Q1 2022
BUILD Q1 2022 2 Welcome to the Q1 issue of BUILD Magazine. As always, we endeavour to be your source for all the latest news and features from across the global construction and property industries. For the past couple of years there are plenty of businesses that have really felt the weight of the global pandemic. But as the seasons change so does the future of many leading companies in the industry. Building a plethora of spaces with purpose and experience, here we showcase some exceptional businesses that create a world that is more suited to our needs. These companies endeavour to produce satisfying, relaxing, and motivational spaces that keep us all feeling positive and surrounded by luxury. Filled with illustrious style and attention to detail, this selection of companies breathe life into your spaces to transform them from your wildest dreams into a reality. Here, we invite you to peruse this fantastic issue and dip into the success stories of some construction, design and property companies from around the world. We wish you all the very best until we meet again in the Q2 issue of BUILD Magazine. Sofi Bajor, Editor Website: www.build-review.com AI Global Media, Ltd. (AI) takes reasonable measures to ensure the quality of the information on this web site. However, AI will not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, correctness or completeness of any information that is available through this web site. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. The information available through the website and our partner publications is for your general information and use and is not intended to address any particular finance or investment requirements. In particular, the information does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by us or any of our partner publications and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making or refraining from making any investment or financial decisions. Appropriate independent advice should be obtained before making any such decision. Any arrangement made between you and any third party named in the site is at your sole risk and responsibility.
Q1 2022 BUILD 3 4. News 6. Building With Our Future In Mind: Cascadia Green Development LTD 7. Regional Rustic Property Sales Specialists of the Year - Spain: Grupo Country Homes 8. Consulting the Experts: Geo-Environmental Services Ltd 9. The True Essence of Design: Clear Architects 10. Breathing Life Into Construction: Home Republic Ltd 11. London’s Most Detail Oriented Contractors: Newtons Connect 12. Insulation for Safer Homes: Siderise 13. The Future of Automation in Construction: Paperless Construction 14. Creating the Modern, Sustainable Home: Sturdy Evolution Developments Ltd 15. Norwegian Excellence: Fibo 16. Best Custom Home, Medical Office & Sanctuary Design/Build Company - Florida: Ben Design Group INC 17. Innovation in Power Tool Creation: iQ Power Tools 18. Illustrious Spaces to Stand the Test of Time: Rentfrow Design, LLC 19. Dreamt. Drawn. Designed.: Henrietta Southam Design 20. Architecture That Aligns With Nature: KOTOAKI ASANO Architect & Associates 21. Ceredigion’s Leading Building Contractor: LEB Construction Ltd 22. Designs For Living: Studio Gronda 23. Best Full-Service Construction Service Provider - London: Stella Rossa 24. Sleek and Sustainable Spray Cork: CorkSol 25. Living In the Lap of Luxury: Templederry Properties Limited 26. Most Innovative Strategic Land Investment Company - UK: ESE Capital 27. Guaranteeing Safety for the Future of Construction: Ashview Consultants 28. BUILD Q1 2022 Striving For Sublime Structures: Max-Stairs Ltd 29. The Shape Of Paradise: ACI Wright Architects Inc 30. Most Innovative New Exterior Barrier Product 2021: GripBlock 31. Innovation Award for Construction Equipment – San Diego County: Technidea Corporation 32. Planning for Success!: Praeclarus Group 33. Exquisite Homes Built to Last: EAB Homes 34. All for One, One for All: One Design Architects Ltd 35. Architectural Excellence in the Heart of the Desert: Robinette Architects Inc 36. Dream Designs for a Fixed Fee: Design Spec Ltd 37. Strong Foundations the Key to Success: Geo-Environmental Services Ltd 38. The Architectural Revolution Starts With Design Spec: Hemmi Immobilien 39. Homes for the Future: Archerfield Homes 40. Best Custom Home Design/Build Firm – Central Valley California: Sweaney Custom Homes Inc 41. Inspirational Designs to Fuel Your Imagination: European Home 42. The Foundation of Success: GPF Lewis 43. The Heart and Soul of Modern Architecture: PPF Goujon Architects 44. Winners’ Listings Contents
BUILD Q1 2022 4 News ottingham’s Acres Group has begun 2022 on a high with the promotion of three staff members and several other new appointments in the pipeline. The firm, based in offices at Nottingham Science Park, has expanded from the original Acres Architects into a group consisting of several divisions, including Acres Construction, Acres Interiors and Online Media Video Productions (OMVP), just in the past 18 months. The same period has seen its staff base increase from four people to almost 20 – and counting. Similarly, its turnover has increased from a few hundred thousand pounds to a projected £10m turnover. Founder and managing director Edward Acres has built on this success and rapidly expanding workload by rewarding three existing staff members with more senior positions this month. Steve Taylor-Wilson moves from marketing manager to a new head of marketing role, while architectural technologist James Bridgett is promoted to an associate position, and Steve Clayton will oversee all aspects of the new OMVP division as production manager. The group has also been busy interviewing candidates for multiple new vacancies, including architects, site managers, labourers and an estimating quantity surveyor, with a view to potentially doubling its workforce this year alone. Edward said: “It’s great to recognise and reward the efforts of these three individuals. Since joining the group they have demonstrated a willingness to go above and beyond their roles and their can-do attitude has led to some amazing wins. “We will continue to grow the business and we want to fill a number of vacancies across the divisions to help us realise our ambitious targets in 2022. “We’re now in the fortunate position of being able to bring forward and inflate our planned recruitment drive.” Edward, who founded Acres Architects from a laptop in his parents’ spare bedroom in 2008, laid down his ambitious plans for rapid growth and diversification at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, while many other practices were making cut backs. Architect Builds On Growth With Raft of New Year Promotions N The Acres Group can now handle every type and size of development – from private residential projects to large commercial contracts – from concept stage right through to completion. As a result, enquiries have rocketed and staff workloads have increased hugely. Yet the common response among the Acres workforce is “bring it on!” New head of marketing Steve Taylor-Wilson, who will oversee marketing activities across the entire Acres Group, said: “Ed’s vision and ambition are contagious. I’m extremely proud that he has the confidence in me to help us achieve the next set of targets. “To be part of such a successful, expanding business is a wonderful thing. It’s hard work, but I relish every day in my job.” Associate James Bridgett said that he was also proud to take on more responsibilities for such a forward-thinking company.
