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GSSArchitecture is a national, award-winning architectural practice with a dynamic and forward-thinking approach. Operating across the whole of the UK with offices located in Kettering, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Harrogate and Milton Keynes, we specialise in projects where a collaborative approach is required.
We design tailored architectural solutions and place sustainability and inclusivity at the heart of our design ethos. Our project experience includes a diverse range of public and private sectors from inception through to completion, all of which are supported by inhouse specialist divisions including Graphics and Conservation and Heritage.
Together, we can bring your vision to life.
how can we help you?
The healthcare sector is evolving. Advances in medical research and technologies are helping develop new patient-centric approaches and tackle global challenges such as population growth, obesity, longevity, dementia, mental health and pandemics.
GSS has substantial experience across a variety of sectors, including healthcare, and can provide a range of services from inception and early-stage planning, supporting Strategic Outline Cases (SOC), through to Outline Business Case (OBC) and Full Business Case (FBC) designs. Our work includes estates rationalisation and masterplanning, in addition to providing specialist expertise in the delivery of urgent and acute provision and primary and community care facilities, which can include treatment and rehabilitation environments for people with physical and mental disabilities. We also work across a wide range of other sectors, which can support an integrated approach to healthcare, including ground-breaking work in intermediate care and the later living sector.
We can help you to address the challenges you face through innovative and efficient design, supporting you with everything from smaller scale refurbishment and remodelling projects through to larger scale multi-million-pound new build facilities.
NHS Shared Business Services Framework
GSSArchitecture are a named supplier on the £1.6bn NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Healthcare Planning, Construction Consultancy and Ancillary Services Framework Agreement.
NHS SBS was created in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Care and Sopra Steria to deliver corporate services to the NHS, making life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and delivers value for money to the taxpayer. The NHS in England has 1,500 hospitals. Without regular renovation, the care, safety and wellbeing of patients, hospital staff and the public can be compromised.
On the Healthcare Planning, Construction Consultancy and Ancillary Services Framework Agreement, which provides national coverage to the NHS, GSS will be providing architectural services under Lot 1. The framework agreement will enable clients from the NHS and other public sector organisations, such as emergency services, universities, and local authorities, to commission construction consultancy services in a simple, streamlined and costeffective manner.
GSS is also on the both the Pagabo and Procure Partnerships Frameworks, which enable our clients to direct-award us to save both time and money on their projects. Our clients can also benefit from being able to access professional services through the streamlined procurement routes which provide value for money, saving time and delivering measurable social value.
A Changing Healthcare Estate
The pandemic has changed the face of healthcare delivery. We are already seeing ‘virtual’ delivery of outpatient facilities as well as the need for many more testing laboratories across the country, and these changes will have a significant impact on the future of the UK’s healthcare estate. At GSSArchitecture, we have been assisting NHS Trusts up and down the country to adapt existing facilities to address changing needs, from complex ward reconfigurations to fitting out
Track and Trace centres. As professionals in healthcare design, our teams have adapted to new ways of working and it has become more important than ever to collaborate closely with clinicians when we are designing healthcare facilities, to ensure that they are fit for purpose. The result is complex projects being delivered in record time.
We also recognise that, in addition to the changing environment of the NHS, the demographics of an ageing population means it is now more important than ever to be innovative in the way that healthcare is delivered, and to deliver agile healthcare environments that support changing models of care, streamlining operations and targeting operating efficiency and responding to budget pressures.
Macmillan Cancer Support Centre
Care Model Innovation
Patients are no longer passive participants in their health care, they are demanding transparency, convenience, access, and personalised products and services. When designing the future of healthcare, in particular, the importance of creating flexible spaces, technology should be used to bring a design to life at the earliest stages of the process.
Healthcare providers should be able to use 3D visualisation to test out different scenarios and how they inform a design space. Our 3DLABS graphics division is well placed to provide an integrated service in this regard, highlighting the real benefits that can be achieved through good collaboration from the start. Design changes and improvements can then be addressed and implemented in a meaningful way before a project goes to site.
Care model innovation is expected to manifest itself in numerous ways during 2021 and future-focused care models will likely expand to include people, process, and technology to address evolving individual and group health needs. Improving the health of a population requires new care models and technologies that address the drivers of health, enable early diagnosis, and monitor response to treatment.
