Details: New Build Timber Land Pier above Kielder Water

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Charles Barclay Architects

Awards: RIBA and Civic Trust

Details: Conversion of Grade I Listed buildings to create a museum dedicated to the Castle and Prison with extensive public realm works incorporating a scheduled ancient monument.

Services: Quantity Surveyor, Strategic Advice and Support of fund raising applications

Client: Private

Architect: Neil Holland Architects

Awards: RICS, RIBA and Civic Trust

Details: Restoration and reopening of the dilapidated cinema as a state of the art cinema and arts centre.

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Denbighshire County Council

Architect: Burrell Foley Fischer LLP

Awards: RICS

Details: New build of a private dwelling in North Devon. This building was awarded a national building of the year award.

Services: Full quantity surveying from inception to completion. The project incorporates a wealth of innovative contemporary design features. Many elements were procured from unusual sources, such as boat builders and conveyor belt manufacturers. 

Client: Private

Architect: Hudson Featherstone Architects

Awards: Civic Trust

Details: Construction of a new museum around a central courtyard including audio-visual theatre, cafe, shops and other public facilities.

Services: Full quantity surveying from inception to completion, assisting with Heritage Lottery Fund and European Objective 2 grant applications. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.

Client: Lincolnshire County Council 

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Awards: RIBA and Civic Trust

Details: New build music school

Services: Quantity Surveying and CDM Co-ordinator

Client: Sherborne School

Architect: Orms

Awards: RIBA

Details: Burke Hunter Adams were appointed by local charity Providence Row to act as Quantity Surveyors for their day centre facility. Providence Row provide support and hope to homeless people in Tower Hamlets and the City of London. The Dellow Day Centre is based in East London and provides essential services such as food, clothing and showers. The new building replaced an existing outpost building with a new extension block with an increased footprint containing an art studio, bike workshop, office space and archive storage.

Services: Quantity Surveying and CDMC Services

Client: Providence Row

Architect: Featherstone Young

Details: Independent Age are a national Charity providing support for older people. We worked with the Charity to relocate head offices into existing warehouse building following comprehensive refurbishment and promoting new ways of working.

Services: Project and Cost Management Services

Client: Independent Age

Architect: 4ORM

Details: The Charity was created by a group of Parents to set up a school as a centre of excellence and to provide help and support to others. TreeHouse is a national charity for autism education, based in Muswell Hill, North London.

Services: Client Representative

Client: Ambitious about Autism

Architect: Penoyre & Prasad

Details: Preparation of 250,000sf of banking accommodation from shell and core at Canary Wharf and other Docklands locations including provision of disaster recovery support facilities. 

Services: Project management and quantity surveying services, including fast track procurement techniques to suit phased completions of areas and services for co-ordinated relocation of over 2000 staff from other London locations. 

Client: The Bank of New York

Architect: Swanke Hayden Connell, Scott Tallon Walker

Details: Fitting out 230,000sf Category 'A' office accommodation with large trading floors, executive meeting and dining facilities plus cooling/power services to protect business operations.

Services: Project management and quantity surveying comprising due diligence activities for building selection, early ordering of key engineering and fittings components for fast track completion of fitting out, including management of staff relocation. 

Client: ING Bank

Architect: Whinney Mackay Lewis

Details: New Build Office 

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: The Duchy of Cornwall

Architect: Nick Shipp Architects

Details: New build commercial winery

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Stonor Valley Winery

Architect: Nichols Brown Webber

Details: 400,000sf R&D centre constructed in two phases on Nokia's own site with substantial Section 106 infra-structure improvements.

Services: Quantity surveying services comprising advice in respect of negotiations for site acquisition, recommendations for design and procurement activities and cost monitoring the procurement and performance of construction manager. 

Client: Nokia

Architect: Nicholas Hare Associates

Details: Burke Hunter Adams were appointed by local charity Providence Row to act as Quantity Surveyors for their day centre facility. Providence Row provide support and hope to homeless people in Tower Hamlets and the City of London. The Dellow Day Centre is based in East London and provides essential services such as food, clothing and showers. The new building replaced an existing outpost building with a new extension block with an increased footprint containing an art studio, bike workshop, office space and archive storage.

