Residential Development and Regeneration

Residential Development and Regeneration John Rowan and Partners www.jrp.co.uk

Residential Development We have specialist teams: existing and new build residential, each with expert joint venture advisors, project managers/ employer’s agents, quantity surveyors, compliance experts, quality inspectors and building surveyors. As part of Bellrock Group, we can now provide an even broader range of services through our sister companies.

More than just consultants who deliver construction projects, we are experts in ‘place making’. For us it is not just about buildings or units, but about delivering successful communities and homes that will stand the test of time. We believe the legacy of projects we have delivered over the past four decades is testament to this.

The key to a successful project is fully understanding the objectives and needs of all key stakeholders and communication at all levels.

This is evidenced in our existing long-term working relationships with clients such as A2Dominion Group (over 25 years), Sovereign Network Group (formerly Network Homes), One Housing and Notting Hill Genesis (all over 15 years). Other key clients include Catalyst Housing, Emerald (Ealing) LLP, Green Man Lane LLP, Guinness Partnership, Hill Partnerships, L&Q, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Harrow, London Borough of Hillingdon, London Borough of Newham, New Ladderswood LLP, Real Group, Sherrygreen Homes, Southern Housing Group and Vistry Partnership.

Estate regeneration We have years of experience in the estate regeneration sector. We have delivered results and are helping to positively influence housing and the environment for the communities involved, transforming the space in which they live in.

Our dedicated residential development and regeneration team consists of 14 employer’s agents, project managers, joint venture supervisors and quantity surveyors. Currently, we are delivering over £1.1bn of construction projects, including almost 1,000 new homes on-site (an average of 500 new homes delivered each year) and have over 4,000 new homes in the pipeline. Our team is made up of highly skilled experts with multiple specialist skills to call on at different levels. We operate with a strong team ethic, constantly applying the right expertise to specific needs of projects. We bring added value through social value with community engagement being a key focus.

Our experience in regeneration doesn’t come much bigger than the multiple services we have provided at the Green Man Lane estate regeneration in London Borough of Ealing since 2008. A six-phase regeneration over an 18-year programme, transforming the existing estate into a mixed-use, multi-tenure development of 900+ homes, it includes a marketing suite off-site; public realm; community café; new primary school replacing the existing; energy centre and network with off-site exported heat; and management office. Working closely with partners A2Dominion Group, Green Man Lane LLP and Real Group, this estate has been transformed from a financial, social and environmental perspective.

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Team Leaders Residential Development and Regeneration Robert Russell

Paul O’Connor

Executive Director

Director

Robert joined John Rowan and Partners in 1997, as lead quantity surveyor on multiple retail outlet programmes. He is currently a lead member of the residential development and regeneration team, delivering large scale projects for the public sector especially local authorities.

Paul has been with the company for over 20 years. Since joining the residential development and regeneration team in 2006, he has become a key player in leading, managing and delivering schemes with our registered provider and local authority clients – with a focus on joint ventures and large-scale projects.

Dominic Cherry

Trevor Greenhalgh

Director

Director

Since joining us in 2012, Dominic has successfully led many schemes (land-led, S106, estate regeneration) and clients including the £250m+, 850+ home Green Man Lane estate regeneration.

One of his main strengths is delivering projects under a joint venture arrangement between the public and private sectors.

Trevor has worked on major regenerations and understands the requirements of client organisations, tenants, leaseholders, commercial stakeholders and local authority members and officers, with strength in multi-phased estate regeneration projects developed over 20 years experience (almost 15 with us).

John Rowan and Partners is a people business, we live our values every day.

We are “people thinking about people”.

Managing Director Mash Halai Managing Director Mash has been with the business since 1995 and was appointed managing director in April 2023.

He leads the business and drives our people focussed legacy of growing talent, providing exceptional service and commitment to long-term collaboration with key partners.

Safety Compliance Dan Bryan Associate Director & Head of Safety Compliance (PD, CDM & Asbestos) Dan joined John Rowan and Partners in 2019, with 15 years’ experience in asbestos management related roles across a wide range of sectors. He oversees our asbestos compliance consultancy and CDM/principal designer team who have all the necessary skills under the CDM 2015 Regulations.

Building Surveying Calum Pearse Director & Head of Building Surveying Calum joined the company in 2012 on an internship as a graduate building surveyor/project manager. Since then, he has progressed to senior building surveyor and now partner and head of building surveying, gaining MRICS status in 2015. He leads a team that delivers a wide range of building surveying services to the public and private sector.

Reliable, proactive, trustworthy – words that spring to mind when describing how John Rowan and Partners has met all and surpassed many expectations with their help and assistance in the delivery of over 2,000 new homes for A2Dominion Group since 2003. We have placed our trust in the John Rowan and Partners team to deliver another 1,000 new homes and support our vision to build high quality homes and communities.