There are real opportunities for NHS Trusts to consider investment in virtual care technologies rather than expanding their physical footprint.
our approach
stakeholder engagement
We will work with you to fully understand your needs, and those of all key stakeholders, to ensure that opportunities are fully considered, and the key aims and aspirations of your project are realised.
relevant experience
We have considerable experience in the development and delivery of strategic masterplanning and estates rationalisation for clients, coupled with in-depth knowledge of sustainable design and zero carbon initiatives.
estates strategies
We can assist you with a wide range of projects, from smaller scale refurbishments and building energy and fabric improvements, to overarching estates development strategies and new build opportunities which utilise modern methods of construction, to ensure that your estate and individual buildings will deliver the best value for the future with a high-quality, energy efficient environment.
Sustainability
Truly sustainable design is about a holistic approach. This not only includes energy use and consumption but captures issues such as transport, land use and ecology, health and wellbeing, and placemaking, communities and social value. We work with our clients to consider their priorities and how we can maximise sustainable outcomes that offer real long-term benefit.
Net Zero Carbon
The UK Government has committed to reaching net zero carbon by 2050. GSS is currently involved in a number of projects which are leading the way in developing fully integrated net zero carbon design solutions, either as stand-alone projects or as part of wider estates masterplans.
We can work with you to develop a practical and coordinated application strategy for your wider estates, explore the potential of delivering improved energy efficiencies and environmental benefits in existing buildings, and optimise the potential of new build projects.
Health & Wellbeing
A well-designed building supports the health, comfort and happiness of occupants. We ensure that key design principles are integrated from an early stage to deliver environments that support mental health and wellbeing. This can include consideration of issues such as daylighting, biophilic design, ventilation, noise, movement and relaxation to support operational requirements and can offer real benefit to patients, staff and visitors.
Building Resilience in the Healthcare Sector
From major hospitals providing acute care, to mental health services and community care facilities, the healthcare sector is evolving. Advances in medical research and technologies are helping develop new patient-centric approaches and tackle such global challenges as population growth, obesity, longevity, dementia, mental health and pandemics.
The Spending Review 2021 (SR21) announced a substantial increase in health spending, with day-to-day spend in 2024/25 to be 13% higher in real terms than in 2021/22 with a focus placed on the four priority areas of Social Care, NHS Capital, NHS Workforce and Public Health. The SR21 provided the NHS with a three-year capital settlement covering 2022/23 to 2024/25, placing a significant focus on building resilience across the UK healthcare estate.
Building resilience in clinical service delivery to free up patient flow can only be achieved with the right infrastructure and support from an effective Estates and Facilities function. Safety and age are real challenges for the Acute estate, especially with significant recent increases in the NHS maintenance backlog and high-risk backlog of 11% and 14% respectively.
Identifying where estates and infrastructure failure disrupts clinical practice and investing capital wisely can create short-term fixes. In the latest ERIC data return, clinical service incidents because of infrastructure failure fell by 22%. However, long-term solutions will require greater levels of sustained investment in the estate and the teams who manage it.
GSS has a proven track record of collaborative working with NHS Estates to assist them in delivering facilities. Our place on the NHS SBS Framework also means that we can be called on quickly to assist with projects or help develop strategies that build resilience and respond to the priorities identified in the SR21.
Flexibility and Adaptability
Designs for acute healthcare settings need to seriously consider the need for future flexibility and adaptability. This means designing spaces that can easily adapt to change, such as outpatient facilities (that are increasingly being delivered virtually), being repurposed to increase diagnostic and treatment capacity. The current home-working trend is also likely to result in redundant spaces throughout administration units or clinical support spaces that present opportunities for conversion and use for other clinical purposes. This is a real opportunity for the healthcare sector because, with much more bed space, discrete areas can be created within existing facilities to treat patients during peak periods, whether dealing with Covid or annual flu pressures.
Priorities for NHS Estates
Despite having several significant challenges to address, estates and facilities teams have been presented with notable opportunities through the SR21, making it an exciting time for developing and delivering robust and resilient NHS EFM strategies.
We see that future priorities can be categorised into three distinct areas:
1. Capital: Robust 5–10-year Integrated Care System (ICS) capital plans, a steady increase in CDEL capital limits, and stabilising several programmes, such as the new hospital programme, are all highlighted as a priority.
2. Operational: An improved patient and staff experience and insight and compliance around infrastructure failure will be focus themes.
