COMMERICAL

BRITISH RED CROSS RESOURCE CENTRECHELMSFORD, ESSEXCLIENT: THE BRITISH RED CROSS

ARCHITECT: SURSHAM TOMPKINS & PARTNERS

QUANTITY SURVEYOR: TOMPKINS ROBINSONS SURVEYOR

VALUE: £1,250,000

CONTRACT PERIOD: 38 WEEKS

This 38 week long project involved the construction of a new build two storey

Resource Centre for The British Red Cross. The steel frame structure was

constructed on land owned by the British Red Cross adjacent to their existing

offices. These offices remained in use throughout the construction phase and

were later sold in order to fund the construction of the new build.

The scheme is currently awaiting a BREEAM rating. BREEAM assessments

use recognised measure’s which are set against established benchmarks

to evaluate a buildings environmental performance across it’s specification,

design, construction and use. In order to achieve BREEAM several

environmental measures were put in place throughout the project. These

included the monitoring and reduction of electricity, water, C02 and waste

levels and the utilisation of sustainable construction materials such as Forest

Stewardship Council approved timber.

Now complete The Resource Centre will be used as offices and a first aid

training centre by the Red Cross. The ground floor of the building provides

a reception, training room, staff office and breakout room with a large open

plan office, meeting room and hot desk area on the first floor. Externally,

a new pedestrian walkway from the main road to the building was created

along with a car park and new boundary walls.