Crookes Walker Consulting Limited

Great News: Planning Committee approval received for Zurich House, Leeds We are thrilled to be part of this development and to work alongside a great professional team. CWC are delighted to have provided our M&E and Building Performance services by assessing EPC ‘A’ and EPC ‘B’ requirements, undertaking heat network feasibility study, utility assessments and determining M&E requirements and spatial impact. We look forward to seeing how the project develops. Please get in touch if we can help support with your construction projects: https://lnkd.in/eVFcwaCf https://lnkd.in/eCy4Rzcs

Andy Portnell and Greg MacInnes conducted a site progress visit yesterday at VITA Gough Street project. The project is well on with first fix of M&E installation to “The Tower”, whilst the adjoining building was pouring the 6th out of 10 floors. 

We are extremely proud to be a part of the Glenbrook team for the Insider Media’s Deal of the Year award for Lumina Village. Congratulations to the team and also congratulations to Guy and Ian for the Outstanding Contribution award.

CWC are delighted to be part of the client’s design team working on Amstone’s No1 Knightsbridge project, comprising of 563 units, forming part of the wider Stockport Town Centre Regeneration. It is a pleasure to continue our relationship with Amstone having also delivered on the 614 unit, Clippers Quay scheme back in 2019.

We are pleased to be working with Hello Student® to develop and implement the decarbonisation strategy for their estate. Through a number of pilot studies, we have identified interventions, easy wins and potential capital projects to deliver decarbonisation targets, lowering energy bills for students and landlords, and minimising maintenance costs for the entire estate. We are now providing technical design services for the interventions, assistance with tendering and procurement and site inspections during construction.

Plans for the Soapworks in Salford have been resubmitted, with commercial space reduced in favour of affordable homes. The major new waterfront development on the Manchester Ship Canal includes residential and commercial space, transport hub and new public realm and private residential gardens. We have provided MEP Infrastructure to support the masterplan, MEP design and energy design for each building to support the planning application. With Bankfoot APAM and Chapman Taylor

Great to see planning approved for the refurbishment of the Central Methodist Hall in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Works include internal reconfiguration, a new 4,000 sq ft rooftop extension and energy efficiency improvements throughout. We are pleased to have provided M&E technical services for the planning application, and look forward to seeing works progress. OMI Architects E3P John Turner Construction Group Ltd GIA Surveyors

Our building performance lead Obaid Rahman is presenting a CIBSE Merseyside and North Wales Technical Event this Thursday 24th October 6-7:30pm. The topic is:   Approved Document Part O (TM59) - Thermal Comfort   The presentation will cover the dynamic thermal modelling approach utilising IES-VE software and provide a general overview on our approach to ADO compliance. Book your tickets here: https://buff.ly/40eYpfs

The Place North West Place RESI event this morning was excellent. Great insight from Guy Butler of Glenbrook and a very inspirational discussion from Andy Burnham, it's always a pleasure to hear him speak so passionately about Manchester.

Some great photos of Place North West's Offices + Workspaces update last week, which discussed the demand for office space in Manchester city centre and the effects Covid and WFH still have on the design of the workspace. Andy Ringland spoke on the panel about the refurbishment of Civic in Wigan, detailing the challenges of putting in energy efficient technologies whilst working within the constraints of the existing building and considering its embodied carbon: https://lnkd.in/eBNHt6ZX