architect: Cornish Architects

Contractor: Mainland Construction

Build Value: Multi-million

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Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed Building Control Approved Inspectors for the impressive new Drayton Manor Hotel set in a unique location amongst 280 acres of lakes and parkland that was once the home of Sir Robert Peel.

Key features

Designed to blend in with the leisure venue's woodland setting, the building incorporates two wings bridged by a central atrium. The new facilities include Thomas the Tank Engine themed rooms to compliment the park's Thomas Land, presidential suites and ‘super rooms' that can be easily converted to suit couples or families.

Client: Drayton Manor Parks Ltd

Architect: John Pass Associates Ltd

Contractor: A&H Construction & Development PlC

Build Value:£14M

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Salus Approved Inspectors were appointed for the £25M, 7 storey hotel/retail development in central Nottingham. The project involved a 4 storey hotel with 142 bedrooms above a 3 storey retail area with a rooftop restaurant/bar.

The building is linked to a retained victorian frontage and includes a large glazed area and cantilevered structures.

Key Features

A fire engineered design allowed large glazed areas on boundary elevations.

Complex foundation design was used to support the building over an existing railway tunnel.

Client: Bildurn Properties

Architect: Benson Forsyth

Contractor: Laing O’ Rourke

Build Value: £25M

Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed for the West Bar Development. This project is one of the key pieces in the regeneration of West Bar in the centre of Sheffield, being part of a wider development that will transform the area around the city’s Crown Courts, hence the scheme name ‘The Courts’. It comprises a multi storey courtyard style development which will be undertaken in two phases. The first phase being the construction of the seven storey office development fronting West Bar with three levels of car parking at the rear. The second phase will then add six floors of residential apartments in two blocks built above the car park structure either side of a courtyard garden area formed over the roof level of the car park.

Key Features

Early consultation was carried out with the architect particularly in regard to the fire safety strategy and the interface of the mixed use purpose groups, thus ensuring means of escape provision and fire fighting facilities were incorporated, without detracting from the original architectural design.

Client: Sheer Challenge Ltd

Architect: Coda Studios

Contractor: Whytehall Construction

Build Value: Multi-million

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Salus were pleased to be appointed by existing client, Mirus Management Services, to provide Approved Inspector services for this 14,500 m² warehouse building with two storey office accommodation.

Salus performed 18 site inspections over an eight month contract period, including the witnessing of an air test.

The project was managed by Adrian Sawyer of Salus’ Corby office, while the site inspections were performed by two surveyors from the Dursley, Gloucestershire, office, thus reducing costs and time.

Client: Innovate Logistics

Architect: Peart Bradley Architects

Project Managers: Mirus Management Services

Contract Period: 8 Months

Construction Cost: Multi-Million

Salus were proud to be appointed by Mainland Construction on behalf of Kidicare.

The proposals were to provide a new head office for Kidicare. The work consisted of a 22,500 m² building providing warehousing, offices and three levels of showroom space.

The warehouse was fitted out with three levels of mezzanine floors.

Client: Kidicare

Architect: PDD Architects

Contractor: Mainland Construction

Build Value: £Multi-million

Salus were appointed for the rebuilding and extension to Avana Bakeries, located on the Wern Industrial Estate, Newport, South Wales following extensive fire damage.

This entailed a new build despatch and associated service facility, followed by major phased refurbishments including offices and changing facilities.

Client: Avana Bakeries

Architect: Cox Freeman

Contractor: Clegg food Projects

Build Value: £5M+

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Salus Approved Inspectors are proud to be appointed for the 102 room student accommodation scheme at Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford.

The masterplan involves the removal of low-grade extensions, the restoration of quality historic buildings dating from the early 1800's and the construction of three new contemporary buildings which include student flats and an entrance pavilion. The geometry of the site has been reorganised to create three new gardens enclosed by the eight new and existing buildings.

The scheme includes some sustainable initiatives including the use of ground source heating and solar panels on all south and west facing roofs to provide hot water to all the bedrooms.

Key features

The means of escape from individual units has been based on ADB – Means of Escape from Flats. The site restrictions caused by existing buildings and boundary positions has caused difficulty with regard to vehicle access and has therefore required the use of a fire main to part of the largest building.

Client: Oxford University

Architect: McLennan Architects

Contractor: Tender Stage

Build Value: £20M

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This exciting project will transform the two College sites at Booth Lane and Lower Mounts Campus, both of which will involve state of the art, iconic public buildings.

The Booth Lane site will undergo total transformation with wholesale demolition of the current outdated accommodation making way for a 27,000m² purpose designed educational environment.

Salus have been appointed as Approved Inspectors and additionally are working closely with the design team from the pre-planning stage, offering direction towards compliance with the aim of delivering a smooth approval process.

Key features

This is an innovative design embracing high-level environmental sustainability and energy efficient technology. Using its fire engineering skills, Salus is assisting in developing the fire strategy.

Client: Northampton College

Architect: Pick Everard

Contractor: To be appointed

Build Value: £70M

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Salus Approved Inspectors were pleased to be appointed for the innovative Bath Row Student Development. Salus’ involvement with the student accommodation block’s architects, Design Buro, began a full two years before construction started.

The building used a unique construction technique of pre-cast concrete cassette floors, supported on light gauge steel loadbearing panels. Due to this construction and complex design, Salus provided significant early stage advice and assistance on compliance with Building Regulations.

The height of the building and requirement for the structural elements to provide 90 minutes fire resistance, led Salus to offer advice on how to satisfy the Building Regulations, by requesting that floors and walls were independently fire tested to substantiate the necessary fire resistance was achieved.