3. Workforce: To make the NHS the employer of choice.
Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs)
The 2021 spending review committed £2.3bn over the SR21 period to transform diagnostic services with at least 100 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) across England to permanently increase diagnostic capacity.
The creation of CDCs was recommended following Professor Sir Mike Richards’ Review of NHS diagnostics capacity. The recommendation is for NHS organisations across England to move diagnostic services into CDCs and all health systems will be expected to include a CDC network as part of their health services offer.
The CDCs will help achieve the following:
• Improve population health outcomes by diagnosing health conditions earlier, faster and more accurately.
• Increase capacity in the diagnostic service by investing in new facilities, equipment and training new staff, contributing to recovery from COVID-19 and reducing pressure on acute hospital sites.
• Improve productivity and efficiency by streamlining the way we provide acute and elective (planned) diagnostic services where it makes sense to do so; redesigning clinical pathways to reduce unnecessary steps, tests or duplication.
• Contribute to reducing health inequalities by ensuring everyone has the same access to care and the same health outcomes.
• Deliver a better diagnostic service and more personalised experience by providing a single point of access to a range of services in the community.
• Support more joined-up care across primary, community and secondary care.
GSS has a long track record of delivering clinical and diagnostic facilities for the NHS and private healthcare providers and we can provide advice and guidance here, having worked on some of the first CDCs in the UK, including a Community Health Hub and Diagnostics Centre in Milton Keynes.
Developing the Workforce
The Spending Review delivered welcome additional investment in NHS capital and infrastructure. But this investment will not deliver better health care outcomes without sufficient staffing. Even before the pandemic, workforce shortages were the single largest challenge for the NHS in England, with registered nursing being the biggest area of shortfall. The pandemic has exacerbated these pressures and we estimate that clearing the NHS care backlog and delivering the 18-week waiting time standard by 2024/25 would require 4,400 more consultants and over 18,000 more nurses. In that context, the lack of both a comprehensive long-term workforce strategy and plans for additional funding for HEE are concerning.
Staff retention is equally important as staff recruitment, and good design has a role to play here. Designing for healthcare environments should not only focus on the patient experience but should also consider high quality facilities for staff use, such as break-out and touchdown areas, quality catering facilities, and good access to discrete and calming outdoor spaces. Opportunities to promote and support active modes of travel to work should also be designed, including safe and secure cycle storage and spaces to shower and change.
GSS have many examples of applying design standards such as The WELL Building Standard and Fitwel. These standards are becoming increasingly important considerations in achieving good quality work environments for healthcare professionals, meaning our teams are well placed to deliver aspirational facilities across your estate.
A Selection of our Project Experience
• Cancer Support Centres
• Intermediate Care Facilities
• Maternity Bereavement Care Suites
• Medium Secure Residential Units
• Trust Administrative Offices
• New Cardiac Catheterisation Facilities
• Ambulance Stations
• Fertility Units
• Integrated Surgeries
• Gynaecology Centres
• Sexual Health Clinics
• Centres for Substance Abuse
• Hospital Pharmacies and Main Entrances
• Isolation Ward Facilities
• Mammography and Radiology Departments
• Paediatric Assessment Units
• Phlebotomy and Venepuncture Departments
• New Endoscopy Units
• Maternity Operating Theatres
• Endoscopy Decontamination Suites
• Institute of Cellular Medicine
• Keyworker and Student Accommodation
• GP Surgeries and Health Hubs
• Community Diagnostic Centres
• COVID-19 Offices
Endoscopy Department Alterations
Who Have We Worked With?
Endoscopy
Department, Cheltenham General Hospital
We were appointed as Architects on this scheme, together with Project Managers, Faithful + Gould, and Main Contractor, EG Carter, to produce alterations to the Endoscopy Department at Cheltenham General Hospital. This department provides care for patients undergoing a variety of endoscopic procedures.
The newly remodelled and refurbished department now has a further treatment room and interview room, which therefore increases the capacity of treatments and enhances patient privacy.
The alterations also included the relocation of the existing reception and creation of a new reception hatch, to form a new robust and more efficient layout, as well as upgrading other supporting rooms and finding and creating more storage space throughout the department.
Works also included new privacy screens between beds in the recovery area and generating space for an extra bed with hoist.
Cardiac Catheterisation Procedures Unit, Kettering General Hospital
We were appointed to design a new Cardiac Catheterisation Procedures Unit. The Cardiac Centre was needed to care for adult patients with heart problems and was strategically located at Kettering General Hospital to reduce the need for travel to specialist heart centres.