Danny Lynch, Director of Land and Development, A2Dominion Group

Our Services We are a truly multi-skilled business with expertise in all sectors of the property and construction industry, working in both the public and private sector.

Employer’s agent/development monitoring Our philosophy is to truly be your ‘agents’ – representing your interests, your aims, and your priorities to the rest of the project team. As well as the key areas of programme, quality and cost, we manage stakeholder expectations and relationships.

As employer’s agents, we tailor our service to the employer’s requirements you’ve set out, and have even drafted these requirements for our clients. All our employer’s agents are experienced and qualified in both project management and cost management, allowing them to perform any combination of duties on your behalf.

We offer many other services including: Contract administration Project monitoring We constantly strive to succeed and provide innovative solutions for our projects, delivering an effective professional service for our clients.

Quantity surveying John Rowan and Partners is one of the top 50 leading quantity surveying firms in the UK. We control and manage cost at all stages of a project from initial feasibility to final accounts.

Our cost managers work with private and public sector clients to optimise their investments. We strive for the best approach, supporting our clients’ aspirations in quality, value and sustainability, throughout a development’s lifecycle.

Quantity surveying is our roots – in 1982 John Rowan and Partners began life as a quantity surveying firm – and from that we have grown to offer a range of cost services:

Feasibility/viability studies

Cost management

Cost planning

Capital and taxation planning

Insurance reinstatement costs

Contract and procurement advice

Risk management

Value management and engineering

Joint venture supervisor We are experts in joint venture projects and have been working on them since 2008, helping our partners deliver approximately 1,500 new homes in London. Our specialist team will help you get it right.

As joint venture supervisors, we play a huge role in helping partners achieve more and deliver projects beyond their own capacity while sharing risk and reward. Our specialists have extensive experience with delivering large scale developments while expertly managing the interests of all joint venture parties.

We can facilitate open conversations around your individual objectives at the start and bear these differences in mind when undertaking the initial project management, as well as helping to shape the agreed roles and responsibilities.

Like any successful partnership – trust, honesty and clear communication is vital.

Project management John Rowan and Partners’ philosophy for successful project management is simple; it’s about minimum risk with maximum value. It is critical that any project runs smoothly.

Many different services fall into project management from the preparation of each individual case and the development of frameworks to straightforward procurement, design, delivery of construction and general operations. All services are different and require a certain skill set to be successful.

Our project management services include:

Planning management

Employer’s agent

Supply chain management

Defects management

Programme management

KPI management

Building surveying

Quality monitoring There is no substitute for experience when assessing the quality of construction works. Each of our clerk of works/site inspectors has a range of practical experience and can readily identify substandard works and corrective actions.

Clerk of works/site inspectors do more than check that quality is up to scratch. They are your eyes and ears on site and will help you, and any consultant partners, identify and manage risks. If a contractor is having cash flow problems they will notice a lack of material deliveries, inadequate resourcing or disgruntled supply chain partners. If works are overrunning, they will flag it immediately, allowing you to put mitigating actions in place. Our inspectors are involved in design team meetings, quality assurance reviews and key gateway inspections to see that works are of the right quality.

Our project monitoring services include:

Clerk of works

Site inspection

Bank/fund/development monitoring

Our team is a ‘one-stop shop’. From technical due diligence, reinstatement cost assessments and party wall advice to intrusive defects identification and remediation. This specialist team deliver for, and protect our clients’ assets.

Whether clients want advice on legal matters (or an expert witness), building repairs or comprehensive surveying expertise on multi-site projects, or capital allowance guidance, we can help. As well as being one of our primary business activities, building surveying is one of the core components of our project management capabilities. We work with our clients to devise progressive delivery solutions focused on best value.

Following the Hackitt report and Building Safety Act, we have supported clients to review their buildings and have established a clear best practice approach for internal and external intrusive surveys, fire related compliance inspections and training.

Our team has experience of delivering a wide range of external wall remediation projects. Our comprehensive and thorough process allows all documentation, from the health and safety file and operations and maintenance manual through to Regulation 38 information, to be detailed and complete to form the ‘golden thread’.

Wider specialist services > Design, risk management

Safety Compliance Under the CDM Regulations 2015, construction clients hold a considerable amount of responsibility for health and safety. We make sure you are aware of your duties at every stage of construction and can discharge them as easily and efficiently as possible.

On individual projects we can act as your principal designers – many main contractors and architects are unqualified or unwilling to take on this role. Our safety compliance procedures and guidance manual and checklists ensure you are aware of your duties at every stage and can fufil them easily and efficiently. We emphasise that reams of paperwork and red tape are neither necessary or desirable, and work to design out risks before they become a problem.

