Having a development plan for any of your building assets is an invaluable tool to help maximise opportunity and mitigate risk. They provide a structured and cost-effective approach to completing building work on your estate. Identifying capacity (how much one can do in a given period) with large schemes means actions can be phased to suit your building needs.
When it comes to property development, Carter's Building Consultancy will engage with stakeholders and listen to your building needs - where you see the company or your home in the next two to three years and how you would like it to transform. This could be improving the layout of space, realising health and safety changes, enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability credentials, meeting new regulations, or a combination of these. A development plan schedules actions over a number of years to help keep control of a budget.
An example of a building development plan is shown for Agecroft Fire Station (AFS), part of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. This was a live client for Harry during his time at Salford University. Manchester Fire and Rescue used the ideas to help improve their building assets. He subsequently completed many development plans in the education sector, particularly for primary and secondary schools where budgets are traditionally very tight and onsite windows are complex.
This building appraisal identified that AFS could improve their building asset by the following:
- raise the standards of AFS to grade A (as good as new);
- reduce utility bills by 50% and merge blue light services to optimise the asset value at AFS;
- AFS can reduce their energy consumption by 40% to 50% by improving the building's fabric and implementing renewable and sustainable systems;
- a new layout enables the client to fully utilise rooms and optimise their asset values, this has also led to zoned areas of the building so systems can more effectively be controlled and monitored;
- an understanding of payback periods over an achievable timeframe;
- a published development plan that scopes and prioritises the recommended works over a number of years, thus making it more financially viable and able to remain open whilst work is taking place and;
- a feasibility study can be applied to all 41 fire stations in the Greater Manchester area - optimising asset value, reducing energy bills, improving physical condition, aesthetic impact, sustainability, technical and energy performance, and wider performance of the estate.
Such were the incredible returns and social value of this work, Harry is a passionate believer that development plans should be used for any large building asset.
What are the advantages of having a Development Plan?
- a structured approach towards your building asset;
- reduces the likelihood of waste and remedial work on recent construction projects;
- gives clear direction and;
- maximises cost-efficiency.
Carters will take a fresh look at your building assets and provide an innovative solution - taking your ideas and making them a cost-effective and sustainable reality.
Here are some examples to inspire you, please get in touch to see how we can tailor your own building development plan.
Having a development plan for any of your building assets is an invaluable tool to help maximise opportunity and mitigate risk. They provide a structured and cost effective approach to completing building work on your estate. Identifying capacity (how much one can do in a given period) with large schemes means actions can be phased to suit your building needs.
Carter's Building Consultancy will engage with stakeholders and listen to your building needs - where you see the company or your home in the next two to three years and how you would like it to transform. This could be improving the layout of space, realising health and safety changes, enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability credentials, meeting new regulations, or a combination of these. A development plan schedules actions over a number of years to help keep control of a budget.
An example of a building development plan is shown for Agecroft Fire Station (AFS), part of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. This was a live client for Harry during his time at Salford University. Manchester Fire and Rescue used the ideas to help improve their building assets. He subsequently completed many development plans in the education sector, particularly for primary and secondary schools where budgets are traditionally very tight and onsite windows are complex.
