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Introduction

Watson Batty was established in 1976, offering architectural services to a wide client base. Over the years the practice has expanded its services and scope to provide cutting edge architecture, surveying and interiors to a wide range of clients.

We strive to add value to every project by firstly taking the time to understand our clients and their specific needs and subsequently providing exceptional service combined with the highest levels of design and technical expertise.

We appreciate that good design must be combined with the ability to undertake projects to time and budget, and employ only highly qualified personnel and the most sophisticated technology available to achieve these aims.

We undertake projects throughout the UK ranging from commercial refurbishments to multi-million pound new builds to ground breaking regeneration schemes.


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Introduction

Established since 1976

Conveniently based in Guiseley north Leeds

Developed our own sustainable offices in 2006

42 staff

14 Architects

19 Technical Staff

£3M turnover last year

Cross sector experience

Housing and regeneration experience

Specialist services


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Our New Offices

Passive sustainable design

Grey water recovery

Thermal mass

Building orientation

Natural stack ventilation

Under floor heating and cooling

Ground source heat pumps


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Company Structure


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Team Structure

Tom Sykes

Keith Southernwood

Marc Kirwin

Chris Miller

Design Technical Delivery

Richard Merrills

Director

Matthew Lobley

Catherine Blain Joe Ewen

Stephen Jones


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Our Approach

• Customer driven

• Interested in the end user

• Enthusiastic team

• Experienced in a variety of fields

• Keen to learn

• Committed to sustainability

- in construction

- in communities


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Our Procedures

• We are BS EN ISO 9001 Quality Assured by BM Trada, with a robust working ethic to create a consistent management system.

• We have obtained ‘Investors in People’certification which reinforces the training and communication culture we already have at Watson Batty.

• We have regular CPD events and in-house design reviews to allow the whole office to have a role in the work we do.


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Trends and Legislation

• Up to date with current legislation.

• Our regeneration/masterplanning work lays the foundations for and understanding of how whole areas function

- CABE - Manual for Streets

- Building for Life

- Secured by Design

- PPS3

• Our experience with social/affordable housing gives us working knowledge of:

- SDS - Code for Sustainable Homes

- HQI - Wheelchair user guides

- Robust details - Lifetime Homes


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Projects……

Watson Batty Architects work in:

• Regeneration and masterplanning

• Public sector residential

• Private sector residential

• Mixed Tenure Redevelopment

• Decent Homes Refurbishment

• Extra Care & Elderly Accommodation


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Residential Sector – Strategy to Handover

Watson Batty Architects have over 10 years experience of working in the Residential sector. The residential sector accounts for nearly 25% of our current work load and has been a steadily growing sector over the last few years.

We have completed projects from minor refurbishment and extensions to major new build schemes and multi million pound estate master plans.

Public Consultation and resident engagement proves particularly effective in helping to ensure that the process of procuring project is much smoother as potential community issues have been addressed at an early stage.

Our Regeneration projects include Beeston Hill - Leeds, Deighton & Brackenhall - Huddersfield, Bank Top – Blackburn, Thurnscoe, New Lodge & Athersley - Barnsley, and North Bransholme – Hull.


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Residential – Social / Affordable

Watson Batty Architects have a wealth of experience in Public Sector Affordable Housing. We have been influential in the delivery of a number of projects for some of the regions major Local Authorities, ALMOs, RSLs, Housing Associations, Developer partners.

Our key affordable housing provider clients in this sector are: Pennine Housing 2000, Twin Valley Homes, Synergy Housing Solutions, Firebird JVC, Sadeh Lok, Chevin Housing Group, AccentGroup, InCommunities and Sanctuary Housing.

We also have successful working relationships with the followingdeveloper partners: Bramall Construction, Wates Living Space, Lovell, Strata Construction, ROK, Southdale Homes, Clayfield Construction and Connaught.

This is a major part of our residential work and we look to continuing our successful working relationships in the future.


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Residential – Private Sales

We have completed several Private Sector Housing projects in theNorth of England. Although many have been part of a mixed used / mixed Tenure venture we have delivered a number of one-off smaller developments.

Our clients include Keepmoat Homes, Circa Homes, Strata Homes, Lovell, Antler Homes, and Richardson Homes.

We have enjoyed successful relationships with these developers as they appreciate not only our knowledge of Private sector schemes but that we bring along a strategic awareness of the setting or context of each particular site.

We have recently added a former design manager from a reputable national house builder to our team to further improve our approach and quality of service to these Private Sector Clients.


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Residential – PFI

Kirklees Excellent Homes for Life PFI

Watson Batty are working alongside Regenter and Wates Living Space to deliver 500 new build Flats across over 30 different sites within the Kirklees area. We are Lead designers for the General Needs and Wheelchair accessible Flats. The units are all to be constructed to Code for Sustainable Homes level 4 – which is the largest of it’s kind in the UK.

The homes have been designed to meet the long-term needs of occupants which are well laid out with good space standards which will enable flexible use by the families who live in them. The design of all units aims to achieve Lifetime Homes Standard to meet the changing requirements of tenants throughout their lives by making homes more flexible, convenient, safe and accessible.


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Residential – Sustainability & The Code

Sustainability

We are exploring a number of Code for Sustainable Homes level 5 & 6 Carbon Neutral Projects with a number of our existing Clients to help them realise their ambitions of an alternative more sustainable housing product.

We now also have our own in-house Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor who is already increasing our awareness and design quality for these new schemes.


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Relevant Residential Sector Experience

Watson Batty Architects have over 10 years experience of working in the Residential sector.

We have completed projects from minor refurbishment and extensions to major new build schemes and multi million pound estate master plans.