Recent projects

Green Man Lane

For your organisation as a whole we can devise health and safety policies, from asbestos to lone working. We can also conduct health and safety audits on your sites to demonstrate your due diligence in checking that suppliers are adhering to the CDM Regulations.

Our safety compliance services include:

Principal designer

CDM client advisor

Health and safety site inspections

Health and safety audits/ gap analysis

Legislation compliance practical advice

Health and safety policy advice and development

Electronic document management

Asbestos compliance expertise

Electrical complicance/ clerk of works

South Kilburn

NW Bicester Eco Town

Asbestos Management Asbestos was widely used in construction in the UK, between 1950 and 1980. Over 170k tonnes were imported each year and today, it is estimated that 6 million tonnes of asbestos remains in situ.

Ineffective management of these materials is proven to present a risk of exposure which can lead to serious health conditions and, in some cases, be fatal.

Under Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR2012), the legal responsibility to manage asbestos usually rests with the person in control of maintenance activities, also known as the duty holder. The duty holder is responsible for ensuring any asbestos within their premises is well managed to reduce exposure to all persons who may be at risk.

If you are the duty holder or responsible for the maintenance and repair of a premises built before the year 2000…

Are you aware of your full responsibilities as set out in CAR2012?

Is there an up-to-date asbestos register detailing the location and condition of each asbestos containing material (ACM)?

Is there an asbestos management plan in place detailing how asbestos is managed?

Are staff and contractors appropriately trained?

Are there sufficient emergency procedures?

Through careful management, strategic planning, and financial verification, we have provided our clients with significant cost savings while maintaining a high level of compliance.

KEY CLIENTS

A one-stop shop approach to asbestos management is usually not the best approach…

We often find organisations are heavily reliant upon their asbestos contractors to guide them with asbestos management. To ensure best value and avoid conflict of interest, those supporting the duty holder should be independent from those undertaking inspections and remedial work.

What can we do for you?

Asbestos management plan and policy creation Asbestos tenders and frameworks Accident and incident investigation Asbestos removal project management Seconded asbestos managers Safety management systems UKATA approved training

Project Health Checks

> Live site technical, programme and commercial reviews Project Health Checks Commissioned by L&Q to carry out bespoke health check reviews on several live projects at various stages in and around London and surrounding counties and across the Greater Manchester area. The sites comprised of 5000+ homes, a mixture of large scale regenerations and smaller sites.

We visited each site to meet the lead delivery teams and review the following: Collateral warranties documents – status of all project agreements/contracts, Collateral Warranties, for example.

Procurement – snapshot of contractor packages, status of appointments.

Programme – status of target programme, monthly snapshot of programme, commentary on end date.

Financials/PPR review – review latest cashflow, subcontract payments, consultant payments, cost report, anticipated final account, variations, claims.

Technical/design & quality – review procedures; implementation, inspection, signoff.

Site records including resource, progress photographs, site diaries, building control inspections documentation in place.

Design review – status of drawings and add commentary whether to progress at this stage.

Value engineering considerations – materials, ways of constructing, sequencing.

Risk management – process for identifying/mitigating.

Handover & completion – what this looks like i.e. phased, sectional all-in-one go.

Stakeholder management and communication during the process.

Bank Monitoring At John Rowan and Partners, our function is not only to provide a full risk review of the project viability and continuous monitoring through the currency of the development to the lender, but also to assist the developer in their performance to ensure a project is completed on time, in a safe environment, to required quality standards and within budget.

We provide an expert assessment of development projects for lenders, owner occupiers, developers and tenants. We de-risk the project to provide successful outcomes and meet investment objectives on programme and budget.

We provide an independent and impartial assessment of the project as it progresses, thereby giving you a tool to manage risk and protect your interests.

We attend pre-construction meetings for each development in addition to regular on-site project meetings, allowing us to gain insight into the project’s progress and any potential issues which may arise. Reports on the site meetings are included within our monthly drawdown reports to the lender.

Recent projects

ABN AMRO

These services provide greater protection of our client’s interest, thereby improving the probability of delivering the right product at the right price and on time. We are able to make a valuable contribution to reducing lenders’ risk exposure, improving the prospects of a successful completion of the development.

Our service will be tailored to reflect the requirements of the lender and reflect the type of development to be undertaken.

Luxury 5-bed home

The team Richard Barnard Senior Surveyor and Development Monitoring Richard’s experience has been invaluable for our clients in his position as development monitor, where he has monitored over 140 projects totaling £156m in value. He works with banks and other financial institutions providing advice on projects ranging in value from £50k up to £7m.

RateSetter projects

William Thomas Building Surveyor William works within the project monitoring team where he advises banks on the inherent risk in lending for new development, with focus on the pre-construction to completion of new build projects.