Services: Quantity Surveying and CDMC Services

Client: Providence Row

Architect: Featherstone Young

Details: New build low carbon exemplar project for the London Borough of Redbridge. Incorporating sustainability innovations including high level insulation, ground source heat pump, wind turbines, earth tube ventilation, solar panels, exhibition space and music room.

Services: Quantity Surveying, Contract Administration and Project Management Support

Client: London Borough of Redbridge

Architect: Sarah Wigglesworth

Details: Construction of a new museum around a central courtyard including audio-visual theatre, cafe, shops and other public facilities.

Services: Full quantity surveying from inception to completion, assisting with Heritage Lottery Fund and European Objective 2 grant applications. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.

Client: Lincolnshire County Council 

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: Located in the town's cultural quarter, it encompases a library, registry, theatre, community gallery, bars, restaurants and concert chamber. 

Services: Full quantity surveying from inception at design competition cost plan. A project of national importance. 

Client: Middlesborough CC

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: A new Heritage Centre as part of the redevelopment of the historical castle in Oxford.

Services: Full quantity surveying services from inception including assisting with preparation of funding bids for a multiplicity of bodies including Heritage Lottery Fund, (Stage 2 bid), English Heritage, SEDA, other Trusts.

Client: Oxford Preservation Trust 

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: Conversion of a cluster of buildings around a courtyard in the middle of historic Oxford to create a museum dedicated to stories. Ambitious multi million pound redevelopment project being implemented in Phases.  HLF and Arts Council England funded project.

Services: Quantity Surveying, strategic advice and support in seeking grant assistance.

Client: The Story Museum

Architect: Purcell

Details: New build low carbon exemplar project incorporating sustainability innovations including high level insulation, ground source heat pump, wind turbines, earth tube ventilation, solar panels, exhibition space and music room.

Services: Quantity Surveying, Contract Administration and Project Management Support

Client: London Borough of Redbridge

Architect: Sarah Wigglesworth

Details: Conversion and refurbishment of existing Listed former court building in Devizes.  HLF funded project. Website link, click here

Services: Quantity Surveying

Client: Devizes Assize Court Trust

Architect: Purcell

Details: Redevelopment of 1960s school, phased to allow the school to remain in operation during construction. Work included 35,000sf new accommodation built over existing gymnasium as well as two new gymnasia within the existing structure followed by 120,000sf of existing teaching space, library, science labs and general areas.

Services: Quantity surveying.

Client: American School in London 

Architect: ORMS

Details: New highly serviced acoustically insulated multi purpose hall

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Sherborne School

Architect: Boon Brown Architects

Details: TreeHouse is a national charity for autism education, based in Muswell Hill, North London.

Services: Client Representative

Client: Ambitous about Autism

Architect: Penoyre & Prasad

Details: New build music school

Services: Quantity Surveying and CDM Co-ordinator

Client: Sherborne School

Architect: Orms

Details: This new facility by an historic park comprises a nursery school, community centre and extensive public realm works.

Services: Full quantity surveying services including detailed cost plan at competition stage to show the realistic nature of the design within the budget. The project also involves considerable resculpting of the existing park.

Client: Sheffield City Council

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: This flagship project in Burgess Park provides a fresh and innovative new facility for the children and parents of the neighbourhood. Partially funded by Surestart and Neighbourhood Nurseries, construction on this £1.7 million scheme. 

Client: Southwark PCT

Architect: Avanti

Details: Chery Trees Schoolworks with parents and children with behavioural challenges to help keep them in mainstream education.

Services: Quantity Surveying and Employer’s Agent

Client: Cherry Trees School

Architect: In-house

Details: Construction of a new 2FE primary school and 6FE Secondary school on a site in Lyde Green

Services: Project Directorlevel support

Client: CSET (Castle School Education Trust)

Architect: South Gloucestershire Council

Details: R&M works to Marlwood and Castle Schools and support/review input into new 36 classroom block at Castle School

Services: Project Director support

Client: CSET (Castle School Education Trust)

Architect: To be appointed

Details: Cost Estimates for relocating the Library into the existing Turnberries community centre inThornbury

