Quarmby Construction Company Ltd

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• Quarmby Construction has now gained ISO 9001:2008 accreditation in recognition of its Quality Management System and its commitment to maintaining our high quality standards and continual improvement.

• Quarmby Construction is also committed to achieving recognition for its high standards of Health and Safety and also for its Environmental Standards. The company is currently in the process of achieving ISO 14001 for its Environmental Management system and OHSAS 18001 for Health & Safety Management.

• Hull Truck Theatre has generated much favourable publicity since its gala opening in April this year which premiered John Godber's new play "Funny Turns". John, Hull Truck's Artistic Director, wrote the play especially for the theatre's opening night.

The theatre has received the following awards:
RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards for Architecture 2009 Building of the Year Award
RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards 2009 Sustainable Futures Award
RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards 2009 Gold Award
Brick Development Association Brick Awards 2009 Winner Best Public Building

The RIBA Journal of May 2009 featured a very favourable critique of the theatre's architectural design including the innovative 'invisible' elements of natural ventilation throughout the entire building.

The theatre's passive ventilation system was also featured in "Building" magazine of 9 April 2009.

• New Record Office, Carlisle
A landmark in the progress of the new Carlisle Archives was celebrated on 12 October 2009. A "Topping Out" ceremony was held at the Petteril Bank site to mark the completion of the roof and the external envelope of the new extension, and a time capsule was buried. This contained letters from local children from Petteril Bank Primary School who wrote about their lives and their hopes for the future, and included their photographs. The County Council included a set of plans for the project, and photographs of the construction progress to date, and a scroll commemorating the event was also put into the time capsule.

The ceremony was performed by the Chairman of Cumbria County Council, Councillor Roger Bingham, who placed the time capsule outside the public entrance to the new Archives Centre, watched by the schoolchildren. The capsule will provide a snapshot of life in 2009 should anyone in the future dig it up! The ceremony received wide publicity and featured on local television and radio channels and also in the local press.

Cllr Roger Bingham, Chairman of Cumbria County Council, said:
"It is amazing how much progress has been made in such a short period of time. The people of Carlisle and north Cumbria can look forward to a state of the art facility when it opens next year."

Cumbria County Council- archives [link]

NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED

• Victorian Baths, Harpurhey, Manchester College Sixth Form
Regeneration of the Grade II listed former Victorian Baths into teaching accommodation for the Manchester College. The project includes the restoration/regeneration of a Victorian swimming baths into a modern performance and exhibition space for use by the whole community. The development will also include a new build block containing classrooms and a fitness suite for use by students, staff and the general public. The original Victorian entrance area is to be converted into offices.

Construction work commenced in September 2009 after the building was formally handed over to Quarmby Construction. Amongst those attending the ceremony were Peter Tavernor, Principal of Manchester College, David Jones Managing Director of Quarmby Construction together with representatives from the Design Team.

Harpurhey Baths gets a new lease of life. [link]

• Pupil Referral Unit, Snaygill Centre, Skipton
Complete refurbishment of the existing Adult Training Centre for North Yorkshire County Council to form a Pupil Referral Unit, including substantial alteration works, complete rewire and new heating system.

• New Record Office, Carlisle
Work commenced on site in January 2009 on this multi-million pound project for Cumbria County Council. The project involves renovating and restoring the existing Grade II* Lady Gillford’s House (also known as Petteril Bank House) and building a new two storey structure alongside it to house the archives and records currently stored at Carlisle Castle.

Petteril House

The construction of the new building is a mixture of steelwork and concrete. A steel frame is provided to part of the building while for the archive store a reinforced concrete box structure extending from ground to roof level with an intermediate floor will carry electrically operated free-standing mobile racking.

Petteril Bank House, also known as Lady Gillford House, is Grade II* listed and is a very rare survivor of a late gothic revival villa in Carlisle. Alteration work and conservation repairs will be carried out to the building with the utmost care.

• Extension to the School of Management, University of Bradford
Quarmby has been awarded an £8.3 million contract to design and build a new extension to the School of Management.

The scheme comprises the demolition of the existing building and construction of a new three storey teaching block and glazed atrium area between the Grade II listed Emm Lane Building and the Airedale Building on a steeply sloping site within a conservation area. The structure is designed to maintain a stable internal temperature throughout the year, the target being to create a building with the lowest possible carbon footprint and an Excellent BREEAM rating.

Last update: Monday, December 14, 2009

"I would like to congratulate you and your colleagues on achieving a completed building of which I think you should be justifiably proud."

B S GROOM, RANCE BOOTH & SMITH