MK stadium & retail park

RESIDENTIAL

KEY PROJECTS

GREEN MAN LANE ESTATE, EALING £400m+ Project Value

900+

18

New Homes

Year Regeneration

Delivering multiple services across this residential and school project A residential regeneration scheme delivered over multiple phases providing 900+ new homes consisting of 1 to 3-bedroom apartments and 3 and 4-bedroom houses. A2Dominion Group and Real Places are in partnership under a joint venture arrangement delivering the estate regeneration over an 18-year programme.

The project will transform the existing 464-unit estate in the London Borough of Ealing into a mixed-use, multiple-tenure development including a new three-form entry primary school, community café, amenity space, links to the wider community and highways infrastructure. The redevelopment will link the estate more effectively to West Ealing town centre, encouraging future investment and helping to revitalise the area as a whole.

During the regeneration, the resident groups and community facilities have been prioritised, with full consultation at each phase and retention of amenities and neighbourhood functions for existing estate residents.

A temporary community centre has been provided until the new build replacement is completed in a later phase, fulfilling essential community needs.

The resident steering group has driven resident consultation throughout the design stages and during the decanting process. The scheme enables residents to personalise their new homes with choices of kitchen and bathroom colour ranges and floor coverings. Wheelchair user requirements and other adaptations have all been incorporated into new homes before residents move in.

Operationally within joint venture arrangements, there are multiple interfaces and stakeholders to consult and seek approval from at each stage. In our role, we have successfully proposed and driven forward a strategic core group, which we chair, to link the project team and the joint venture partners.

Client: A2Dominion Group, Real Places and Green Man Lane LLP Sector: Residential Services: Joint venture supervisor Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Safety compliance Site inspector Building surveying including party walls Key Successes:

Managing multiple stakeholders

Managing sales changes during construction

Delivered a primary school, community cafe and management office

Delivered an enhanced energy centre to meet the needs of the wider community and stakeholders

Set up & chair strategic core group meetings

Resident satisfaction achieved.

Phase by phase ‘lessons learned’ improvements

Delivered off-site bespoke marketing suite

We have been involved with the scheme from inception throughout the bid and master planning stages. We are delivering multiple services across residential and school projects providing essential guidance and leadership for our clients.

Now, in the construction phases, we continue to operate as key team members at both project level and strategically at core group director level.

St John’s Primary School

LADDERSWOOD ESTATE, ENFIELD £140m+ Project Value

517

85

New Homes

Bedroom Hotel

A complex scheme requiring proactive management from the outset The project will provide 517 apartments and family houses for private sale, shared ownership and social rent with associated parking and landscaping. The project also includes the design and construction of six commercial units, a community centre and an 85-bedroom hotel. An onsite energy centre replaced the existing district heating system and will provide social, community facilities and private properties with power and heating. One Housing and Sherrygreen Homes in partnership under a joint venture arrangement delivering the estate regeneration over a six phase programme.

A key challenge at the outset was how to deal with the construction cost inflation we have been seeing in the market; two of our staff gave a presentation at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s conference on this subject. We recommended the agreement of fixed base construction costs with the use of ‘open book’ inflation tracking via the building cost information service (the cost database used by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). This meant that build cost inflation was transparent and tracked a live market rather than estimating the pricing of inflationary risk at the outset. We actively monitor and evaluate the inflation at agreed periods which is proving satisfactory for both joint venture partners.

As a multiphase scheme with different tenures, one challenge was how the units would be allocated per phase, considering the clients’ key objectives. With the scheme originally planned to complete over five phases, we recommended that a six-phase programme be carried out to benefit the client. The change would increase cross subsidy and maximise sales at an earlier point in construction and would also assist in managing the peak cash flow for the scheme, with monies being expended at a lower rate. We reviewed and challenged the programme provided by the contractor at regular intervals to ensure that this was feasible and provided realistic dates so that the client could manage their internal stakeholders accordingly.

Ladderswood is a complex scheme, requiring proactive management from the outset. In our view, the key to managing risk in construction phases is early identification. We chaired separate client meetings (in addition to site progress and stakeholder meetings) to highlight and draw out the key risks. From this, we developed and progressed strategies both sides were comfortable with and allocated key tasks to the client team to progress, with prescribed timescales to monitor against. This helped keep the team focused on key decisions required; enabled deadlines to be met; and kept all parties aware of the overall progress on site. Ultimately, this fed into how the client felt about the scheme, improving their satisfaction with our delivery role.