Services: Quantity Surveying input

Client: South Gloucestershire Council

Architect: South Gloucestershire Council

Details: Replacement wireless fire alarm system to existing school and sports hall, carried out during term time. Including power upgrades and surge protection measures.  Approx. Value £ 250k

Services: Full Project Management and Quantity surveying service

Client: Olympus Academy Trust

M&E Engineers: BJP Consulting Engineers

Details: Feasibility and full design to include a Nursery into the existing Charborough Road Primary school.  Including external play areas and covered play. Approximate Value £350k

Services: Full Project Management and Quantity Surveying service

Client: Olympus Academy Trust

Architect: Oxford Architects

Details: External playground expansion works and new staircase to existing PFI school.  Including liaising with PFI contractor and Northampton County Council.  Approx value£1m

Services: Full Project Management and Quantity Surveying service

Client: CET (CreativeEducation Trust)

Architect: Quattro Architects

Details: Working with designers to connect and transform the existing school buildings creating a common reception and union of the former Infant and Junior schools

Services: Quantity Surveyor and Employer’s Agent

Client: Creative Education Trust

Architect: DK-CM Architects

Details: Redevelopment of existing Secondary school, with replacement of 10 classroom block and 4 classroom extension.  Value £ 2.4m construction

Services: Quantity surveying

Client: CET (Creative Education Trust)

Architect: Ridge

Details: Feasibility work to consolidate the existing 9 FE site into 5/6 FE liaising with the EFSA and review of disposal of existing areas of the site to establish potential funding.  Circa £4m.

Services: Full Project Management and Quantity Surveying service

Client: CSET (Castle School Education Trust)

Architect: Quattro Architects

Details: Condition improvement works to a new Academy that the Trust is taking on.  Liaising with the EFSA, appointments of other consultants and assembling the team.

Services: : Full Project Management and Quantity Surveying service

Client: CET (Creative Education Trust)

Architect: Ridge

Details: Construction of three new detached dwellings for the use of senior teaching staff, Sherborne School.Completed November 2015

Services: Full cost management, Employers Agent, CDMC Services

Client: Sherborne School

Design and Build - CG Fry Limited

Details: 

We have worked very successfully with Nichols Brown Webber on alterations and extensions on this Grade 2 listed building. Working closely with the Architect from inception, Client brief and budget approval through devising procurement strategy, risk management, tender, contractor appointment, construction and phased hand over whist the building was fully occupied during term times.

Services: BHA provided full Quantity Surveying Services

Client: Sherborne School

Architect: Nichols Brown Webber

Details: Refurbishment of headquarters in Marylebone. Works carried out in phases with building in occupation, comprising museum, conference, library and office accommodation. 

Services: Project management and quantity surveying services including preparation of strategic property plan, negotiations of extended lease and licence to alter.

Client: British Dental Association 

Architect: ORMS

Details: Refurbishment of the College’s Grade 2 listed buildings in Cavendish Square, comprising consolidating teaching, meeting and library facilities and rationalisation of circulation routes to increase useable space with cantilevered external glazed walkways to link facilities at each level. 

Services: Project management and quantity surveying services, including compilation of brief and determination of decant and project funding strategies. 

Client: Royal College of Nursing

Architect: EPR Architects

Details: Establishment of The King’s Fund Centre in Cavendish Square, comprising renovation of Grade 2 listed Georgian villas as ancillary accommodation and part-alteration and demolition of rear buildings to construct new block with lecture theatres, seminar rooms, library and catering facilities.

Services: Quantity surveying services comprising cost advice for site acquisition, procurement advice and cost control for all construction, IT and fitting out elements. 

Client: The King’s Fund

Architect: Derek Latham & Co

Details: Construction of a new doctors surgery and childrens centre in Radstock, including off site Section 278 works and extensive diversions of services. Steel driven piling.  Split funding responsibilities

Services: Quantity Surveying

Client: Hope House Surgery/BANES

Architect: Osmond Tricks

Details: Construction of a new doctors surgery on a green field site in Swindon on the Tadpole Garden Village development

Services: Quantity Surveying

Client:

Architect: Osmond Tricks

Details: Extension and refurbishment of an existing health centre including admendments to access and car parking

Services: Quantity Surveying

Client: Pioneer Medical Group

Architect: Osmond Tricks

Details: Extension to existing medical centre in Sidmouth.  Including some external works modifications

Services: Quantity Surveying

Client:

Architect: Osmond Tricks

Details: Conversion of an existing mixed retail, entertainment and leisure facility to a 750 guestroom hotel aimed at independent travellers. This involved the sensitive integration of a radically modern design within an existing landmark building. Utilizing innovative, fast-track procurement methods, BHA responded to an evolving client brief and the emerging challenges of a complex and congested site.

