Finalists at the Northern Design Awards 2023

Finalists at the Northern Design Awards 2023 – Architectural Practice and Best Residential categories. What a result! We are very pleased to share that we have been nominated as finalists at the Northern Design Awards for two categories!!!

Architectural Practice

This award serves to reward practices making a significant impact in the industry. Combining innovative design concepts with practical solutions to create iconic private homes and developments; our panel wants to see a diverse portfolio of projects, demonstrating a deep understanding of client needs and market trends. Entrants must not only meet the requirements of their clients but also surpass industry standards; giving examples of sustainable design principles, eco-friendly features and showcase use of energy-efficient systems in their builds.

Residential Build
Seeking thoughtfully designed homes that set the gold standard for family friendly living. Recognising new builds within the residential sector that most effectively demonstrate high levels of user satisfaction and comfort; deliver outstanding building performance alongside exceptional interiors. Successful entries will showcase the perfect fusion of functionality, practical living spaces alongside luxury design and eco-friendliness. Homes of all sizes, budgets and style are eligible to enter.

This is a fantastic achievement for even being nominated as a finalist. This is fantastic accomplishment and really emphasise how much hard work the team put into all our projects and its a great way to be nationally recognised for what we are doing.. We are looking forward to the awards ceremony next month! Congratulations to all the other finalists!

Carter’s Building Consultancy is an Award-Winning architectural practice based in Preston, Lancashire, and has developed a reputation for sustainable high-spec modern properties. Carters has a wealth of experience within the built environment with Chartered Designers, Buildings Surveyors, and Project Managers. Specialists in sustainable design, urban master planning, and development.

We provide Architecture, Building Surveying, and Project management services for prestigious new builds, alterations to existing buildings, and refurbishment projects.

The business has also invested considerably into another newly formed business called Carter Unique Developments where we are in the process of acquiring a parcel of land, secured £2,500,000.00 investment and going to be developing our own sustainable, high-end residential development open to the market for four luxury dwellings. Finalists at the Northern Design Awards 2023 – Architectural Practice.

We believe we are setting a high standard for future new homes and developments meeting high and exceptional client requirements and exceptional testimonials received by our customers. We are leading the way for sustainable innovative design concepts with practical solutions to create iconic buildings. We have a diverse portfolio of projects, demonstrating a deep understanding of client needs and market trends.

On all our projects surpass industry standards enhanced with sustainable design principles, eco-friendly features and showcase use of energy-efficient systems in our completed and ongoing projects.

Carters has also acquired a photography business and invested in another multimillion-pound development which will be high-end, sustainable development consisting of four architecturally lead dwellings designed by Carters.

This year we have successfully obtained full planning approval for four ultra-modern and high-end residential dwellings in Lancashire Green belt. This will be one of the first carbon-neutral developments to have been approved in Lancashire. Not only that the government has set new standards for houses to achieve net-zero carbon neutral by 2050 and we have done it in 2022.

We have already set the benchmark for sustainable carbon-neutral dwellings for the future in Lancashire. Refer to Prospect Farm – Carbon Neutral Development.

In addition, we have seen our design for five contemporary luxury townhouses (a 2.5m new build development) successfully completed in Poulton-le Fylde. Gaining full planning approval to complete such a landmark building within the local conservation area is a huge success for Carter’s and a portent of things to come. Refer to Breck Point Luxury Town Houses.

Another outstanding development successfully completed by Carter’s only this year is Royal Oak Apartments. Refer to Royal Oak Apartment in additional documentation. There were numerous challenges to overcome such as material prices soaring during a very volatile period due to the covid pandemic and local lock downs and shortage of materials. An example the steel frame which was used for the superstructure at the time was very volatile when we were ready to place an order and prices for the steel frame fluctuated £93K in one day! Issues like this were overcome by an extraordinary team on board and certain areas had been valued engineered to maintain the client’s budget.

Such as changing the proposed feature zinc panels to a jumbled feature brickwork panel which now completed, we believe enhanced and benefited the appearance. The development has been designed with an elevated level of sustainability in mind and will feature many renewable features including:

– Highly insulated with a fabric first approach far passing the minimum U-Values requirements for the floors, walls, windows, and roof.