Client: One Housing, New Ladderswood LLP Sector: Residential Services: Joint venture supervisor Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Site inspector Party wall surveyor Key Successes:

Set up and run additional commercial and risk management meetings with LLP/JV Partners

Managing sales changes during construction

Negotiated reduced cost exposure for the energy centre upgrade and its potential for wider community connection

Identify change management techniques

Instrumental in liaison and coordination of major site wide diversions to help minimise future risks and abortive costs

Revised phasing and cash flow to suit viability needs of the project

Resident satisfaction

EAST VILLAGE – 2012 OLYMPIC VILLAGE £450m+ Project Value

2,818

1,800

New Homes

Student Campus

A lasting legacy of the 2012 Olympic games The Athletes Village in Stratford consists of 2818 apartments, an Academy campus for 1800 students, ten hectares of open space, extensive transport links and a healthcare centre. Our first role at the Athletes Village was to perform housing quality indicator (HQI) assessments on behalf of Lendlease.

Client: Lendlease/ ODA /Triathlon Homes

These consisted of assessing the ‘unit layout’ indicator of the HQI form and setting the standard for the assessment following extensive discussions with stakeholders. It was important to clarify the needs and importance of the HQI assessment to the Lendlease project managers and the various architects to propose improvements where units failed to achieve the minimum score required, then re-assessing units after drawings had been amended.

Services: Independent certifier Project/performance monitoring Site inspector HQI assessors

We were then commissioned as independent certifier: liaising with all plot contractors, employer’s agents, client project managers and the Lendlease team. We assisted with compliance and performance monitoring against specified drawings, building regulations and specifications requirements, highlighting perceived risks on any movements in programme. Our role also included: reviewing contractors snagging lists and certify satisfactory completion of snag items and reviewing mechanical and electrical testing; commissioning to verify compliance with agreed design; assessing management service provider’s validation of key mechanical, electrical, public health and lift installations and certifying that the buildings had been constructed in accordance with the set criteria and that all planning and agreement for lease conditions had been discharged.

The key achievement on the project was finding solutions to the challenges of a multi-stakeholder and complex project.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

Commissioned as independent certifier

Highlighted any perceived risks on movements in programme

Assisted with performance monitoring against specified drawings

Finding solutions to the challenges of a multi-stakeholder and complex project

HIGH LANE ESTATE, EALING £40m+ Project Value

3

184

Phase Scheme

New Homes

An exciting three phase regeneration of the existing High Lane estate An exciting three phase regeneration of the existing High Lane estate in Ealing, West London. Ealing Council will be providing 184 homes that will be a mix of social rent, discount market rent and share equity properties as part of a wider 461 home development.

On appointment we have added value to the client by reviewing the development costs against the targeted land values, pointing out anticipated risks. By engaging with the project team early on, we have been able to incorporate specification improvements, ‘lessons learned’ benefits from previous council schemes, more robust conditions and more concise requirements.

To ensure this regeneration scheme provides a whole-life benefit to the council, we have provided initial comments based on our extensive experience on residential regenerations incorporating energy centres.

Client: London Borough of Ealing Sector: Residential Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Site inspector

Key Successes:

Recommending proposals to amend agreed payment terms to avoid council’s risk

Early design review sessions with project team

Attendance at resident engagement meetings

“Having worked with John Rowan and Partners on the St John’s Primary School project, I would personally recommend John Rowan and Partners as a very professional and competent firm of multi-disciplinary property and construction consultants.”

Terence Mulvihill Senior Project Manager London Borough of Ealing

CITROEN SITE, CHISWICK £120m+ Project Value

440+

50%

New Homes

Affordable housing

Initially appointed as JV supervisor for the procurement of a JV partner Regeneration of the existing car dealership into a mixed-use scheme of 441 new homes, including 50% affordable with ancillary facilities, flexible uses, a nursery, associated cycle parking, car parking, play space, landscaping and public realm improvements. The project achieved planning in 2020 and started on site in 2022.

Client: L&Q

Initially appointed as a strategic adviser, our immediate remit was to advise the client on options to procure this major project, noting their ‘red lines’ (non-negotiables). These included a financial contribution up-front, access to debt funding, delivering a high-quality project and optimising the project from an existing planning decision.

Services: Strategic adviser Joint venture supervisor Project manager Quantity surveyor

Considering our client’s key drivers, our advice led to the proposal of a joint venture arrangement (versus internal construction and a single or two-stage design and build tender). We acted as joint venture supervisor to procure a joint venture partner through a two-stage tender process that included private developers and Plc housebuilders. Our approach included:

expressions of interest – approached ten potential partners stage 1 SQ – with five potential partners stage 2 ITT – the final three bidders, with partner recommendation

We produced documents for each stage which were reviewed with the client team. Our systematic and methodical approach, liaising with procurement and development departments and an external legal adviser, led to a detailed process and recommendation report (issued in December 2021) focusing on assessing the quality and commercial aspects. The result was our recommendation of a partner that best meets the client’s needs, protecting their ‘red line’ requirements and securing the best financial offer, including an up-front land payment from contract (LLP agreement) completion. This enabled the client to provide cross-subsidy and develop more affordable housing on other projects.