In addition, the complex design required significant input from Salus’ in-house fire engineers on means of escape in case of fire, to satisfy Approved Document B and the fire service.

During construction the building was regularly inspected, and further consultation with the fire service and WSP Fire Engineering on completion ensured the fire strategy was satisfactory.

Client: Quintian

Architect: Design Buro

Contractor: Marriott-Kier Construction

Build Value: £10M

Salus Approved Inspectors were appointed for the alterations to the existing hospital, to form a new state of the art maternity centre and alterations to the existing neonatal intensive care unit.

Salus are involved in ensuring the existing fire strategy for the hospital is maintained without compromise, and that the NHS Firecode recommendations are observed.

Key Features

Salus co-ordinated the work patterns, which minimised disruption to the hospital and ensured continuity of service.

Client: Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust

Architect: Devereux

Salus Approved Inspectors were appointed for the redevelopment of the Bio City complex, Nottingham, a groundbreaking new healthcare and bioscience innovation and incubation centre, resulted in a transformation of the former Boots pharmaceuticals building into the new home for bio science companies.

The £5M refurbishment of the existing six storey building creates innovative office and state of the art laboratory space.

The new reception and entrance area incorporates two new platform lifts to enable all users to gain access to and use the premises.

Features

Innovative cladding to modernise an existing building.

Accessible entrance alterations.

Improved Energy Efficiency features.

Client: Bio City, Nottingham

Architect: Maber Associates

Contractor: Clegg Group

Build Value: £5M

Salus Approved Inspectors were pleased to be appointed for the new Outpatient and Opthamology Treatment Centre. The three-storey building has been constructed using Yorkon modular units on each side of a courtyard/reception area. Link bridges on the first and second floors link the buildings over the courtyard/reception area which is weather protected by glazed walls at each end.

Key features

An ETFE foil roof cladding system was used instead of a conventional glazed system, thus allowing the courtyard/reception area to be classed an external space instead of an atrium.

Architect: MAAP Medical Architecture

Contractors: Laing O’Rourke

Build Value: £10M

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Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed by Liverpool City Council for the new Picton Pool Leisure Centre in Wavertree. Now known as the Liverpool Aquatics Centre, it is a state of the art facility comprising one of the few Olympic sized pools in the UK. The main 8 lane, 50m pool is suitable for national competitions and has a movable floor allowing both depth and slope variations. It is complemented by a separate 4 lane, 20m pool for public and training use. Adjoining it the existing sports centre also underwent major refurbishment to provide a new gym and fitness centre.

Handled by our Wirral office, Salus were appointed early in the project's design. Following initial meetings with the architect we prepared a detailed report on key areas of Building Regulation compliance including fire strategy which helped to smooth the approval process when formal consultation with the fire authority was carried out.

Client: Liverpool City Council

Architect: S & P Architects

Contractors: Gleeson Building

Build Value: £14.5M

Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed for the new Nuneaton Town Football Club redevelopment

Key Features

North Stand - 1050 seating covered terrace/office and entertainment facilities, South &West Stand - 1000 standing open terraces, East Stand - 1800 standing covered terrace. New pitch construction and car parking facilities.

Client: Nuneaton Town F.C

Contractors: Ian Neale Building Contractors

Build Value: £Multi-million

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Salus Approved Inspectors were appointed for this Equestrian Arena Redevelopment. The scheme was for a 3,500m² extension to an equestrian centre, to provide a new arena for show jumping and other equestrian events. There was a new tiered seating area and a first floor restaurant with viewing facilities of the arena. The hope is that the arena will be used for training purposes for Olympic teams.

Client: Mainland Construction

Architect: PHP Architects

Contractors: Mainland Construction

Build Value: £Multi-million

Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed by the Adecco Group for their refurbishment and fit out programme. Adecco recruitment is the world leader in human resource solutions with over 6,000 recruitment centres worldwide. Proudly working in partnership with Adecco and Paragon Interiors Group, Salus Approved Inspectors offer proactive guidance in order to meet the ever increasing demands of Building Regulation compliance.

In these situtations, issues such as fire safety both to satisfy Building Regulations and the ongoing control under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order are of importance. Other key issues such as AD Part M: Access to and Use of Buildings, have set out the numerous accessability issues needed to satisfy Building Regulations and the ongoing control under the Disability Discrimination Act.

Features

Design that balances client expectations with common sense application of the Building Regulations

Client: Adecco

Architect: Paragon Interiors Group Plc

Contractor: Paragon Interiors Group Plc

Build Value: £Multi-million

Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed for the nationwide retail program for Pret a Manger, a rapidly expanding international chain of high street coffee/sandwich shops with both take-away and on-premises customers.

Salus have a long term working relationship with Pret a Manger and see themselves as an integral part of their team, regularly attending monthly meetings to evaluate potential sites.

This proactive approach and early advice helps prevent abortive costs in the rejection of otherwise excellent sites, by investigating suitable means to encounter other legislature such as the Disability Discrimination Act and The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order.

Salus also handle all of Pret a Manger’s fire risk assessments from its regional offices.

Typical technical problems where Salus have helped include analysing staircase design in small outlets to meet access requirements, toilet provision, and level access in existing outlets in order to meet the functional requirements of the Building Regulations.

Client: Pret a Manger

Build Value: Variable

Salus Approved Inspectors were proud to be appointed by international cost consultants, E C Harris LLP, to act in the role of Approved Inspectors to ensure Building Regulation compliance on a new stores and refurbishment programme for mobile phone retailer, Orange, with in excess of 300 stores throughout the UK.

Client: Orange

Build Value: Variable