The new facilities were designed to include a fully equipped Catheterisation Lab equipped with state-of-the-art imaging and monitoring equipment and a cardiac procedures room for undertaking cardio-versions, trans-oesophageal echocardiograms and fitting pacemakers. Associated facilities included pre-assessment and consultation rooms and an 8-bed recovery and admission area.
The new facility was constructed above an existing single storey building which housed a Junior Doctors’ Mess and while the construction was carried out, including a new link bridge, the rest of the hospital site remained in operation.
Birthing Pool Rooms & Labour & Delivery
Suite, York Teaching Hospital
We worked with York Hospital to produce a scheme that has created two dedicated birthing pool rooms and three further pain relief pools in adjacent rooms. This significantly improved the patient experience by generating a calm and welcoming environment for new mothers.
The team worked closely with the maternity staff and specialist suppliers to develop a design that was practical and within the constraints of the existing building footprint. As a result, a special one-off pool was developed for the sole purpose of this project.
The construction work took place within the live working environment of the Maternity Department, and, as such, much time and consideration was given to planning the phasing and site set-up. We delivered a full design service to the satisfaction of the maternity team and the entire project was taken from inception to completion within six months.
Endoscopy Decontamination Unit, York Teaching Hospital
As part of York Hospital’s ongoing strategic review of their GI Endoscopy Services, we were appointed to remodel an existing part of the 1960s hospital building to accommodate a dedicated decontamination suite.
The project involved working closely with the end-users, as well as the specialist Automatic Endoscope Reprocessing equipment suppliers, to develop a design that is both practical and compliant with NHS guidance. The ‘pass-through’ re-processors that were selected by the trust form the dividing line between the clean and dirty sides of the operation.
The construction work took place within the live hospital working environment, directly adjacent to the main hospital street which meant significant planning was needed prior to work commencing. This helped to ensure a clear understanding across all parties about the practicalities associated with the scheme.
GSS are currently designing and delivering a range of new community health hubs aimed at providing holistic, accessible care with exposure and access to a wide range of NHS and health facilities.
This includes the Milton Keynes hub which is part of the new MK East sustainable urban extension which is currently under construction. The new building is part of a GSS-designed community flagship development arranged around a central public square. This hub includes a new build 3FE primary school, nursery, community building, and public performance and community cohesion spaces.
The health hub is an inclusive, fully-accessible facility which homes a range of GP consultancy rooms, pharmacy, community rooms, childcare, councelling rooms, mental health suites, treatment and minor operation suites, health and activity spaces/equipment/gym, healthy eating facilities, and supporting office accommodation.
The Yews Residential Home for the Elderly, Northamptonshire
Located within the Burton Latimer Conservation Area, The Yews Residential Home for the Elderly is an existing Grade II listed residential home, and we have designed a contemporary new build, two-storey extension.
The extension will provide 16 single bedrooms with private en-suite bathrooms and associated welfare accommodation, which will be linked to the existing listed building by a new glazed link.
A further two shower rooms and a bathroom will be provided for users who require assistance and, along with additional bedrooms, the new building will provide a lounge and dining room area.
The design of the extension and glazed link have been carefully considered with context in mind, so that they are complementary to the existing buildings found on the site and also within the conservation area as a whole.
NHS
Administration Department, The Lumen, Newcastle Helix
We were appointed supported Robertson Construction as Architects and Principal Designers to undertake the full fit out of the existing vacant shell and core for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We worked to extremely tight timescales during the COVID-19 pandemic to space plan, detail and deliver the project in a matter of weeks. The team collaborated and coordinated effectively with both the hospital and the contractor to ensure timescales were met.
The fit out and design were specified to accommodate social distancing and different ways of working in the workplace with the view that working practices needed to be agile and accommodating to different peoples needs and aspirations, as well as legislation.
Macmillan Cancer Support Centre, Kettering General Hospital
We were appointed as Architects to deliver a brand new Cancer Support Centre to Kettering General Hospital.
The new centre, which is the first of its kind in Northamptonshire, will be used by people who are living with, or are affected by cancer, and will offer them support, resources and therapeutic services. The centre is situated within the courtyard inside the main hospital site, and will be operated by Kettering General Hospital, alongside their partner, Macmillan Cancer Support.