Once on-site, our role will include acting as an independent joint venture advisor for the newly formed LLP, reviewing construction packages to achieve value for money, and managing communications between the parties.

Sector: Residential and commercial

Key Successes:

Advised on procurement options

Procured a joint venture partner

Protecting our client’s interests

Successfully progressed the scheme with our proactive approach

Joint venture advisor services for the newly formed LLP

SOUTH KILBURN ESTATE, BRENT £50m+ Project Value

229

4

New Homes

Phase Scheme

Masterplan over four phases delivering 2,400 new homes This regeneration project has a masterplan over four phases, estimated to be complete by 2023. Overall, it will deliver 2,400 homes, of which 1,200 will be made available to existing residents. It will also include a new primary school, new health facilities and an improved public realm, enhancing environmental standards.

Client: Network Homes

The project via the South Kilburn Regeneration Partners started with the demolition of two existing 18-storey 1960s towers and the design and construction of four blocks, six storeys in height with 229 mixed tenure residential units with basement parking.

Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Site inspector Safety compliance

Acting as employer’s agent, CDM co-ordinator and site inspector, we started by working closely with our client and contractor in submission of the final round bid to the council. The initial challenge at bid stage was for the team to reach consensus on the offer price – land, build, sales returns and costs – and the risks involved in the design and programme.

Once agreement was reached through risk share and incentivisation, we had challenges around optimising layouts while maintaining the integrity of the original design. This was overcome by clearly defining Network Homes’ overall objectives and requirements, communicating this to the contractor and their designers and making layout suggestions based on our experience within the residential new-build sector.

Network Homes requested changes to maximise sales values and our team has successfully negotiated significant specification upgrades to incorporate all the necessary changes. We have also been instrumental in helping to devise a sales and marketing strategy, advising on construction logistics associated with the on-site show flat and marketing complex.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

Successfully negotiated significant specification upgrades

Instrumental in helping to devise a sales and marketing strategy

Provided layout suggestions to the contractor and design team

BATTERSEA REACH, WANDSWORTH £20m+ Project Value

84

300

New Homes

Metres of new river walk

High resident satisfaction on the delivery of 84 affordable homes We were involved with phase 2 of the affordable housing element at Battersea Reach to provide affordable rent and shared ownership homes. Battersea Reach is a thriving riverside community offering a truly modern urban lifestyle with access to relaxing open spaces and fast access to businesses, shops, entertainment and international travel.

Client: Wandle Housing Association

We have worked with Wandle Housing Association on multiple large-scale section 106 schemes and continue to achieve success in delivering highquality new homes for their residents.

Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor

Working with multiple stakeholders, we were able to facilitate a smooth handover and transition to occupation of the homes at Battersea Reach.

We have been able to assist with maintaining relationships between all parties and ensure the vision is delivered across the development between private, shared ownership and affordable rented homes.

We are delighted that our approach to delivery has been commended by the clients for the affordable delivery, the programme milestones and the expectation of high quality homes to achieve resident satisfaction.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

Working with multiple stakeholders

Assisting shared ownership sales changes during construction

Delivering fast track inspections

Providing expert advice on development agreement

Resident satisfaction achieved

KING GEORGE’S GATE, TOLWORTH £50m

Project Value

210+

UXO

New Homes

Discovered 10m underground

A major regeneration project, the largest in the borough for 50 years Appointed on the first phase of a major regeneration project, the largest of its kind in the borough for more than 50 years. The site had already been prepared for development with detailed planning permission for 211 shared ownership homes and ground floor community space including a restaurant and café, a nursery, and 60 parking spaces.

Client: Guinness Developments

We established our team with the correct level and seniority to proactively deliver. We set out the key challenges for our first 100 days, including resolving planning amendments, the interface with TFL’s highways works, incoming utilities and diversion being paid direct by the employer, main contractor’s programme, site set-up and health and safety best practice, and how the fire safety information would be captured and delivered to the client. We agreed all reporting (dashboards, risk and opportunity registers) to tie into the client internal reporting and a meeting schedule with the contractor and client teams and stakeholders. We also set up a monthly senior informal meeting to allow open discussion away from the site and project teams, so parties understand upcoming pressures and can freely discuss concerns.

Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Project manager

A unexploded ordnance (UXO) was discovered by the survey company 10m underground. We successfully excavated and resolved this issue without delaying the works. There was concern from a health and safety perspective, but we managed this through the use of the right consultants and keeping all parties informed (daily reporting).

Non-performance of the local planning authority is a challenge. At present, they are a year late in reviewing planning amendments, resulting in the client starting the first phase at risk. We have to carefully manage the situation, to make sure the risks are understood and where responsibility sits. We agreed with the client to extend the planning consultant role to a hybrid role where they are helping both client and design and build contractor, so any communication with the council is coordinated and both parties’ risks can be balanced.