5 Q1 2022 BUILD Monday 31st January 2022 – Gulf Islamic Investments Group (“GII”), a leading financial services powerhouse based in the United Arab Emirates has agreed an £82 million funding package led by London Wall Lending to finance the construction of its latest prime residential development on the site of the former Chelsea Police Station, London. The luxury residential development located at 2 Lucan Place, advised and developed by GII, will comprise a seven-storey residence up to 31 residential units and two commercial units. It is due for completion in the first quarter of 2024. Mohammed Al Hassan, founding partner and co-CEO of GII said: “This latest development is a key milestone for us in the growth of our UK business. Residential development is a key priority for us and we are aggressively looking for lucrative opportunities and partnerships in this segment in and around London.” Pankaj Gupta, founding partner and co-CEO of GII added: “With our local presence in the UK, we see a promising future for London’s prime property market. We expect the easing of international travel restrictions and pent-up demand from affluent foreign buyers to drive significant growth.” GII’s development arm GRID Properties will manage the development of 2 Lucan Place, which will offer residents the highest standards in quality and amenity, including a gym, concierge and valet parking. This is GII’s second venture in the London real estate development market. GRID is also currently advising on the Elie Saab Residences, Hyde Park. The funding of the £82 million residential development loan was led by London Wall, a leading alternate real estate debt provider. This latest transaction further strengthens London Wall’s presence in the capital, following its recent £34.4 million funding to Dandi to develop 160 new residential units in Brent at the end of 2021. Ned El-Imad, Partner at London Wall Lending, said: “The prime central London residential market continues to offer excellent opportunities for investors, despite some headwinds caused by Brexit and the pandemic. We are still seeing strong appetite for opportunities here and are encouraged by this latest transaction, which reaffirms international commitment to the UK. This deal also marks an exciting moment for London Wall Lending, representing our largest deal to date following a number of other development loans at the end of last year across the country.” GII Boosts London’s Luxury Prime Property Market with £82 Million Funding from London Wall Lending “I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to progress within the company and take on the extra responsibility required as an Associate so early on in my career,” said James. “It clearly demonstrates the trust Edward has in his team and ambitious nature of the company. I obviously jumped at the opportunity and look forward to hitting the ground running in 2022 and onwards to bigger and better things.” And Steve Clayton said: “The more we succeed in our roles, the more the business will succeed. Ed’s commitment to promoting from within wherever possible not only engenders loyalty from the team but is also great for our clients as it provides continuity and clearly demonstrates how ambitious we are.” To find out more about jobs available and services provided by the Acres Group, please visit www.acresarchitects.co.uk, email [email protected] or phone 0115 838 9738.
