Professional Services for Bradford St replacement
Description: * Demand for temporary accommodation has increased significantly in recent years, with households presenting with a wider range of support, behavioural, safeguarding and accessibility needs. The Council is therefore seeking to provide high-quality, accessible accommodation that is better suited to the needs of modern homelessness services and reduces reliance on costly nightly paid accommodation. * A feasibility study has been undertaken which identified a preferred layout comprising: * Six self-contained temporary accommodation units; * Three wheelchair-accessible apartments designed to meet M4(3) standards; * Three one-bedroom apartments; * Staff office accommodation; * Meeting/interview facilities; * Associated cycle storage, refuse storage and ancillary external works. * The Council intends to appoint a multidisciplinary professional consultancy team to review and validate the existing feasibility work, undertake any further surveys and investigations (read more...)
Summary: Braintree District Council intends to appoint a multidisciplinary consultancy team for the Bradford St replacement project in Braintree. The project aims to provide accessible temporary accommodation suited to the needs of people experiencing homelessness and reduce reliance on nightly paid accommodation. The preferred feasibility layout includes six self-contained units: three wheelchair-accessible apartments designed to M4(3) standards and three one-bedroom apartments, plus staff offices, meeting and interview rooms, cycle and refuse storage, and associated external works. The professional services cover validating the existing feasibility work, further surveys and investigations, planning and statutory approvals, design development through the relevant RIBA stages, support with procuring a construction contractor, and contract administration and cost management through to completion. Likely investigations include structural, asbestos, measured-building, topographical, utilities, drainage, energy and environmental surveys.