The client is looking to capture as much of the proposed fire safety reform/bill requirements as possible, even though these are not yet firmly established. This includes physical fire protection installation, enhancing the sprinkler installation, how the ‘golden thread’ of information is captured, implementation of construction operations building information exchange and employing a separate fire consultant to oversee the installations, monitor and check the flow of information.

We understand their concerns and are assisting them as they explore the options available at this time.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

Set out the key challenges for our first 100 days

Carefully managing non-performance of the local planning authority

Successfully excavated UXO

Capturing fire safety reform/bill requirements

UPTON GARDENS, NEWHAM £45m+ Project Value

211

840+

Affordable Homes

Homes Overall

Proactive in our approach to manage key stakeholder involvement Upton Gardens, the redevelopment of West Ham’s former Upton Park Boleyn Ground, is being developed by Barratt London and will deliver 842 new properties over multiple phases and consists of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes.

London Borough of Newham have established Future Newhome Limited to purchase homes in the borough and have a development agreement in place to purchase 211 new homes across the scheme including affordable rented and shared ownership/intermediate rented.

Our experience in the negotiation of purchases (transfer of new homes) of this type, has enabled us to meet the objective of our client to provide much needed housing. Given changes in Future Newhome Limited personnel, we have been able to act as the client and steer them through the negotiations with the developer and finalise the development agreement.

To optimise values, while maintaining flexibility, we advised on specification enhancements which were negotiated and costed before signing of the development agreement, when the client’s negotiating position was strong. As part of the negotiations, we were able to justify liquidated damages to the developer at a level to reflect the true costs of delay.

We have established a very constructive relationship between the developer and our client, understanding both sides’ key drivers and enabling variations to be simply and efficiently dealt with.

Our experience in reviewing the evolving design allows us to see that the contracted specification is met or exceeded.

We have undertaken robust design reviews providing the developer and designers with key guidance on unit layouts, design criteria compliance for funding and district heating installations. This early work has allowed us to ensure that client needs are met while allowing us to effectively administer the contract during construction.

Client: Future Newhome Limited (London Borough of Newham) Sector: Residential Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Site inspector

Key Successes:

Negotiated the affordable and shared ownership specifications

Created clear lines of communication between the developer and the client

Met the needs of the client while allowing effective administration

ESSEX BREWERY, LONGHURST PARK AND UPPER LONGCROSS £75m+ Project Value

200+

3

New Homes

Site Package Deal

A three site package scheme providing over 200 new homes On behalf of Southern Housing Group, we are managing the Crest Nicholson three site package deal, working closely with the client and their appointed legal team, to negotiate and deliver the build agreements.

Appointed as employer’s agent across all three sites, providng a total of 205 private rental, shared ownership and affordable rented homes in Walthamstow, Cranleigh and Chobham. Our role involved advising the client and negotiating the handover agreement during contract set-up.

We led on risk analysis and re-negotiated the terms, specifications and deliverables to significantly improve the deal for the client, assisted the partner during negotiations and led in the construction phase on all three projects.

The specifications were reviewed for affordable housing tenures and units for sale under a shared ownership arrangement. We negotiated betterment with uplifted specifications to mirror private sales homes, adding commercial value for our client, improving financial viabilities.

Delivered as a traditional S106 deal via a build agreement, we undertook negotiation alongside our client’s legal team of multiple areas of change in the contract to protect our client against shortcomings in the deal structure. We developed and wrote multiple processes to assist the delivery sequencing, ensure quality was achieved and focus on the completion of external landscaping, highways and footpaths around the estate. The documents were included in the build agreement and proved invaluable in the delivery with a benchmarking and quality management process being used.

Client: Southern Housing Group Sector: Residential Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor

Key Successes:

Appointed employer’s agent after helping to support a three project package deal partnership

Worked closely to negotiate and deliver the build agreements under a restricted timescale

Reviewed specifications and negotiated betterment to mirror private homes

Negotiated change to protect our client against shortcomings in the deal

Ensuring quality was achieved

“We have been working with John Rowan and Partners to secure these homes, manage risk and support the negotiations. We look forward to working with them to now deliver quality homes for the people that need them.”

Oliver Boundy Executive Director Development & Growth Southern Housing Group

CITY WHARF, HACKNEY £70m+ Project Value

327

300

New Homes

Metres of new river walk

A complex scheme next to a canal with two levels of basement construction John Rowan and Partners were employer’s agents, health and safety consultants and party wall surveyors for this 327-unit, mixed-tenure residential scheme with commercial space in the double basement and ground floors adjacent to a canal. The project is procured under a JCT design and build contract.

