Company News G F TOMLINSON DONATES £35,000 IN SERVICES TO CHARITY PARTNER TREETOPS HOSPICE Midlands-based contractor G F Tomlinson and its partners Arc Partnership and Perfect Circle have donated more than £35,000 in services to end-of-life charity partner Treetops Hospice, as part of its Local Communities Partnership Programme.
D DIAMOND BUILD AWARDED £4.4M SCHOOL REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT Diamond Build PLC has secured a £4.4m contract to refurbish a Surrey-based primary school.
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ocated in Guildford, Bramley Oak Academy caters for boys aged 5-11 with Special, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The project will enable the school to reach wider numbers of children requiring SEMH support and provide a more suitable environment for learning. Diamond Build PLC will be responsible for transforming a two-storey building spanning 1,700 sq m. Internal walls will be demolished to create larger teaching spaces, followed by structural works and a full fit out. The entire mechanical and electrical system will be replaced and new partitions, ceilings, doors, fixtures and fittings installed. The scope of works also includes associated landscaping and perimeter fencing.
Working to a tight construction programme, Diamond Build PLC is scheduled to be on site for 37 weeks. Simon Wildes, Commercial Director at Diamond Build PLC, said: “This is an extensive refurbishment which we will be delivering in four phases. The first two will need to be completed by the beginning of September, ensuring a significant part of the work is carried out during the summer holidays. The remaining works will be completed while the school is occupied and will require very stringent measures to minimise the impact on pupils and staff. “We will be working closely with the school to make sure the children’s SEMH needs are considered throughout the project, including minimising noise.”
uring the last 12 months, G F Tomlinson has been working closely with the hospice to provide advice and project management services on a pro bono basis, to aid in Treetops’ aims to improve its estate, including staff offices and external landscaping at its main site in Risley, Derbyshire. The Local Communities Partnership Programme is a collaborative initiative developed by G F Tomlinson, which is aimed at supporting communities and charitable bodies within the region. It is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to delivering social, economic and environmental benefits to the local communities in which it works through the SCAPE Regional Construction framework, a direct award framework that drives collaboration, efficiency, time and cost savings. Treetops Hospice, which provides care and support to more than 3,000 local people every year, was selected as the finalist following a ‘Dragon’s Den’-style event last year. G F Tomlinson and its partners, Arc Partnership, a joint venture between Nottinghamshire County Council and SCAPE, and Perfect Circle, have provided over 325 hours of time and expertise to the hospice, equating to £35,000, and is the equivalent cost for Treetops Hospice to do one of the following:
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provide an at-home nursing service for five weeks allow for nurses to be at the bedside of 324 terminally ill people allow for roaming nurses to respond to 515 calls for help during the night allow for its counsellors to be there for more than 90 children when someone close to them passes away
Working together, the partners have provided Treetops with designs and budget advice for landscaping and boardwalk improvements to increase safety and accessibility of their grounds. They have also provided professional services for structural assessment, design and costing to enable the reconfiguration of hospice offices and backroom spaces to provide improved working areas for their dedicated and caring staff.