Services: Quantity surveying services 

Details: Conversion of an existing office and residential unit to a 130 guestroom budget hotel.  This involved cost / benefit analysis of various layout options with a view to retaining or replacing existing services. Integration of a new model room prototype within existing layout and budget constraints.

Services: Quantity surveying services

Details: The conversion of the grade I listed building to provide for world class luxury hotel. Initial model suites stage of phased development.  

Services: Project management & quantity surveying services

Details: Scheme to reorganise, refurbish and restore existing buildings on the site to create an entertainment themed hotel to reactivate and sustain the future of the locality.

Services: Project management & quantity surveying services

Details: The firm’s most successful examples of resolving disputes are probably those that are
resolved without recourse to formal proceedings. An example of this is the ‘R’ building case which demonstrates the ability to determine and implement an economic but effective response when analysing and responding to a claim. 

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Walter Lilly v Giles Mackay [2012] EWHC 1773 (TCC)

One of the most notable construction cases in recent years which bought new insight and authority as to how delay and loss and expense should be assessed.

Tony Hunter, Partner at Burke Hunter Adams LLP, was instructed by Walter Lilly, the successful claimant, to provide expert evidence in quantum matters.  

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Details: Alteration and extension to a Grade II listed building on banks of the river Ouse to create a contemporary waterside bar.

Services: Full quantity surveying services from inception to completion. All building materials to this land-locked site were delivered by barge. 

Client: Pitcher and Piano

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: Development of three screen cinema, gallery, bars and restaurants on the banks of River Ouse in central York.

Services: Enhanced quantity surveying services from inception to completion including feasibility costings prior to site purchase, assistance with Client Arts Council lottery application, negotiations with Arts Council appraiser and presentation to private sector joint venture funders.   

Client: City Screen Limited

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: New Build Timber Land Pier above Kielder Water

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Charles Barclay Architects

Details: Restoration and reopening of the dilapidated cinema as a state of the art cinema and arts centre.

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Denbighshire County Council

Architect: Burrell Foley Fischer LLP

Details: The exhibition space will be a newly constructed extension to the Old China Clay building formed by partially cutting away the rock face to the rear of the site. The scheme includes retail, ticketing, showcases, display panels and plinths.

Services: Quantity surveying services including initial feasability budget cost advice. 

Client: WDS

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: Conversion of Grade I Listed buildings to create a museum dedicated to the Castle and Prison with extensive public realm works incorporating a scheduled ancient monument.

Services: Quantity Surveyor, Strategic Advice and Support of fund raising applications

Client:Private

Architect: Neil Holland Architects

Details: Refurbishment of 83 apartments in five phases over two years in Grade II riverside warehouse.

Services: Full quantity surveying services from inception to completion, procurement advice and financial control. Major value engineering exercises after pilot phase prompted by purchaser market. 

Client: Prestbury Group plc

Architect: Harper Mackay

Details: Refurbishment of numerous Grade II apartments, some of the most expensive real estate in the world. 

Services: Full quantity surveying services from inception to completion, including initial feasibility studies and tailored procurement.  

Client: Belgravia Property Company

Architect: Weldon Walshe

Details: Demolition of the existing buildings to create new mixed use building with ground floor and lower ground floor offices, and high quality residential dwellings above. TfL, London Transport and Metropolitan Police approvals were required. 

Services: Quantity Surveyor and Employers Agent

Client: Private Commercial Developer

Architect: Kiran Curtis Architects

Details: New Build Apartments, London. Demolition of existing house in Hampstead Conservation Area followed by redevelopment of high quality 9 unit speculative scheme totalling 23,000 sq.ft. Complicated site
constraints and agreements with Network Rail, Freeholders and Funders yet delivered within tight budget and programme constraints. Completed September 2013.