Our clients include partners from both the public and private sectors, and range from Local Authorities, ALMOs, RSLs, Housing associations, Developer partners, Speculative house builders andPrivate clients.

The residential sector accounts for nearly 25% of our current work load and has been a steadily growing sector over the last few years.


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Community Consultation

Our expertise in the sensitive area of community consultation helps us to achieve collaborative solutions that will help promote a harmonious community spirit and avoid social exclusion. As part of our approach, we generally hold regular meetings with the community and local stakeholders, and produce interim reports to feedback on progress.

Visioning days to explore projects, community planning days and workshops, and ‘walking the area’ to pinpoint problems and highlight opportunities are other essential tools that we use tobuild up the appropriate local strategy.

Consultation proves particularly effective in helping to ensure that the process of procuring project is much smoother as potential community issues have been addressed at an early stage.


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Efficiencies and Relevance of Information

• Format of drawings

• Flow of information

• Electronic data sharing

• ‘web based’ share file

• Reduce office costs/waste

• Standard database of details

• Utilising planning information for marketing

• 3D images and ‘fly-throughs’ etc.

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Moving Forward….

• We are a customer focused practice

• We adopt a culture of communication, review and feedback

• We explore better ways to provide a high quality service

• Technology, processes and software can help: Autocad, SketchUp, Photoshop

• Revit - the 3D co-ordination software.


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Summary

• We understand:

- Context

- Regeneration

- Estate planning

- Affordability

- Commercial issues

- Legislation

- How to deliver


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Richard Merrills Director

Staff Experience – Design & Policy

Richard is a Chartered Architect and Director at Watson Batty Architects Limited leading the Housing & Regeneration Team. He has a major influence on

design strategy and technical quality on a number of projects. Richard has undertaken a variety of public and private sector residential projects, procured via Design & Build, traditional and PFI routes. He has led the PFI

bids for Excellent Homes for Life in Kirklees and the Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck Housing Leeds. He has also completed some large masterplanning

regeneration commissions, which involve extensive public consultation, as part of New Deal, HMR Pathfinder and SRB funded initiatives.


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Matthew Lobley – Chartered Architect

Staff Experience - Design

Matthew has a wealth of design experience in a variety of sectors from Education, Healthcare, Commercial through to Residential.

He is currently the Project Architect assuming the responsibility of co-ordinating the Sites and Planning element of the Kirklees Excellent Homes for Life for Wates Living Space and Regenter.

Matthew is well equipped to deal with large complex projects and organising the whole design and construction team.


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Stephen Jones – Chartered Architect


Stephen has worked on award winning environmental and sustainable projects for the past ten years as architect and Code for Sustainable Homes/ EcoHomes

advisor.

The emergence of PassivHaus and AECB Gold standard has informed design decisions, looking at the key principles of air-tightness, continuity of insulation and

improvements in quality onsite.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of projects from residential schemes to community buildings and he is

instrumental in creating good quality designs to meet and exceed current legislation.


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Catherine Blain Architect


Catherine is a Project Architect with design skills and a strong track record for good project delivery. She has undertaken a wide variety of projects in the residential, mixed use, healthcare and education sectors. Catherine

has a specific expertise and commitment to sustainability issues. She has recently been an instrumental member of the design team for the Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck Housing PFI bid in

Leeds. She was project architect for the Rutland Lodge Medical Centre in Leeds which was chosen by CABE as an exemplar healthcare building.


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Keith Southernwood Senior Architectural Technician

Staff Experience – Technical Delivery

Keith joined the Housing and Regeneration team at Watson Batty in 2008 and is involved in the day to day co-ordination of production of design and construction

information, together with specifications; key stage revisions; review of design sub-contractors proposals, consultation and co-ordination with other Design Team consultants. He has a wide range of experience in Public

and Private Sector Housing having worked for a number of National Developers at head office and regional level. In his role of Design Manager he has had to deal with schemes through the complete construction process. This

has included; contributing to land appraisals, co-ordinating the various planning stages as well as negotiating building control approvals. His experience and technical knowledge is of a high standard to suit the needs of both the clients and contractors.


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Chris Miller Senior Architectural Technician

Staff Experience - Technical Delivery

Chris is part of the Housing and Regeneration Team at Watson Batty, involved in: the production of design and construction information; specifications;

key stage revisions; review of design sub-contractors proposals, consultation and co-ordination with other Design Team consultants.

Chris is a key member of the team dealing with

public and private sector housing schemes from pre-planning stage through to building control, ensuring that the technical information is of a high standard to suit the needs of the clients and contractor.

His key clients to date have been Strata Construction, Pennine Housing 2000, Firebird JVC, Sadeh Lok H.A., and Richardson Projects.


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Tom Sykes – Architectural Technician


Tom is part of the Housing and Regeneration Team at Watson Batty. Involved in the production of design and construction information. Tom is a key member of the

Design Team dealing with public and private sector housing schemes pre-planning stage through to Building Control.

He provides great support to our project architects

ensuring that the technical information is of a high standard to suit the needs of the clients and contractor.

Tom has recently taken schemes through to completion

on site with Bramall Construction, Sadeh Lok H.A., and Pennine Housing 2000.


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Marc Kirwin Senior Architectural Technician


Marc is an Architectural Technologist and a key member of the Housing and Regeneration Team. Coming from a specialist Contractor background, his

strengths lie in dealing with details on site, resolving queries and ensuring technical quality on a number of projects. He has undertaken a wide variety of projects ranging from residential, commercial use, private sector development, Health Authority schemes, Ultra Clean

Operating Theatres Suites and Clean Room design. He acts as a hands-on liaison between clients, developer contractors, local authorities, design consultants, M&E Contractors and specialist manufacturers.

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