Client: A2Dominion Group, FABRICA

City Wharf needed a complex set of employer’s requirements to be created given three different tenures in the development, plus commercial areas. These were successfully compiled to meet programme deadlines. Demolition of existing buildings on site had to be managed carefully, given the close proximity of neighbouring properties and a canal.

Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Building surveying Safety compliance

A2Dominion reviewed the sales plans for the 153 private units in blocks C and D of the development. Following this review, a redesign of the units and the finish was requested. A2Dominion appointed WISH London to work with us and United Living’s design team, to help maximise the layouts and sales values of each unit. Our team negotiated significant variations to incorporate changes by A2Dominion to maximise sales values and worked to coordinate flow of information from the contractor to A2Dominion’s key stakeholders.

In addition, WISH London were appointed to provide designs for a marketing suite to be located within the commercial units on the ground floor of the development. Our role was to project manage the marketing suite fit-out. The programme for the works was fast tracked, starting on site in October and completing just before Christmas.

Following completion of the show flats and marketing suite, further changes to the finishes in the show flat units were requested which the team were able to successfully complete within a further three weeks.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

Successfully compiled the complex set of employer’s requirements

Negotiated significant variations to maximise sales values

Show flats and marketing suite delivered in tight deadlines

KILBURN SQUARE, WATLING GARDENS AND WINDMILL COURT, BRENT £98m+ Project Value

365+

3

New Homes

Separate sites

Three major infill estate regeneration projects providing 365+ homes We are currently appointed by the London Borough of Brent to provide pre-planning employer’s agent, project management and cost consultant services on three major infill/estate regeneration projects in Brent: Kilburn Square, 180+ new homes (£48m), Watling Gardens, 125 new homes (£34m) and Windmill Court, 60 new homes (£16m). The schemes include 100% affordable homes, an onsite energy centre and heat network and extra care purpose-built proposals.

On Kilburn Square, demolition of a redundant NHS clinic and provision of new infill development has increased the number of homes from an inital 70 to more than 180. This has been achieved by extensive resident consultation and working collaboratively with the architect, planning consultant, and London Borough of Brent’s landscape architect. Our experience has shown it is important to define what benefits can be provided to the existing residents to obtain ‘buy in’ to the proposed works.

Provision of cost estimates appropriate to the design stage enabled the team to focus on the options which best meet the project objectives. We coordinated the procurement of structural/civil engineer, mechanical and electrical consultants, daylight sunlight consultants, landscape architects, heritage consultants, fire consultants and commissioning topographical surveys.

By continually reviewing risks and opportunities on the various options we have been able to assist in optimising the scheme to meet the client’s objectives.

We have provided the following to assist the project:

Design review tracker - to capture all stakeholders’ comments and demonstrate that they have been listened to and considered

Design key considerations briefing note - covering the inevitable clashes between the various design guides and briefs

Responsibilities matrix – to see that all the required design inputs are allocated to the team members

Planning tracker – to see that all the information required at the various stages up to the full planning application are covered

Risk register – quantified with costs against each risk item and allocated to the party best placed to manage the risks

Review of employer’s requirements – to establish any changes required to meet evolving regulations, such as façade construction

Client: London Borough of Brent Sector: Residential Services: Employer’s agent Quantity surveyor Project manager

Key Successes:

Continually reviewing risks and opportunities on the various options

Optimised the schemes to meet client objectives

Coordinated the procurement of other consultants

Extensive resident consultation

NESTLE AVENUE, HAYES £20m+ Project Value

100+

JCT D&B

New Homes

Contract

100% affordable housing project bringing high-quality homes to West London Shepherds Bush Housing Association purchased the development on a pre-packaged basis with an incumbent contractor. They then appointed us to provide employer’s agent, site inspector and party wall services to deliver the scheme as 100% affordable housing with the conversion of the private homes to London affordable rented and shared ownership.

Client: Shepherds Bush Housing Association

The site extends to 0.57 acres and comprised an existing double storey industrial building. The development already had planning permission in place, for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide 103 residential homes with associated landscaping, access, car parking and cycle parking. The scheme has two cores; the south core is 4-6 storeys and the north core is 9-11 storeys. There is also a communal roof garden and children’s play space.

Services: Employer’s agent Site inspection Party wall matters

The JCT contract had to be set up to allow the employer to delay the start of the demolition so the community infrastructure levy exemption could be secured. Upon our appointment, we helped negotiate the revised contract sum and contract to capture all of our client’s specification and management requirements.

The project is due to complete in early 2024.

Sector: Residential

Key Successes:

100% affordable housing scheme

Helped negotiate revised contract sum and contract to protect client interests

Working with multiple stakeholders

Ensuring quality is achieved

Successfully progressing the scheme with our proactive approach

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