Belasco Associates Limited

Supporting the next generation of construction professionals! 👷 🏗️   Leigh Belasco delivered a training course last week alongside our friends at Dornan who are supporting an exchange initiative for final-year US 🇺🇸 students from Texas A&M College of Architecture in the UK, covering the basics of UK construction law. Leigh was very complimentary of the students' enthusiasm and engagement throughout. Good luck to all on the remainder of their placements, and to a successful career in the construction industry. 👏 Thanks to Sean Horan MRICS, Melissa Daigneault, Dornan, Turner Construction Company and Texas A&M College of Architecture for having us - see you next time! https://lnkd.in/e-DJ8kEG Stephen Belasco

We've had a little refresh of our website recently to streamline our services offerings, along with a few updates to showcase some of our more recent projects, particularly our EA/CA and Party Wall services. Head over to our website and check it out! Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco https://lnkd.in/d8YqEXan

A busy start to 2025 and another project over the line! 👏 This one for our client Life Property Group working with Vaughan Construction Ltd to deliver 20 affordable properties in Cwm Mawr, Tumble for Beacon Cymru Group, including a mix of 1-bedroom flats, 2-bedroom terraced / semi-detached units and 3-bedroom semi-detached units. Looking forward to getting underway with this one over the next few weeks where we’re providing Employer’s Agent services under the build contract. Keep an eye out here for regular updates! House design by Chamberlain Moss King Planning by Powell Dobson Architects Ltd. Engineering by CB3 Consult Ltd Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco Daniel Madge Property Developer and Managing Director Jon Taylor Adam Jones

First site visit to Parc Pendre today since works commenced and good to see Vaughan Construction Ltd with a nice tidy site and making really positive progress early on. Site cleared, piling mats down and vibro-piling nearing completion. Keep an eye out for regular updates! Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco Daniel Madge Property Developer and Managing Director Adam Jones Jon Taylor Life Property Group

And that's a wrap! Final visit to the Nun Street project in St Davids today with all plots largely snagged and ready for handover. It was a beautiful day down Pembrokeshire and we're really pleased to capture the final result and showcase such a quality build - all credit to the team at Life Property Group and W.B. GRIFFITHS & SON LIMITED. Photos to follow! (Yes, we now have a drone! 😆) Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco Daniel Madge Property Developer and Managing Director Sam Hawking Jon Taylor Paul Stephens

New Year and new project over the line. Contracts have been finalised on the Parc Pendre development and we're excited to be involved in this one with Life Property Group who are working with Vaughan Construction Ltd to deliver 16 affordable houses on vacant land in Kidwelly on behalf of Carmarthenshire County Council - a mix of apartments and 2 and 3-bed properties. Ground conditions provided a challenge during pre-construction and it's taken a fair bit of engineering work by the Project Team to find a suitable piling solution, but we're confident the build phase will now be a doddle(!). Care has also had to be taken on ecological matters with careful relocation of native species. Keep an eye out here for further updates in due course. House design by Chamberlain Moss King. Structural Engineering and SAB by Vale Consultancy. PD by Greenbuild Management Services Ltd Daniel Madge Property Developer and Managing Director Adam Jones Leigh Belasco Jon Taylor #southwales #construction #affordablehousing

One of the most interesting and complex engineering projects we've been involved in to date was the construction of a new liquefaction plant at an existing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility in West Wales, including installation of all free-issue process equipment, cryogenic pipework and utility connections from the existing facility, along with all associated infrastructure. We were heavily involved commercially both pre-and-post-contract assisting the Main Contractor in negotiating and managing the bespoke Construction Management Trade Contract (valued at approximately £15,000,000) and procurement and commercial management of all major MEICA Sub-Contract packages, as well as providing permanent on-site QS services (financial and cost reporting, management of payments and change management) and extensive claims management. Due to significant changes to the Client-led design, reliance on free-issue material deliveries and the MEICA interface with the Client-procured civils package, the case management was extensive. This included daily/weekly monitoring of delay events, submission of delay notices, preparation and management of multiple claims for extensions of time and loss and expense and ensuring the correct substantiation (records) were in place, not to mention the assessment of multiple Sub-Contractor claims. Our remit included representing our client in five successful adjudications. 10 points if you can tell us where it is... If you haven't already, please give our page a follow to keep up to date with our projects, and check out this and some of our other Case Studies on the website: https://lnkd.in/eqJ9bAvQ 👏 Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco

Just before the Christmas break, Leigh was out and about delivering a quarterly training course for the commercial team of our longstanding client, Dornan, discussing 'Without Prejudice' communications - when they are appropriate, the 'need-to-knows' and some of the common pitfalls around WP discussions. The session was attended by colleagues at all levels of Dornan's commercial team and engagement was excellent. As usual, Leigh finished the day with a general Q&A session on various topics and issues faced by Dornan's commercial staff on their current projects. Thanks for having us, see you shortly for the next one! Sean Horan MRICS Leigh Belasco

We're looking forward to attending The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Wales Construction Conference in Swansea Arena on 18th March 2025 (12:00-18:00). The agenda includes talks on the economic outlook of the built environment, updates to the JCT contracts (2024 edition) and damp and mould in retrofit projects, as well as a panel discussion on the Building Safety Act. Not one to miss, and look forward to seeing you there! Get your tickets via the CIOB or EventBrite: https://lnkd.in/eJ2-_7F2 https://lnkd.in/ehcfabwJ Leigh Belasco Stephen Belasco

We would like to wish all of our clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.