6 BUILD Q1 2022 Sep21159 Building With Our Future In Mind Established in the North Shore, Columbia, Cascadia Green Development LTD is a development company aiming to enrich communities by respecting the environment, society, and economics. Recognized in the awards as the Best Sustainable Construction Company in BC, Cascadia Green strives to create a sustainable, community lifestyle through the quality of its innovation and designs. ith a passion for strengthening communities, Cascadia Green Development draws upon the three principles of sustainability: society, environment, and economics. By respecting and working with the existing community, Cascadia Green seeks to enrich the neighborhood and has been chosen by the City of North Vancouver to be part of a new innovative program for development. The company uses its innovative design and strives to minimize the impact on the natural environment. CEO Farzad Mazarei explains, “Respecting the environment begins with innovative design. Not only to create buildings that respect the fabric of the communities we work in but to use the most advanced innovations in design and construction to respect the natural environment.” Moreover, its commitment to the best business practices pushes Cascadia Green to respect all aspects of development, from investments through to affordability. “At Cascadia Green Development, we believe in a broad appreciation of economics as prosperity, not only in financial return but in how we can enrich people’s lives in how and where they live, work and play,” states Farzad. At Cascadia Green, its in-house team of professions has immense passion and creativity that leads them to take on all phases of the development process, from land acquisition to rezoning subdivision and construction management. Providing competitive housing prices and successful and profitable partnerships has given Cascadia Green a reputation that is recognized globally. “From the first home we built, we knew it would take a committed team to share and realize our vision. Today, we are proud of the community of development professionals we have built - from urban planning professionals, designers and architects to construction and administration professionals,” states Farzad. Additionally, its team of international perspective allows Cascadia Green to create its unique brand for sustaining communities. By drawing upon its practical expertise, the company can blend leading-edge technology and innovation to generate respect throughout the neighborhood and with those who live in these homes. To build a great place takes dedication, passion, and an immense amount of skills. Therefore, its development managers and construction professionals ensure its projects will provide a solid return on investment while creating accessible homes and affordable living. W The overall essence and heart of the entire foundation of all Cascadia Green’s projects are to create places that sustain the natural environment and encourage cultural diversity in an affordable, economically viable setting. However, the impacts of Covid-19 have affected many businesses alike with the way people work, live and socialize now. The company has decided to innovate its approach to providing homes to address the new needs of its community and from the after-effects of Covid-19Farzad explains, “We’ve taken this as an opportunity to reimagine how we create homes so that we can meet the new needs of our residents. The world has changed dramatically since the spring of 2020, and at Cascadia Green, we have a team with the passion for turning challenges into opportunities.” Currently, the company is undergoing the development of a flagship property – Innova. The backbone of this project is to create homes where people will be able to work, live and have community amenities that will support the neighborhood with facilities ranging from lifestyle to professional. Moreover, the current focus for the company is to provide more accessible homeownership opportunities by residents by creating a mix of options to meet the needs of buyers. Overall, Cascadia Green aims to develop achievable, sustainable, and innovative home buildings and its work within the industry have turned the company into Metro Vancouver’s top company within the market. The future is Green for Cascadia. Company Name: Cascadia Green Development LTD Web Address: https://www.cascadiagreendev.com/
7 Q1 2022 BUILD Nov21096 Regional Rustic Property Sales Specialists of the Year - Spain Group Country Homes was formed by a grouping of the companies, Galician Country Homes and Galician Country Gold. It collaborates with international investment funds and other associated companies to provide quality properties at very competitive prices. ince its establishment 18 years ago, Group Country Homes has maintained is essential objective of helping people discover and achieve their dreams in the paradise that is the Northwest of Spain. Its interdisciplinary team provides sales and related services regarding rustic properties throughout Galicia, reaching potential clients all around the globe. With its growing and varied range of properties available, the company is able to meet changing demands within the property market. And wherever required, it will assist clients in arranging subventions with their properties, e.g. to fix up or restore – It has trusted architects and technical services it collaborates with to complete projects to a high standard. With the founding of Group Country Homes, co-founder and owner, Mark Adkinson didn’t just want to set up another estate agency in Galicia – he wanted to work differently, especially with trust and honour. He said, “Our objective is to offer a natural, healthy, happy lifestyle to our clients, for them to find the property that really is their dream house. For this reason we select our houses offering rustic houses in beautiful areas of Galicia and help with the restoration. As far as we know, we are the only people who sell rural houses having done all the restoration ourselves; for this reason we know what our clients have to face. And we can help them.” To get its brand out there to prospective clients, Group Country Homes performs a lot of online publicity and is also featured in national and regional press, as well as TV and radio interviews. This includes the company being one of the only two estate agencies named in Forbes Real Estate last month, and company co-founder and president, Rosa M. Costoya’s feature on the first page of Forbes Spain as one of the most influential company managers in Spain. Also a benefit of getting out in the media, a lot of companies are drawn to the company seeking collaboration opportunities and with interest in working with it as franchisees. Making it all happen is Group Country Homes’ fully integrated team who share its aspirations and respect of the spirit of the company’s objectives. It seeks good people who are faithful to the company, who are versatile and who speak several languages to ensure there are no communication barriers with clients around the world. Group Country Homes’ people S matter to it, with each individual being unique with their own life experiences. It ultimately endeavours to help them achieve their dreams. While Group Country Homes is a highly successful company, that’s not to say it hasn’t had its challenges which have come in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic: the uncertainty among people, the world crisis, and the instability across the population. However, Group Country Homes has its own niche which it did find was able to grow during the pandemic with its product offering allowing people to change their lifestyle and escape to the countryside away from the chaos. The company is now looking ahead towards a bright future, one where it hopes to continue growing its brand and aims to maintain the same company values and personal treatment of clients, helping them to find their dream house in rural Galicia. Company: Grupo Country Homes Contact: Mark Adkinson Email: [email protected] Website: www.galicianrustic.com
