The Kensington

Client: Private

Project: The Kensington, Wrightington, Lancashire. Two storey four bedroom detached house, £190K project value, 18 weeks project duration, completed in 2005.

Construction work included:

• Demolition of existing structure down to wall plate level
• Strip-out of existing M&E
• M&E installations
• Rebuilding gable wall to allow for another storey height
• Installing first floor joists and new pitched roof with dormer construction to each bedroom
• Timber frame windows and doors
• Rendering to all external faces
• Plasterboard and skim throughout
• New kitchen and bathrooms
• Decorative ceiling, wall and floor finishes
• Landscaping and access roads

Project roles and responsibilities included:

• Assessing planning approval application
• Completing full measured surveys of the existing property and land
• Producing building plans for full planning and building regulation approval
• Preparing bills of quantities and tender packages for subcontractor pricing
• Estimating elements of work
• Procuring subcontractors, materials, labour and plant
• Programming and coordinating building works