R G Carter

At the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2024, we were delighted to hear that Oakhill Lawn Crematorium was Awarded Highly Commended in the Best Public or Community Building category for the Central region. This multiple award winning project for Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is set in attractive flower and water gardens, and green landscaping to provide tranquil surroundings for its visitors. It is wonderful that this project has had so much positive recognition; well done to everyone involved. Read more on the award: https://lnkd.in/e9Yie9Rj View our R G Carter case study on this project: https://lnkd.in/evGgVkT6 BENCHMARK ARCHITECTS #WelHatCouncil #awardwinning #LABCawards #labcuk #crematorium #construction #communityspace

Continuing our long-standing relationship with Waitrose & Partners we have been working this summer in St Ives in Cambridgeshire, on a seven-week refurbishment project, refreshing and updating this retail store. Here is official opening day with the store manager where customers were queuing at 8am ready to shop! Works included replacing chillers and cases, updating the deli, meat and fish counters and installing a new sushi bar to the main store. Back of house we refreshed cold store rooms as well reconfigured storage space and installed new plant on the roof. Well done to all the team for this successful completion of this project. View more about our retail expertise: https://lnkd.in/eS2QCscX #retailrefurbishment #waitrose #retailrefit #customerexperience #construction

As part of our continued commitment to educating the next generation, R G Carter have been supporting Abigail, a T Level student from West Suffolk College on the Design, Surveying and Planning course. With the support of the site team at the Thurston Extra Care Scheme and the Design and Pre-Construction team in the Ipswich office, Abigail has already completed over a third of the 315 hours she is required to complete on the course. The team are focussing on the design and construction process needed to get a project from tender stage to site, bringing classroom theory to life! Read more on our support for the next generation and social value initiatives at R G Carter: https://lnkd.in/eadBYAtD View Building and Construction courses at West Suffolk College: https://lnkd.in/ex_TaXn8 #futuregeneration #buildingforthefuture #tlevels #wsc #constructioncareers #learning

Great progress is being made at Broomfield Care Village as the externals of the building are now nearly complete. Here is the West Court where the team are busy finishing off the landscaping which forms one of the many different ground level and terrace gardens. including green and paved spaces, crazy golf and vegetable gardens, that will surround this newly refurbished and extended care home. The team are looking to hand over at later this autumn, ready for Principle Care Homes to furnish and welcome residents of this 137-bed residential, nursing and dementia facility. Read more on Broomfield Care Village: https://lnkd.in/eVMQM-dY

After 356 hours on site with our team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, Cameron Bunning has completed his work placement as part of his T Level course at West Suffolk College. Having started on the site of last November, he has seen this project from foundations, right through to completion, providing him with invaluable hands-on experience. Cameron has been an absolute pleasure to have on site and an excellent addition to the team, impressing everyone with his willingness to learn, get stuck in and engage with everything on site. We would like to thank him for all his help and wish him well in what will clearly be a fantastic future career in the industry! Read more about of social value initiatives support given to students: https://lnkd.in/eadBYAtD #nextgeneration #buildingforthefuture #tlevelplacements #westsuffolkcollege #workexperience #careers #tlevels

At Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy School near Bury St Edmunds, our R G Carter team have been working on a six-week refurbishment project for Thedwastre Education Trust over the school holidays with the aim to complete before the children return. In the oldest part of this Victorian school, built in 1872, our team of carpenters are replacing the oak casement and sash windows for new ones like-for-like. They are also replacing the external wooden doors, including the unique main front arch way entrance. This picturesque village in Suffolk has been a conservation area since 1975, ensuring any changes to buildings are in keeping with the area’s character. Lovely to see the school refurbished to its former glory. View more on R G Carter's education expertise and case studies: https://lnkd.in/eaH8z8XW

At the picturesque coastal location of Thornham in North Norfolk, work is well under way on the next Phase at St George’s Court to build two further homes for our client Bullen Developments. Having completed five homes at the same location at the end of 2022, we are now delivering these beautiful private homes with the support of the design services of Carter Design Group, in the same traditional style. Work started in April, with brick and flint work now up to first floor height and floor trusses being installed very soon. By Christmas, the team hope to be watertight.

One of our employees, Carl Offer, has bravely taken on the One Million steps challenge for Diabetes UK, equivalent of walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats! As a diabetic himself, this challenge is not just a personal test of endurance and commitment, it’s a chance to contribute to a cause that directly impacts his own life and the lives of millions of others.    By participating, Carl hopes to inspire people in the diabetic community to stay active and healthy, and to highlight the significance of regular physical activity in managing diabetes. This challenge is his way of giving back and making a difference.   Since the start of July, Carl has already covered over 400,000 steps with his family, including his young daughter who likes to join in!   We wish Carl luck in his challenge and as always are very proud of our R G Carter employees who give up their time to help those in need. If you would like to support Carl and this amazing charity, please click to view his fundraising page https://lnkd.in/ecbQfuaj

At Drayton Medical Centre, our team have been busy on the groundworks of the new extension at this local healthcare provision, just round the corner from our Drayton office.   Having demolished the existing extension first, the team have been busy preparing this space and the adjacent brownfield site for the new two storey facility to create additional consultancy rooms for the local community.   With the final concrete pour having taken place, its onwards and upwards with brickwork! Read more on our expertise in building Healthcare facilities: https://lnkd.in/dSeMxdvN

We are delighted to have secured a place on the Essex County Council framework further to it having pared down its partner firms from 18 to 11 for this third-generation £400m construction framework. Ensuring a continued place on this important framework is a great win for the team. The framework provides design and construction services for education and other capital construction and major maintenance projects across the county. Read more:  https://lnkd.in/eC2JTzeZ Currently R G Carter are delivering the Net Zero Primary School in Beaulieu for this ECC framework and look forward to handing this over at the end of the month.