8 BUILD Q1 2022 Sep21272 Consulting the Experts Established in 1996, Geo-Environmental Services Ltd is an independent practice of geotechnical engineers, environmental consultants, and investigation contractors, all of whom are degree or master’s qualified and have extensive experience within the sector. Considering this, it’s easy to see how the firm has come to be named Leading Geotechnical and Environmental Consultancy Firm of the year, United Kingdom by Acquisition International. Join us as we look deeper into what makes this the case. eo-Environmental Services Ltd’s aim is to be the supplier of choice for geotechnical and environmental services by delivering consistent quality and reliability, taking its obligations seriously to operate safely and sustainably, while valuing and supporting its workforce and delivering value for money for its customers. The company has over the years grown from its humble beginnings in the Southeast, expanding across the rest of the UK, undertaking more than 8,000 investigations and winning multiple awards. From all these investigations, the team has built up a detailed knowledge base, allowing them to provide an informed view of potential geological and contamination risks before visiting site. This experienced team of geotechnical and environmental consultants provides services for a range of different industries, advising on housing, healthcare, community, education, commercial, rail, road, and utilities projects to name but a few. Each brings unique demands and expectations which the team strives to meet each and every time. With the firm’s head office in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex and satellite offices in Bristol and Birmingham, they are within relatively easy reach of any large building project that requires their expertise. While the company offers a wealth of different services, its corporate social responsibility remains at the heart of everything it does, whether it’s ensuring that it provides the best advice practicably possible to ensure safe development, or helping to minimise environmental risks. This extends to how it treats its staff, suppliers and clients, as well as its relationships with local communities. To achieve improvements regarding its corporate social responsibility, Geo-Environmental Services encourages its business partners to strive for matching performance; it acts in a socially responsible way; it continually improves its performance and meets all relevant legislation; and it encourages its staff to be mindful of the effect of their actions on any natural resource. Health and safety is also a key focus, as with any constructionrelated discipline – the company’s excellent safety record keeps it in high demand. The team is dedicated to delivering projects that are of the highest quality, engaging closely with clients to ensure that their needs are always met. This comes with commitment to protecting the value of its construction projects. A ground investigation is a vital part of any construction project, and a properly funded and specified investigation often uncovers unforeseen problems. If these G problems are founded early, solutions can be built into a project, saving time and money for all involved. Of course, the last few years have seen an influx not only in the technology available, but in how it is used across multiple industries. The team behind Geo-Environmental Services made a pledge in 2013 to upgrade and expand the IT software and hardware that it would be able to offer to clients. This has proven immensely useful, improving the presentation of reports, inter-connectivity with other systems and the productivity of the firm’s work. This commitment to inter-connectivity allowed the team to vary its offering to those who wished to work from home. All field data is recorded electronically ensuring quick and easy access from all stakeholders and there is a platform that allows people to work as if they were in the office from anywhere in the world. This incredible flexibility proved highly popular, with 60% of the workforce working from home for some or all of their work well before the COVID-19 pandemic. Geo-Environmental Services is a vital part of the construction industry, forming the foundations on which the foundations themselves are laid. Only through building on solid ground can success be achieved, and there are few more experienced, more talented and more successful than the group behind GeoEnvironmental Services. Company: Geo-Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Michael Brown Email: [email protected] Website: www.gesl.net
9 Q1 2022 BUILD The True Essence of Design Founded in 2005, Clear Architects is an RIBA/MRTPI Chartered architects and planning practice that has great planning success, is creative, sustainable and passionate about the buildings it designs. We got in touch with company founder, Melanie Clear in light of the firm being named Most Outstanding Sustainable Architecture Practice, 2022 – Essex in this issue of BUILD magazine. lear Architects offers the full architectural RIBA service, including interior design and project management, and it also provides MRTPI Chartered Planning consultancy. Their clients trust them to provide great designs and assist them through the increasingly complex planning system. Company founder, Melanie Clear said, “We are stewards of the future; we design in the most sustainable way possible with our wider team of experts, from engineers to ecologists to landscape designers. We visualise, create and most importantly care about the impact of our designs on the people they’re for and the wider world. My practice and passion has never wavered in doing the right thing. We have been leading the way for over 15 years and our schemes are starting to be seen for their impact visually and in the true essence of design.” Clear Architects specialises in outstanding architecture in highly protected areas like green belt, areas of natural beauty, and national parks. In addition to this specialism, it has many projects that take an unconventional