Situated on a difficult site, the building was designed to make the best use of the available space, whilst providing an engaging and sympathetic environment for users of the centre. The unique curved nature of the plan enables the building to interact with several interesting external spaces that have been created, while maintaining the requirement for a less clinical, private and calming setting.
services, specialist teams & procurement
Our work includes the full range of services covering architectural design, feasibilities, 3D graphics and animation, interior design, estate strategies, conservation and heritage, principal designer and one-stop-shop.
Our specialist in-house teams are collaborating with industry leaders to research and develop the latest technologies and processes that can be incorporated into our designs.
Professional services frameworks have become increasingly important over recent years as a method to engage construction professionals in a way that ensures compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and that promote a more streamlined way of partnering in the longer term.
As a practice, we have secured positions on a range of established, Find a Tender (OJEU replacement) compliant formal frameworks, which enables easier, quicker and cheaper procurement routes for our clients.
Architectural Services
As experienced Chartered Architects we can work with you to explore your options, bringing a wide range of experience, innovations and best practice to realise your vision.
We can bring a wide range of innovations and best practice from our different sectors to meet your specific needs and aspirations. This experience includes masterplanning, new builds, remodelling and extensions and specialist heritage advice.
We will work with you in a collaborative way to develop a workable brief to explore design concepts and options, to manage your project through the planning process, the development of detailed design proposals, details and specifications, together with all necessary statutory approval processes.
Feasibilities
Feasibility studies are an extremely important part of the development process. By carefully mapping out your options, risks, constraints, and opportunities we can present creative proposals and scheme appraisals that are deliverable, viable and fit for purpose. Developing your brief is fundamental to this process.
Our highly experienced teams work on a wide variety of projects, ranging in both sector and size. This means that the knowledge, experience and ‘lessons learnt’ can be brought to benefit your feasibility brief and our experience allows your dedicated project team to explore all the options quickly and effectively to arrive at an appropriate project delivery strategy.
Masterplanning
A good masterplan is not just about the distribution of land use, it should provide you a sound starting point to create healthy communities and well-planned development strategies. A masterplan should give you a carefully considered and well thought out long-term planning document that serves as a conceptual plan to guide future growth and development.
Master planning is all about setting the standard that creates an appropriate sense of place, connecting buildings with social, public and cultural spaces to create environments that help communities to thrive.
3D Graphics / Animation
As a streamlined part of our service offering, 3DLABS is our in-house digital design studio that specialises in CGI visualisations, 3D printing and marketing support services. They offer these services to communicate our clients designs, concepts, products or services to a wider audience, allowing them to be represented in the most visually appealing medium.
They have been offering these services for nearly a decade, gathering a diverse client base with their own unique needs and requirements.
The studio is made of a highly skilled team, led by their Studio Manager who has over 15 years of industry experience. He is supported by a team who each bring their own passions and specialisms, with photorealistic renders, interior design, graphic design to name a few.
Interior Design
In recent years, there has been an increased awareness of how the built environment can impact health and productivity, and its added benefits to help institutions flourish. Organisations are now focusing their efforts on how to use the built environment for mental health and wellbeing by encouraging choice, movement and relaxation, controlling temperature, noise levels and air quality, ergonomic furniture, plants, and adding breakout areas. These are all fundamental components of good interior design.
Our interior design services include interior layouts and drawings, internal elevations, room data sheets, space planning and interior architecture, furniture selection and accessories, custom furniture and textile design and colour palette consultation.
Estates Strategies
Estate Strategies are critically important documents to have in place to provide a framework and direction for how an estate needs to grow and evolve to support you in delivering your strategic objectives. Estate strategies are important to a number of our higher education clients for example, and we have worked with a number of UK based universities to help them define their strategies.
Good estate strategies can add value to other large estates however, such as landed estates or multiacademy trusts for example. Our teams have the depth of skills and experience in house to work with you and your estates teams to consider whole estate strategies and how individual projects might fit into the ‘bigger picture.’
Heritage
If you are an owner or custodian of buildings with historical significance, we can help to understand your properties, advise on the best techniques to care for them and make sensitive changes that will mean your heritage assets are both successful and sustainable.
Whether a simple Grade II* Listed House or a complex World Heritage Site, all heritage assets have their own story and unique value and getting the right advice from a well-qualified, specialist team can really make the difference.
