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Heritage Conservation
International Property and Construction Consultants
The preservation of historic buildings requires
knowledge, skill and care, which grow out of
experience and dedication. Watts has a unique
skill set and strong track record of working with
some of the country’s most prestigious and iconic
buildings to help preserve our cultural heritage.
Key challengesWe pride ourselves on understanding and responding to the keychallenges faced by owners, investors, occupiers and managers ofhistoric buildings.
• Understanding the long-term maintenance requirements ofhistoric buildings is often complex, particularly when trying toforecast the cost of these activities.
• Meeting the challenges of sympathetic conservative repair withminimal intervention to the building fabric.
• Ensuring appropriate methods of repair and a full understandingof the behaviour of materials to ensure continued preservationof historic buildings.
• Ensuring a Building Reinstatement Valuation accurately reflectslikely reinstatement costs and considers the specialist historiccontext and/or elements of the building.
• Creating energy efficiency that is sustainable, economic anddoes not harm the special interest of historic buildings.
How Watts can help• Project management – our conservation philosophy embraces
the need for sympathetic conservative repair with minimalintervention to the building fabric to prevent decay and prolongthe life of our cultural and natural heritage. This approach isvital to a successful conservation project.
• Maintenance management – Watts delivers reliable conditionsurveys, Quinquennial/Quadrennial inspections and robustplanned preventative maintenance programmes to suit theneeds of the occupiers and/or owners of historic buildings.
• Conservation plans – Watts is experienced in advisinggovernment departments and private owners onconservation plans.
• Building Reinstatement Valuations – Watts has a successfultrack record in providing advice to property owners with regardto accurate valuations of reinstatement should an insuranceclaim be necessary.
• Defect investigations and Expert Witness – Watts’ BuildingPathology Group is recognised within the industry for itstechnical expertise and its highly commercial and pragmaticapproach to problem solving and dispute resolution.
• Energy efficiency for historic buildings – In-house capabilityto produce energy performance certificates (EPCs) and displayenergy certificates (DECs) for a wide range of non-dwellings.Watts offers a range of environmental and sustainabilityservices, delivered via our dedicated environmentalconsultancy team.
• Historic buildings at risk – Watts has the expertise andexperience in undertaking archival research, building surveysand repair needs analysis to assist with the rescue andrestoration of historic buildings at risk.
Watts provides heritage conservation advice to
assist clients who are responsible for the practical
care of historic buildings.
Recent commissions
The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Richmond Park –Quinquennial inspection and conservation advice (2004 to present)
The Royal Ballet School is a group of Grade I listed buildings dating from1726. In 2004, Watts undertook a rigorous survey to identify necessaryrepairs of the entire group of Grade I listed buildings that make up TheRoyal Ballet School. In October 2006, Watts drew up a quinquennial10-year rolling maintenance programme costed against approximatequantities for a restoration and regeneration programme of works.Watts is currently reviewing recent refurbishment works undertakenat the school and we are providing strategic advice to procure futurerepair programmes.
The Royal Albert Hall –Building Reinstatement Valuationand asset management advice (2007/8)Watts was appointed to produce a detailedBuilding ReinstatementValuation of the Royal Albert Hall in the event of total loss. On the basis ofour costplan,reinstatement cost was reduced to some 70% of the previouspolicy allowance, offering a welcome policy saving to the client. Followingthe Valuation, Watts was engaged to carry out a full condition survey of thebuilding structure, fabric and services elements and report on anticipatedLife cycle. The purpose of the survey was to feed into a longer termcost strategy to enable the Royal Albert Hall to make informed decisionsmaintenance relating to the size of the overall funding reserve requiredand the appropriate split between day-to-day operational maintenanceand long-term development/replacement projects.
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Key Contacts
Trevor Rushton FRICS FBEngDirector• Chartered Building Surveyor and member of the building pathology working party at RICS
Allen Gilham MRICS Dip.T.P. IHBCAssociate• Chartered Building Surveyor, Town Planner, Member of the Institute of Historic Building
Conservation (IHBC), Member of the RICS Conservation Forum.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall – External façades(2007-09)
Watts was commissioned to act as Lead Consultant for the cleaning,repair and redecoration of the external façades at the Foreign andCommonwealth Office, main building. It is listed Grade I, and is one of thegrandest buildings on the government estate. Works commenced in 2007to the quadrangle elevations before moving to the St James Park, DowningStreet and Whitehall elevations in 2008/9. The services included contractadministration, co-ordination of specialist conservators and obtainingrelevant consents from statutory authorities (including English Heritageand Royal Parks) and acting as CDM coordinator.
Watts is a leading independent consultant to the property and construction industry. We are able to offer adviceat every stage of the property lifecycle: the scope of our services covers the complete spectrum of projectmanagement, technical due diligence, and consultancy.
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"With particular reference to historic and important buildings, Watts has provided an invaluable document prepared extremelyprofessionally. This thorough, comprehensive, indepth survey has given the Governors of The Royal Ballet School the comfort they
need to understand the full state of the buildings."Managing Director, BH&M Architects.
"This has been one of the FCO's best projects in terms of it's execution and end result."Deputy Head of Department, FM Client Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
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