piece of urban land and through its inventive design creates new homes with imagination to recreate the site. Clear Architects’ clients are professional people, financial experts, those who love design themselves, and/or developers who want a scheme with a difference. The clients employ the practice for its expertise and design ethos which is at the core of its work: Melanie states “design is more than lines; it’s a creation, a work of art with function”. The studio works hard to deliver the best and its reputation for delivering excellence drives clients to it through exposure across media platforms, from its website to Instagram to Pinterest. The staff at Clear Architects are a huge part of the company’s success. Melanie said, “I have always believed in collaborative working throughout my career and having a team of people with many different skillsets makes us only stronger in our design work. We are very much a team and not individual – and to that end, we work together in a studio environment, have team lunches, activities and fun. It’s hard to produce the work do, but we have created a work environment which is an enjoyable place, where we support each other.. Our new studio has an outdoor BBQ area and even swing ball for the summer months!” The hierarchy at Clear Architects is flatlined, with key skills coming in and out as needed. The firm does not believe in old school order; it believes in everyone having a part in its success and that includes those it supports through their final studies on its sponsorship programme, to support development, helping them become part of the team. Clear Architects mainly recruits through direct applicants who show passion for design, beautiful presentation, want to make a difference and are a team player. C The team at Clear Architects has seen its challenges in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic, with significant delays in planning application decisions and appeals by not weeks, but months. The firm’s workflow has been hugely disrupted, as have that of its clients to the point where funding options are having to be renegotiated at further costs to the developers. This is in addition to the issues around material price hikes, due to lack of production and general low availability. The whole of the built environment has been hit hard over the last 24 months. Observing trends in the industry in recent years, Melanie said, “I think, as do many of my team, architecture has lost its way through the most recent decades. The respect for the professional architect has disappeared through many people simply not understanding the complexities of our job and the skills needed to be an architect – That is why seven years is the general amount of time to train. It is mistakenly compared to a job that is just pretty pictures and drawing only when it is so much more than that. “The new planning and legislative changes, we believe, will help architecture to be seen for the professional job that it is and allow us to once again be seen as equals to our legal and medical professionals and not compared to a CAD course person who only draws. There is a positive change both in quality of architecture and climate on the way and we look forward to operating in this new world.” For Clear Architects, 2022 will be a year of projects that showcase all that it has worked hard to create. Melanie said, “We look forward this year to finishing, starting and creating even more exemplar architecture. We have a party booked in 2025 to celebrate our 20 years in practice, we cannot wait to see more of our great buildings built by then.” Company: Clear Architects Email: [email protected] Website: www.cleararchitects.co.uk Dec21068
10 BUILD Q1 2022 Oct21822 Finding a construction company that is fully equipped to achieve our goals is no easy task. However, Home Republic Ltd works tirelessly to create the best designs that are transformed with its perfected craft and focused attitude. It has now won Leading Construction Firm for Sustainable Residential and Commercial Projects, 2021 – London for its incredible efforts, and continues on its path of success. ased in both London and Surrey, Home Republic Ltd changes the way we see privately-owned construction and fitout companies. By opening many doors to perfection in construction, Home Republic forms a strong foundation with its customers whilst it helps them to make their wishes come true. Home Republic was founded in 2012 and has always been run as a family-owned business that is completely committed to producing the best for its customers across the London and Surrey areas. It believes that by building houses it is building lives, and it does this with huge pride and acceptance for the different tastes of its customers. Some clients have sent feedback about Home Republic: Terry Ronald says “Home Republic Team provided excellent, professional service throughout the project. Reliable and honest. Definitely five star.” Another client, Peter Jones, says, “I’ve now worked with Home Republic on an extensive renovation of our 1930s terrace. We’ve extended up and out, replaced almost everything, and added in some features you wouldn’t call standard. The team have worked so hard to deliver what I wanted and have delivered. I couldn’t recommend them highly enough.” With words like this supporting and representing Home Republic, it gains many more clients just by word of mouth. B Home Republic lets its work and status do the talking as it reaches higher than ever before. By being thrilled with the work that it does, and with the feedback that it receives from its clients, Home Republic shows us how dedicated it is to making a difference. From new builds, to renovation, extensions, and conversions, Home Republic is truly making its mark on the industry with its dedicated work and energetic attitude. Taking on all jobs and requests, Home Republic is creating a world where anything is possible and every client can feel heard. With several vans operating every day, Home Republic has a way of accessing many different areas around London and Surrey. This means that its team can always reach out to its many clients to get the job done. Not only is it devoted to reaching people quickly, but it promises to change its clients world for the better in next to no time. Overall, we can see how enthusiastic Home Republic is in producing the best for its clients. This is so that it can convert their dreams into a reality. So, we look forward to seeing what it does next. Contact: Alex Strikovs Company: Home Republic Ltd Web Address: https://home-republic.co.uk/ Breathing Life Into Construction