Services: Employer’s Agent, Project Management and Quantity Surveying Services

Client: Urbanista Developments

Architect: PKS Architects

Details: Renovation of Grade II listed and mostly Georgian buildings to provide 3 retail units and 10 residential units over three floors above the shops. The restoration and adaptation of the
historic fabric included the remains of a Jacobean dwelling which was sympathetically restored as part of the creation of a three storey courtyard house.

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: The Osborne Group

Details: Demolition of the existing buildings to create new mixed use building with ground floor and lower ground floor offices, and high quality residential dwellings above

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private Commercial Developer

Architect: Neale & Norden

Details: 48,000sqft new build mixed use B1 units ground floor with 35 apartments. Difficult access; adjacent Grade 1 listed buildings; Conservation Area; 4-storey advertising hoardings sterilising the north site boundary; poor air quality.

Details: New build Apartment block, 100,000 sqft comprising of 105 units including Penthouse suites, basement parking, ground floor commercial units. Distinctly landscaped grounds and situated along the banks of the River Thames.

Services: Cost Planning / Quantity Surveying Services

Details: New build of a private dwelling in North Devon. This building was awarded a national building of the year award.

Services: Full quantity surveying from inception to completion. The project incorporates a wealth of innovative contemporary design features. Many elements were procured from unusual sources, such as boat builders and conveyor belt manufacturers. 

Client: Private

Architect: Hudson Featherstone Architects

Details: Demolition and clearance of existing house and construction of new build contemporary dwelling with annex and swimming pool of 6,000sqft

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Featherstone Young Architects

Details: High end residential development in St John’s Wood. Full cover basement and ground floor extension to provide 6,000 sq. ft house for resale. Two stage procurement to allow for cost control and early engagement with Contractor.

Services: Quantity Surveyor and Contract Administration

Client: Private

Architect: Flanagan Lawrence

Details: New build contemporary riverside residence for owner occupier, 3,000 sq.ft.

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Featherstone Young Architects

Details: Residential refurbishment of a 15,000 sqft Grade 2 listed country house. 

Services: Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Panter Hudspith Architects

Details: Basement and mansard roof extension and complete internal refurbishment of the 4 storey town house.

Services: Post Contract Quantity Surveyor

Client: Private

Architect: Nick Shipp Architects

Details: Fast track alterations and fitting out of retail premises for the world famous architectural glass building company, Marston & Langinger.

Services: Full cost and contractual management of the project from inception to completion. Business continued trading throughout. 

Client: Marston & Langinger

Architect: Marston & Langinger

Details: Schemes to provide new or improve existing retail trading outlets within mainline London railway stations. All undertaken either independently or as part of more extensive projects while the stations remained in operation. Schemes implemented at London Bridge, Fenchurch Street, Barking and Hertford East stations.  

Services: Quantity surveying

Client: British Rail / Railtrack

Architect: Various

Details: Refurbishment of 45,000sf of open 1960s shopping mall and central square. Construction undertaken while the shopping centre remained in use requiring construction activities to be segregated from the shopping community.

Services: Project management and quantity surveying.

Client: NatWest Markets/Pensman Nominees 

Architect: Crampin & Pring

Details: Renovation of Victorian terminus, including crash deck to separate construction and railway operations, repairs to wrought iron structure, long life cycle frame redecoration, cladding and patent glazing renewal to roof and perimeter facades.

Services: Quantity surveying, incorporated into extended arm contractor’s team. 

Client: Railtrack

Architect: Steven Frankham Associates

Details: Major terminus renovation with crash deck over concourse to separate construction and railway operations, patent glazing and roofing renewal, concourse floors, refurb port cochere, framework repairs.

Services: Quantity surveying, incorporated into extended arm contractor design. 

Client: Railtrack

Architect: Robinson, Kenning & Gallagher

Details: Original British Rail scheme for redevelopment of mainline station at interchange with the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension.Scope of work included new concourse building, new and renovation of existing subways, refurbishment of platform buildings and structures.  

Services: Quantity surveying

Client: BR Major Projects

Architect: BR Achitectural Services Group