– Thermal bridge free design
– Airtight construction
– Heat recovery ventilation
– Energy-efficient boilers and appliances throughout with smart meters.
– Highly insulating windows
– Innovative building services
Sustainable drainage system
All accompanied by enhanced thermal efficiency of the building’s external fabric using the latest construction techniques. The sustainability energy efficiency factors proposed will play a key role in the UK’s efforts to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The air tightness and sound tests came back to the highest standards the surveyor has seen which was a huge result for the development. The EPC rating has achieved an energy efficiency rating of B, for each apartment scoring 85. (only 6 points away from an A rating). The environmental impact (CO2) rating also achieved a fantastic sore of B (86) only 5 points away from an A.

As you will see from the finished photograph the development sits well within it surroundings and the client and community all have commended how fantastic the development looks now completed. The layouts and intelligent integration of the M&E has set the benchmark for future apartments in the area and further afield. Demonstrating high levels of user satisfaction and comfort; deliver outstanding building performance alongside exceptional interiors.

Additionally, to this we are currently working on a very exciting state of the art new football dome. Working with an international soccer academy and created a concept for an indoor sustainable football
and wellbeing facility. This is very exciting concept which includes the following:

Offering Schools, disadvantaged & disability/special needs usage of indoor Football facility (selectedday time hours)
Offering Semi & Professional Football Club rentable usage
To operate organised competitive leagues at 7-a-side standard. Available to all levels of ability
Offer corporate team building events & Private functions
Party/social/charity hosting events
Music/Concert & corporate events
INDOOR FOOTBALL ARENA & LEISURE CENTRE
The one and only all purpose full size indoor Football arena to be opened in the North West of the UK, offering a complete Football and sports based experiences for both our Academy development and the entire community. Fully facilitated Full size FIFA standard Football pitch which can be partitioned. into multiple 5 or 7-a-side tournament pitches
Eating area and Café and Pool tables
HydroTherapy Pool/Fitness Treatment Centre
Something like this could be fantastic for the area.

We have had a huge response and investors who are very interested in the scheme.

We are a fast growing, vibrant and fresh company that puts a very strong emphasis on keeping up with latest industry trends within the built environment and sustainability. Using 3D technology and innovation enables our clients to be fully involved in the collaborative design process. We have set an industry benchmark within Lancashire. We’re met with very positive feedback from customers, commenting how the 3D models have enabled them to fully visualise their intended spaces.

The carbon-neutral development that we have proposed in Lancashire consists of 4 luxury dwellings. The innovative architectural design and sustainability credentials such as carbon neutral, environmental, economic growth and social improvements proposed for the site will be amongst the first in Poulton-le-Fylde to hold such a rating. Significantly enhancing the area in design and sustainability credentials.

Committee members highly commended the innovative, high quality and sustainable design. This a exceptional achievement for Carter’s on an incredibly sensitive site.

The proposed development will minimise resources use, enhancing energy efficiency and reducing waste. It will feature and integrate many state of the art architectural technologies and energy-efficient
solutions such as:
• Super Insulation
• Thermal bridge free design
• Airtight construction
• Heat recovery ventilation
• Highly insulating windows
• Innovative building services
• Green roofs
• Rainwater harvesting
• Feature thermal massing stone structures
• planting hundreds of new trees within the area and site.
• sustainable drainage design,
• solar panels with battery storage systems,
• ground source heat pumps

We strongly believe we are setting the 21st-century benchmark for the construction industry in Lancashire. The company has a very strong pipeline of new and sustainable projects. Some are already commenced on-site and others starting in the very near future. These include a sustainable 3.5m luxury apartment development in Poulton-le-Fylde, three sustainable dwellings in the lake district, and several other developments which will see the company through from 2021 – 2023. See business projections and new projects won.

Within the next 3-5 years we have plans to expand and provide a one-stop-shop consultancy service. Where all services such as architecture, town planning, quantity surveying, structural engineering, and
project management all can be provided under one roof. We will continue investing in technology and innovation, such as BIM (Building Information Modelling, as well as developing internal processes, working towards the ISO 9001 certification.

With our strong pipeline of work and exciting development of our own, our turnover next year is easily going to double with very strong profit margins which after a very challenging year is very exciting to
share with you. Our long-term ambition is to be the leading building consultancy in the Northwest. Which we are very much on the way to achieving. We have adapted to a challenging market and progressively used the pandemic to the best of our advantage. Hybrid work solutions have reduced commuting times, increased productivity, using interactive technologies, encouraging our clients to be as green as feasibly possible. We have aspired to be as sustainable as possible going above and beyond minimum requirements future-proofing our developments not just meeting today’s needs but also for future generations.

We are over the moon to be Finalists at the Northern Design Awards 2023. This is fantastic accomplishment and really emphasise how much hard work the team put into all our projects and its a great way to be nationally recognised for what we are doing.