11 Q1 2022 BUILD Sep21800 London’s Most Detail Oriented Contractors Newtons Connect, a company that has made a name for itself with its commercial fit-outs, mechanical, and technical installations, has recently been accredited with the ‘Leading Technical Contractor for the Modular Construction Industry’ award for Essex, 2021. This award joins its long retinue of other awards and accreditations, and it is proud to say that since its inception, it has become somewhat of a construction market leader in its region, curating a reputation for being a pleasure to work with and a firm that delivers consistently exemplary results. mboldened by a motto of ‘building today, protecting tomorrow’, Newtons Connect is a construction company operating out of the Southeast – London, in particular – in order to support a number of established clients across the commercial construction, property management, and facilities industry. Fundamentally, it has cultivated its notoriety out of being a reliable and attentive service provider, with primary services including mechanical and electrical installation and consultations, hard services maintenance from the high end residential to all manner of other builds, and commercial fit-out projects that require its expert eye. The company itself sprung up from an existing wealth of knowledge and experience thanks to the tenacity and dedication of its founders, and this has allowed it to emerge from a critical environment and hit the ground running to provide the best solutions in the Southeast. Additionally, it operates with the strictest levels of oversight at every turn, its attentive service and push for excellence gaining it significant kudos from its peers, partners, and clients. This is also drawn from its consistent dedication to the strictest procedures. When it comes to working on a client’s project, it will always work in a manner that is comprehensive, diligent, and full-service, ensuring that every detail is paid attention to and that the bigger picture is considered at every step of the way, its standardised procedures making for the best results. Newtons Connect, alongside all of this, boasts an exemplary team. Each and every member of its staff are attentive and hardworking, pushing for excellence at every juncture on behalf of the client. This, in essence, creates relationships of trust between it and its client that allow it to provide the best possible service and cultivate strong networks of industry contacts, as well as a long list of return clients, and an even longer list of satisfied customers who go on to refer it by word of mouth to their peers. Operating with the height of attentiveness, excellence, and trust, it has served all manner of organisations from the NHS and Ministry of Defence to Nationwide, Brunsfield, the British Red Cross, and the Crown Partnership, just to name a few. Its accreditations also cover ISO certificates. Specifically, Newtons Connect has earned the ISO 9001:2015, the ISO E 14001:2015, and the ISO 45001:2018, all of which can be viewed on its website and all of which Newtons Connect is happy to go over in more detail. This shows that whilst it certainly has the chops to rest on its laurels, it doesn’t, instead maintaining the strictest levels of oversight and holding itself to the most rigorous levels of external oversight so that a client can rest assured that they have made the right investment. It will be continuing to uphold this reputation as it moves forward into 2022, excited to see what challenges will be put before it next. Company: Newtons Connect Contact: Harry Leeson Website: newtonsgroup.co.uk
12 BUILD Q1 2022 Oct21185 Siderise, the Leading Innovative Provider of Insulation Solutions’ in 2021, based in Bridgend, is an insulation design, development, and sale company that prioritises safety above all else. Its products are effective and rigorously tested – all in line with this company’s vision of the strictest oversight from third party governing bodies – and it works hard to continue staying in touch with the client even after installation, performing regular check-ups and maintenance to ensure that the homes their insulation is installed in are as warm, fire-resistant, and soundproof as possible. eing a global leader in design, manufacture, and supply when it comes to passive fire resistance, Siderise has cultivated its reputation out of offering its acoustic insulation solutions for a wide range of different clients. Fundamentally, it ensures that its products are suitable for many different elements of the modern world, from high rise buildings to marine and rail transport, creating products that secure its position at the top of its industry and earn it significant goodwill amongst its market segment with their efficacy. This has been a part of its business since the very beginning. After all, integrity is something Siderise prides itself on, and something that it works hard remains constant throughout all of its work whilst it develops quality products, developing them to the industry’s most rigorous standards and standing by the customers at every step of the process. Providing the highest quality of technical support at every turn – from the earliest design stages through to installation and maintenance – it ensures that a customer always feels supported, and that they always know exactly what is happening with their project. This allows it to become a true labour of love between Siderise and the client, as the back and forth between customer and service provider allows Siderise to ensure it is getting every detail exactly right and gives the client an in to have as much or as little input as they wish. Critically, due to this, it is able to supply its solutions to a variety of customers across a myriad of different projects. From designers and builders to main and specialist contractors, and even asset owners, it approaches its customers with the same impressive breadth and depth of knowledge regarding the services it offers, doing an exemplary job of ‘show don’t tell’ when it comes to reassuring its clients of why they should put their faith in it. Furthermore, its proactive, honest, and diligent team foster strong relationships with the client at every turn. Today, this has resulted in a huge web of networking contacts and friends of the business for whom it is their one stop shop for insulation of all kinds, developing a loyal client base that is always keen to tell peers and colleagues of the outstanding service and work they received from Siderise. Being more than a product supplier, it advocates for continual growth in its industry; this includes encouraging better practices B and championing third-party testing and increased oversight, investing heavily in R&D with the backing of a number of key industry governing bodies. Its 18 person-technical team – 10% of its staff – are each diligent and dedicated to this level of oversight. To this end, every member of staff within Siderise holds themselves to the highest standard, earning it a multitude of different awards and working hard to ensure that the recent cladding tragedies never happen again by continuously peer reviewing and re-assessing its products, using this drive to pull it through the difficulties of the pandemic by promoting the use of its inspection app to allow it to continue safety checkups. With two new acoustic products slated for release, it will be striving to formalise its new Code for Construction Product Information as it moves forward into 2022, offering a new benchmark for how product information is created, presented, and marketed by manufacturers. Company: Siderise Contact: Helen Massay Website: siderise.com Insulation for Safer Homes