Principal Designer - CDM
The importance of the Principal Designer’s role cannot be underestimated and the skills that make a good Principal Designer should never be omitted from a development project. Fundamentally, a good Principal Designer helps to ensure that everyone involved in construction stays safe during the course of their work and complies with the statutory duties and we often provide this service on schemes where we have also been appointed as Architect and/or Lead Consultant.
GSS can give you the confidence of knowing that our organisational approach to Health and Safety is led from partner level, ensuring that all our teams receive regular training, making certain that processes are in place to plan and manage health and safety throughout the project and helping to protect everyone’s health and safety.
Principal Designer - BR
The appointment of a Principal Designer – Building Regulations (BR) is required for all construction projects, from small domestic extensions to complex multimillion-pound developments. If your project is classed as a ‘Higher-Risk Building’ under the Building Safety Act 2022, then additional requirements apply.
Our Principal Designers have undergone competency assessments in line with PAS 8671 requirements and will be able to assist and guide you in navigating your legal duties under the Building Safety Act 2022. They will ensure that you fully understand your duties before any design work commences.
One Stop Shop
Successful construction projects rely on the right balance between design and project control, including project and cost management. We can offer you a streamlined consulting service bringing together all of the design team partners that you need from across our network of approved supply chain partners.
Using a one stop shop service is not right for everyone, but it can mean that you benefit from a single point of contact for your integrated design team. Our teams will use their construction knowledge and cost planning experience to offer expert advice on construction approaches and procurement options. This begins from the very initial feasibility testing of a project, right through until the handover of the completed building.
All successful partnerships are founded on taking a truly collaborative approach to achieving common aims and objectives. Clear communication is therefore an essential part of collaboration, alongside developing and nurturing a culture of working together as one team. GSS have a successful track record of achieving excellent outcomes through working collaboratively and can draw on our experience and lessons learned over the years to encourage and drive collaboration.
Sustainability
With climate change being one of the biggest challenges we face in our lifetime, GSS are committed to ensuring their projects are designed to incorporate innovative, sustainable solutions that not only benefit the building user, but the wider environment.
Our in-house Sustainability Innovation Group are collaborating with industry leaders to research and develop the latest technologies and sustainable processes that can be incorporated into our designs. The basic objectives of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimise waste, and create healthy, productive environments.
Artificial Intelligence
GSS’s in-house Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Group is responsible for providing comprehensive guidance and assistance, ensuring the safe and appropriate utilisation of AI within our work.
This dedicated team from across the UK actively explores both the limitations and opportunities of AI, striving to enhance quality and efficiency. We have implemented a structured plan that is aimed at identifying opportunities through harnessing the latest advancements in AI technology and the team will research and assess these to ensure that they align with our moral and ethical standards.
Fostering a collaborative environment, the group encourages innovation and integration of AI technologies that can add value to our clients. Their efforts include developing customised AI solutions, training for wider GSS team members, and overseeing a robust framework for AI governance.
Our in-house AI Innovation Group plays a crucial role in driving GSS’s commitment to leveraging the benefits of AI and maintaining our competitive edge in the industry.
Net Zero Carbon
Many of our clients have set Net Zero Carbon or Carbon Neutral targets for their buildings and estates through either decarbonisation of their current estate, or through targeting Net Zero Carbon in new buildings or investments.
We are also on our own route to becoming Carbon Neutral by 2030, a target which, although complex and challenging, we believe to be realistic and genuine.
Health and Wellbeing
There is an increasing awareness of how our environment can affect our physical and mental health and the impact that this has on our productivity and wellbeing. The Covid pandemic has reinforced the importance of good mental and physical health for everyone in society and there is an increased focus on the need for more human-centred, sustainable environments that support the people who work and live in them.
We understand that good design is at the centre of this and has real power to improve peoples’ lives and support organisations, delivering places that support health, comfort, and happiness. The quality of environment can help to reduce staff turnover, improve outputs, and attract new people to an organisation.
Our designers are trained to look at how new and existing buildings, and external spaces, can deliver high quality places that is not only functional, adaptable, and efficient but is also welcoming, inclusive and supportive.
Procurement
Professional services frameworks have become increasingly important over recent years as a method to engage construction professionals in a way that ensures compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and that promotes a more streamlined way of partnering in the longer term.
As a practice, we have secured positions on a range of established, UK compliant frameworks, which enables easier, quicker and cheaper procurement routes for our clients. In addition to our national and regional frameworks, GSS have also secured places on a number of university frameworks across the country.
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