Build Architecture Awards

Build Architecture Awards 2015 87 • Appreciation of the financial implications of time/buildability and specific factors affecting the organisations with whom we work. • Development of a pro-active response to risk management and the incentive to eliminate or manage the risks. • Responsibility of providing our service on time and on cost. • Acknowledgement of the role MMC has to play in improving quality, reducing time, improving safety and addressing our obligations for continuous improve- ment. • Appreciation of need to produce efficient designs to maintain a tight control on ‘best value’. Ultimately the ethos that defines Paddock Johnson Partnership is centred on team working and effective communication, drawing together different fields of expertise, both in house and as part of a wider and fully engaged design team. We are now fully BIM and Government Soft Landings (GSL) compliant, and achieved the necessary skills to implement BIM Level 2 (PAS 1192) through adoption and training in Revit practice wide. Internally, our procedures and outputs are managed by our QMS system for document filing, retrieval, storage and recording. All items from drawings, e-mail, minutes, certification and staff profiles, timesheets, job costing and contract database are logged into and accessed via Cubeitect. This system helps with our information sharing/communi- cation both in-house and externally. We also utilise on-line cloud storage to enable full integrated I.T. sharing with our clients and other consultants/contractors. We success- fully completed a £27m high rise tower block refurbishment project, successfully utilising these information sharing techniques Looking towards the future, our ambitions are to grow our strengths and to expand on our architectural, surveying, 3D Imaging, Visual- isation, CDM and other emerging services, whilst ensuring we provide a ‘Value Added’ service to our clients. As an award winning architectural practice we strive to create elegant and best value buildings. We are committed to ensuring our clients’ aspirations are met while relentlessly seeking to provide a high quality service which we measure and strive to continuously improve. We will continue to keep a keen eye on emerging technologies, processes and ways of working as well as wider influences such as materials development and improving meth- ods of construction to ensure that we stay ahead of the curve with regards innovation within the industry.