13 Q1 2022 BUILD The Future of Automation in Construction Having made a name for itself as the ‘Leading Cloud-Based Construction Software Specialising in Health and Safety Management’ in 2021 for York, Paperless Construction is a company taking the construction industry online. Essentially, it wishes to streamline its client’s operations, trimming down the unnecessary processes that add time and cost inefficiency onto a job and replacing them with automated systems that work quickly, efficiently, and without the margin of human error. aperless Construction, a company that was born out of the founder’s desire to streamline the health and safety at work – or HSE – experience by digitising it, has since grown into something that serves the entire industry in a myriad of different ways. Fundamentally, it offers cloud-based construction, health, and safety software to allow its clients to manage all of their training, compliance, time, and attendance needs seamlessly at every turn, realising the many benefits of such a system early on. Paperless Construction has since made a name for itself by cutting the time spent on safety and compliance by nearly 300% for its clients, with the aim of achieving a 10x reduction in the coming years through use of automation, innovation, and the new technology being brought into the market. It has seen many changes and fluctuations in its industry over the years. One such change – one that became especially poignant during the last 18 months – has been the resources shortage facing the entire construction sector and every professional therein. In the coming years, this is something that Paperless Construction forecasts will remain a challenge, especially with a growing demand of projects and housing in the pipeline. Since the pressure on the construction, design, and build industry is on an exponential rise at present, Paperless Construction wishes to be the company ensuring its industry can rise to meet it head-on without the bloatware often so common in these processes. Thus, it has been automating its industry’s work as much as possible, removing wasteful manual processes that take up the P Oct21369 time of the professionals who could be funnelling their energy into something far more productive, as well as negating some of the risk of manual human error. Critically, it wishes to improve efficiencies by 20% across a business for every client. This is what has made it such a household name in its industry, as every client who benefits from its services emerges with working processes that are far more streamlined and a staff who can rework the priorities of their workday to great effect. Paperless Construction’s automation, remote, paperless shift is heralding in a new era of efficiency for the construction industry in the macro scale. It is also, in essence, proud of the way that its clients can put their utmost faith and trust in it at every turn to be working for the eventual success of the customer’s company, allowing that 20% improvement to be directly moved into 20% more time dedicated towards building and project developing with the same resources. Consequentially, its work is a masterclass in showing an industry how sustainable business practices are the way forward; not just for 2022, but for the future in a broader sense, further showing this with its ‘give back’ scheme of planting 1 tree for every demo and new project. Company: Paperless Construction Contact: Raymond Castelyn Website: paperlessconstruction.co.uk
14 BUILD Q1 2022 Oct21443 Creating the Modern, Sustainable Home Sturdy Evolution Developments, 2021’s ‘Best Client-Focused Home Improvement Company’, is a fullservice design and build company with a difference. Its excellence, built from years of experience in serving its market segment, has come about from the exemplary reviews and referrals that its clients have left it with over the years, speaking to its exemplary levels of customer service, detailed construction, and design prowess. Since its inception, it has been improving London’s homes with high quality and sustainable construction efforts, and it looks forward to taking this to new and greater heights during 2022. ffering a complete service, Sturdy Evolution Developments is a company taking projects from the initial concept all the way through to finish. Fundamentally, it can handle anything from bathroom and kitchen remodelling to entire home refurbishment, also able to completely remodel basements and the like in order to bring an entirely new lease of life to a home in line with the client’s requirements. Due to its dedication to incredible customer service, Sturdy Evolution Developments takes pride in its ability to work with outstanding levels of empathy and understanding when it comes to teasing out the specifics of a client’s wishes and implementing them just so, no matter how big or small the task at hand, or how detailed the instructions. A master at ensuring every minor element and big picture is given the level of due diligence required to make it the best it can possibly be, Sturdy Evolution Developments works in an approachable and sustainable manner that functions by making the client an intrinsic part of the build. Additionally, by maintaining that the client should always be kept at the heart of the build, it turns the project into a labour of love for all involved. This, bolstered by its professionalism, optimised work ethic, premium finish, and sustainable construction all make it a true delight to work with that clients always go on to recommend through word of mouth referrals to friends, peers, and family. O Sturdy Evolution Developments recognises the impact on the client that such remodelling can have, and so will work hard to make it as stress free as possible. An element of the empathic nature infused into its working processes, it will always strive to keep the homeowner’s comfort in mind, working with discretion and only hiring people it trusts to take the responsibilities of their job with the utmost seriousness. Consequentially, Sturdy Evolution Developments takes oversight very seriously, and its Director is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, further helping it to show the proof behind this internal mindset. Its project management, approach, detail, and forward-thinking each set it apart from the rest of its competition. Furthermore, most of its clients have come about thanks to client recommendations, allowing it to benefit from sustainable and naturalistic growth built from trust and good repute, something that is invaluable in an industry that lives and dies by the approval ratings of the market segment. Treading lightly during its work, collaborating with its clients, and each member of the team of 5 looking out for the others, it is building and developing itself further with every build it completes, pushing through the challenges of the pandemic in order to approach the projects of 2022 with an upright zeal. Company: Sturdy Evolution Developments Ltd Contact: Michael Sturdy Website: sturdyevolution.com
