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The Art Deco style pool redevelopment at Butlins, Bognor Regis involved the delivery of an exciting new leisure pool facility to replace the existing, which has now been demolished. Working to a demanding timescale to achieve completion and to facilitate business-critical opening dates for our Client.
Complete commitment to the project from planning, through design and on site was necessary to tie together a myriad of complex technical and sequencing challenges, working closely and collaboratively with all the specialist trades and the technical team.
Including four new leisure pools, multiple flume rides and water features, a ‘Toddler Seaside Playground’ pool with games, and a lazy river within the vibrant pool hall. Also servicing support facilities including large changing rooms catering for families and disabled visitors, café with viewing area and staff facilities.
All photographs are credited to Butlins.
Permission was granted for the demolition of the existing longstanding Pavilion Restaurant within the beautiful grounds of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. The new steel framed restaurant boasts a 400-cover capacity – divided into 117 internal places, 204 external places and a further 80 externally sheltered places. Striking in its design, the Pavilion Restaurant’s appearance is capped by a floating roof over a glass façade on all elevations. The catering kitchen and the functional areas are visually “encased” within an aged brass clad feature wall. This enhances the economic vitality and long-term conservation of the Gardens whilst protecting its status as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Registered Park, Garden and Conservation Area.
The project is a pre designed scheme incorporating all mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) services, which has been enhanced into a fully co-ordinated scheme along with the Architect, Client and Main Contractor.
Cumberland Place is a 12 storey building providing 143 studio bedrooms and 21 three-bedroom flats with supporting communal space at ground floor level, associated parking and other facilities such as a sky lounge on the 10th floor.
Photography courtesy of Patrick Quayle.
Portsmouth is a densely populated area with a real demand for affordable, premium later years care and Highwood’s scheme to create a stylish 60-bedroom care home has been designed to meet this need.
J&B Hopkins carried out a design & build contract for all mechanical, electrical and public health services on the development and were involved in the design from the initial planning application stage. The project achieved a “Very Good” rating under BREEAM in part achieved by the innovative services design J&B Hopkins provided which included gas absorption heat pumps to generate domestic hot water.
Aureus Primary School (previously Chalk Hill Primary School) is a new build two form entry primary school with nursery room, classrooms, SEN rooms, offices, reception, staff room, kitchen, access, parking and landscaping. We were employed to develop the concept design from Stage 3 and provide a fully compliant installation in-line with the EFA specification and school specific brief.
Cedar SEN School is a new build special educational needs School funded by the ‘EFA’ (Educational Funding Agency) built to replace the existing school. The school located in Southampton was single storey and included 12no. classrooms, multipurpose hall, kitchen, a hydrotherapy swimming pool area, sensor room & staff areas.
Hopkins provided a full M&E design & build service from RIBA stage 3 to help ensure both the EFA and School’s specific requirements were met within their very strict budget.
Magna Carta Park (now known as Hox Park) is a new build 500 bed student accommodation development located in Runnymede. The accommodation is split across 3 blocks and includes a mixture of individual studio apartments and cluster bedrooms with ensuites and shared kitchens. The low temperature hot water is generated by a combination of a combined heat and power unit (CHP) and condensing gas fired boilers, these are utilised to generate domestic hot water via packed plate heat exchangers and distribute around the site via pre-insulated underground mains.
The Carmelite Convent, Chichester, was first occupied by nuns in 1872 but was redundant and in a poor state of repair. The site now houses new Primary and Secondary wings which flank the existing building to provide education facilities to 1500 pupils and staff, whilst retaining much of the existing architecture.
Complete M&E Services Design & Build for a new build 1000 pupil Secondary School in Paulsgrove to replace the existing King Richard School. The new facility will comprise of a 3 storey split level building, with Sports Hall, Canteen and Offices. We have taken the M&E design from initial concept (RIBA Stage 2) to construction ensuring full compliance with the EFA’s requirements and clients strict financial budget. Working closely with the consultant’s energy modeler to design M&E systems with the highest energy efficiency to meet the EFA’s stringent energy consumption criteria and energy credits required to achieve a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating.
Hopkins carried out installation of the mechanical and electrical services in order to transform two elderly office buildings into 19 luxury modern short term let and holiday apartments, providing spectacular marina and South Downs views. Both buildings have a centrally boosted cold water supply and the apartments fitted with luxury sanitaryware and brassware.
Photography courtesy of Mary Wadsworth.