£1.1 Million Project completed in just 7 weeks

After a short tender period and an intense lend-in period, Brymor started work on the refurbishment of Newton Preparatory School, London worth £1.1 Million.

''This exciting and prestigious project is part of the schools improvement programme to enhance the schools existing facilities. This phase was to refurbish the existing Library, ICT Suites, Science Laboratories and staff offices.

The Library was redesigned to incorporate suite purpose made shelving to house the schools large range of books and computer facilities. The Science Laboratories were relocated and redesigned to allow specialist lecture tiered seating with a centre teaching point, along with several ''practical points'' with all the latest facilities which have been designed to meet the schools requirements.  

The existing parquet flooring which ran throughout all the areas were covered over with a mixture of vinyl and carpet to suit the acoustic needs of each area, and to enhance the specific activities that take place within that particular area. The ceilings were replaced with a free hanging Ecophon design including wing detail. All areas had new IT points and the latest IT facilities, new high spec lighting as well as new heating systems. All doors were also replaced with ash doors.''

This exciting project was extremely fast-track and was constructed in line with a 7 week construction programme, including evening, night and weekend works. This intense schedule was essential to ensure to this challenging scheme was completed on time and too budget. With the programme being so intense our client took great care in deciding which contractor was suitable for the job and after numerous discussions and interviews Brymor were selected, for not only their wealth of experience and knowledge in fast-track refurbishments but for their teamwork approach and positive attitude.

The success of this project together with the pace and quality of the workmanship was down to the careful management and teamwork approach from Brymor’s dedicated project team consisting of; Andrew Tull Operations Director, Trevor Horsham Contract Manager, Jonathan Gough Contract Surveyor, Gary Edmonds Project Manager, Eddie Walker Site Manager and our experienced, approved subcontractors and suppliers.

75th Anniversary Project

Brymor carried out an exciting project at The Pilgrims’ School in Winchester to extend an existing classroom building and add a new classroom building, multi-use block I.T, workshop and changing facilities. The added feature to this exciting new build scheme was the provision of a five lane, 20 metre outdoor heated swimming pool.

The project valued £2.25 million.

Statement from School Bursar:

“The selection of the right Contractor for our 75th Anniversary project was always going to be critical because the demand on the chosen company would be very high. The timetable was tight; the project had to be completed under one year to enable the new pre-prep school to open on time. The site was challenging because of the lack of access and the need to crane every piece of material on and off site over medieval walls. The quality of the building needed to be high to meet the exact requirements of the planning consent; building on a Grade 1 listed site adjacent to Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College and Wolvesey Palace, we needed a company who could produce modern school buildings using green oak, handmade bricks and tiles with lime pointing and highly detailed architectural requirements.

I am delighted to say that Brymor have met all three demands very well. The development has been completed to programme, the detail is first class and has achieved all the School had hoped for, and the logistics of the build have been achieved by a first rate project team. Their cooperation with the client, and their flexible approach has ensured a building that the school, the Company and Winchester Close can be proud of.”  

Design and Build of Sports Pavilion

This design and build scheme consisted of a two-storey sports pavilion including new changing facilities, a meeting room, bar, steward's accommodation and kitchens. With the exception of the fitted kitchen, all interior decoration and fit-outs were undertaken by Brymor.

This prestigious project valued £2,700,000 and was undertaken on behalf of The University of Southampton.

Build of a Tennis Centre and Dance Studio

This £3.1 million project was an exciting scheme for Brymor to undertake and be apart of. The project team selected for this scheme felt privileged to be involved and worked in partnership with the client and the clients chosen project team to complete this project to the highest possible standard.

The works comprised of the construction of a new build tennis centre and dance studio and the amalgamation of these to the existing structure of the school buildings, which were also remodeled and refurbished accordingly. The works involved several major structural changes, including the removal of supporting columns. Our Project Team worked extremely hard alongside Portsmouth City Council to develop the detailed design.

The build principally involved a steel frame portal span for the tennis centre and traditional construction for the adjacent dance studio, careers centre and offices. Together with the refurbishment of existing buildings, Brymor and Portsmouth City Council have transformed a run-down school facility into a world class sports centre with modern facilities for the use of the school, general public and, hopefully future tennis champions.

On the back of the projects success, Brymor’s Project Manager was nominated at the CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2007, and walked away highly commended. 

Refurbishment and Alterations

This £700,000 scheme carried out on behalf of The University of Portsmouth encompasses both refurbishment and alteration of the main entrance to the building, corridors 0 - 6, both staircases and the student entrance.

Each floor is unique with a bold and contemporary colour, ranging from bright yellow and lime green to pink. Corridors are decorated with one side in white and the other in colour, with the flooring in a marmorette vinyl patterned to match the colour of each individual floor and the relevant numbering outside the lift to match the colour scheme used. All office and fire doors have been replaced with solid white oak doors with glazed vision panels.