15 Q1 2022 BUILD heritage gives it a down-to-earth, rustic feel. Pushing through the current challenges of Covid-19, Fibo is innovating and creating, looking forward to releasing some brand-new design and product creations in 2022 that will continue to push Fibo’s environmental sustainability commitment and maintain the 50% plastic reduction it has held since 2018. Company: Fibo Contact: Nicola Bradley Website: cibcomms.co.uk Oct21475 Norwegian Excellence Fibo, a wet room tile manufacturer that has recently received the ISO 14001 accreditation for the consistent dedication to environmental corporate responsibility that it broadcasts at every turn, has been accruing all manner of awards since its inception. One of the most recent ones, ‘Most Innovative Designer of Wet Room Wall Panels’ in 2021 for Chesham, is something it will be using as a springboard to further success as it moves forward into 2022 and beyond, exciting to continually bring newer and better tile innovations and designs to the market. stablished in Norway, Fibo found its beginnings in 1952. Since then, it has grown significantly into the leading supplier of waterproof wall panels in the region and beyond, producing panels for 100,000 bathrooms per annum in order to create the client’s dream wet room spaces. Fundamentally, it has made a name for itself with its high-pressure laminate surfaces; these are bonded to a specially developed 9mm seven-layer plywood core with an enhanced moisture barrier on the reverse, making the panels incredibly strong and long-lasting as well as easy to maintain and incredibly easy to clean. This ensures that the client can have their bathrooms looking as good as new for years, without the added hassle of trying to find specific new cleaning methods or having to face enhanced degradation over time. Critically, Fibo also uses PEFC or FSC certified materials for its panels. Its dedication to using these and only these types of materials further enhances the trust in it that its clients place, sourcing its materials from sustainable sources and forests with full traceability included, from the raw material all the way through to the finished product. This allows a client to dig deep into the ethical sourcing of their materials, taking a look at every stage of the process and being able to ensure for themselves that everything is up to par, which with Fibo, it always is. Fibo, in addition, is using each of these factors to change the world’s opinion on wall panelling. Whilst in the past it may have been seen as the cheap, unattractive, plastic option, Fibo is making itself a market leader by taking these assumptions and flipping them on their head, offering only the best of the best in terms of panel quality and design or colour selection. With a wealth of contemporary designs, textures, colours, and effects across six different collections available for a client to choose between, the ability to create an attractive bathroom space is more in the hands of the client than ever before. Providing these panels to clients such as social housing providers, housebuilders, plumbers, modular manufacturers, joiners, merchants, specifiers, and self-builders, its customers base is wide and varied, striving to deliver the excellent service that its customers have each come to expect. Imitation grout lines are milled into panels instead of printed, producing a realistic and yet far easier to maintain effect, coming with an industry leading 25-year warranty and Aqualock installation system that makes panels 100% waterproof and able to be put up in a matter of hours. Additionally, its Norwegian E
16 BUILD Q1 2022 Best Custom Home, Medical Office & Sanctuary Design/ Build Company - Florida Nov21190 Ben Design Group INC, a fully comprehensive design group, offers full-service interior and exterior design in order to bring to life the visions of its clientele. Essentially, quality construction, premium customer service, and superb attention to detail sets it apart from the rest of its competition, and it takes great pride in its ability to meet budgets using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship. ne of the companies working hard to respond to the recent boom in the home design and construction industry is Ben Design Group INC. Fundamentally, this full design-build service company is based in central Florida, providing professional and client-focused construction solutions, an employee-owned company that works both with and for its clients. It goes above and beyond at every turn in order to deliver on its promises, operating with integrity and efficiency in order to create beautiful buildings that are perfectly in line with the client’s wishes, needs, and specifications, working with them every step of the way to ensure every detail is correct. After all, one of the most important elements of its business is bringing the client’s ideas to life. In order to do this, it instigates regular check-ins, taking on board everything its customer might offer in terms of tweak and adjustments, utilising its own depth and breadth of experience in order to deliver on its promises and guide its client’s ideas towards a finished product that is architecturally stunning and ultimately sustainable. Rich, fully integrated design is another one of its core tenants. With an exterior and interior design portfolio that clients can peruse at their leisure before event contacting Ben Design Group, a prospective customer can get a true sense of the variety of styles and atmospheres that this group can create. With this in mind, a client contacting Ben Design Group can rest assured that they’re putting their faith in the right company. Additionally, its dedication to building this critical trust with a client extends to every stage of the working process, beginning right from the very first consultation during which Ben Design Group will tease out the core elements of what the client wishes to achieve during a build. By the end of the project, Ben Design Group and the client will have created a steadfast bond, made possible by the Group’s staff’s dedication to premium customer service and the talent each of them displays throughout every stage of the process from the design to the construction. Its construction background also gives it an air of credence that is not to be underestimated, allowing it to approach each and every project with an enviable attention to detail. Essentially, this ability to both examine every element of a plan in order to give it the due diligence it deserves, and the ability to take a step back and O examine the bigger picture, is something that Ben Design Group has become famous for both amongst its market segment and amongst its peers, developing a more steadfast reputation with every satisfied client it serves. Company: Ben Design Group INC Contact: Benny Kuriakose Website: https://bendesigngroup.com/
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