Academy Consulting Solutions provides project management, cost management, and health and safety compliance services for a variety of real estate development projects including office, retail, and residential. They have experience working with several major clients on projects ranging from new construction to refurbishment of historic buildings. Their team of principals have decades of experience in real estate development and construction project management.
1. OFFICE, RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL
SCHEME EXPERIENCE
CAPABILITY DOCUMENT
for
DERWENT LONDON PLC
December 2011
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2. CONTENTS
1. About Us 1
2. Some of Our Clients 2
3. Projects – Current and Recent 3
4. Services 20
5. Our Principals 21
6. Curricula Vitae 22
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3. ABOUT US
Academy Consulting Solutions was founded in 2001
We employ skilled and very experienced people with extensive
management and project delivery experience and knowledge
Strong professional ethos and ‘client comes first’ approach
Experience in a wide range of new build construction, refurbishment
and restoration projects
Significant levels of repeat business due to the confidence our clients
have in our delivery of projects
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5. MOORGATE, LONDON
Client: Mercers of the City of London
Architect: Sturgis Associates
Refurbishment and fit-out of air conditioned
offices of a Grade II Listed Victorian building.
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6. ARTS 2 BUILDING, LONDON
Client: Queen Mary University of London
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre
Construction of a new faculty building over
London Underground tunnels that incorporates
teaching spaces, offices, an auditorium and a
film and drama studio.
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7. 50 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON
Client: Scottish Widows
Architect: Eric Parry Architects
60,000 sq ft office, retail and residential
development incorporating retained facades
and existing structures.
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8. ONE SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON
Client: Grandsoft Limited
Architect: Sheppard Robson
160,000 sq ft office and retail development
incorporating retained facades.
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9. NEW OFFICES, MARKET STREET,
BRACKNELL
Client: R O Developments
Architect: ESA
Construction of two new office buildings
totalling 126,000 sq ft
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10. CARDINAL PLACE, VICTORIA
Client: Land Securities
Architect: EPR
Demolition of existing Esso House and
reconstruction over the underground tunnels
of circa 1 million square feet of retail and
office accommodation in two buildings
including public realm works.
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11. CITIGROUP EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS,
CANARY WHARF
Client: Citigroup
Architect: Foster & Partners
Construction and fitting out to Category B of
circa 500,000 sq ft of European headquarters
space for Citigroup. The role on first building
in the second phase of Canary Wharf
i n c l u d e d n e g o t i a t i o n s o n l a n d l o r d ’s
contributions for developer’s fit-out to
Category A.
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12. MANOR FARM ROAD, READING
Client: R O Developments
Architect: PSK Prout Tillbrook
Refurbishment of two office buildings totalling
70,000 square feet.
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13. 30 FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON
Client: Scottish Widows
Architect: Eric Parry Architects
150,000 sq ft office development with load
bearing stone façade to Finsbury Square.
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14. 30 BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON
Client: Prudential
Architect: Whinney Mackay Lewis
70,000 sq ft office development with
basement car park.
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15. 20 CURSITOR STREET, LONDON
Client: Macfarlanes
Architect: Bennett Interior Design
Fitting out of 50,000 sq ft to Category B to
provide cellular office space, meeting,
conference and dining rooms, kitchen and
restaurant and support facilities.
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16. SICILIAN AVENUE, LONDON
Client: Holborn Links
Improvement of retail space and external
environment.
Achieved by a phased refurbishment
programme to this Listed retail avenue in
central London.
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17. COVENT GARDEN MARKET, LONDON
Client: Covent Garden Limited
Sensitive external restoration of the Covent
Garden market halls in central London.
The scheme is phased to ensure continuous
trading in this unique location.
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18. 24 KENSINGTON GATE, LONDON
Client: Private
Architect: Chris Dyson Architects
Luxury restoration project on a Grade II Listed
Residence including formation of a new basement.
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19. CHAPELFIELD, RESIDENTIAL
APARTMENTS
Client: CSC Residential
Architect: Ian Darby Partnership
Construction of 117 residential apartments built
around Chapelfield Shopping Centre
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20. OFFICE TO APARTMENTS
CONVERSION, HITCHIN
Client: Cool Living Ltd
Architect:
Conversion from offices to fifteen apartments of
a former theatre building.
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21. Other project experience our team has with relevance to Derwent London’s portfolio includes the
following schemes:-
Headquarters Building, - New build scheme for Ernst & Young Finsbury Dials, London - New build city office
More London
14 St. George Street, - Office, retail and residential scheme
One Silk Street, London - Linklaters fit out London for Scottish Widows
172-182 Regents Street, - Office and retail scheme for the
Minster Court, London - Office scheme 1m sf London Crown Estate Commissioners
4 More London - Lawrence Graham fit out Minerva House, London - Office refurbishment and fit out for
Equitable Life/ANZ Bank
60 London Wall - Office and retail scheme for Scottish 3-5 Burlington Gardens, - Office and retail scheme
Widows London for Scottish Widows
1 Exchange Square, - Fit out for EBRD Kew House, London - Office refurbishment and fit out for
London Kraft Jacob Suchard
St Mary at Hill, London - City residential scheme Canary Wharf, London - Several fit out projects for Morgan
Stanley
New End Hospital, London - Residential scheme, Hampstead Broadwalk House, London - Fit out for Ashurst
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22. THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AND COST COMPLIANCE IN HEALTH
MANAGEMENT & SAFETY
Client’s Brief Preparation Cost Planning and Feasibility CDM Co-ordinator Role
Study Expertise
Strategic Programming and Fire Risk Assessments
Project Planning Contract and Procurement
Bespoke Health and Safety
Advice
Appointment and Management of Training and Inductions
Design Consultants Construction Contract Experts
COSHH, Manual Handling and
Strategic Procurement Advice Project Procurement and Other Risk Assessments
Tendering
Change Management Site Audits & Inspections
Cash Flow Management and
Risk and Contingency Project Safety Reviews and
Projections
Management Initiatives
Contract Monitoring and
Value Management and Value Workplace Health and Safety
Administration
Engineering Advice, Assessments and
Valuation of Construction Training
Employer’s Agent Role
Works
Independent Audit of Health and
Contract Administration
Financial Reporting Safety Management Systems
Fund and Project Monitoring
Capital Allowance Advice
Project Audits/Independent
Valuations for Insurance
Reviews
Purposes
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23. OUR PRINCIPALS
Mike Bull MRICS MIVM – Managing Director Paul Baker MBA MRICS MAPM - Associate
Mike leads Academy’s team and has extensive Paul has over 20 years’ experience as a Project Manager
experience across many sectors. Previously a Partner at and Chartered Quantity Surveyor including management
Gardiner & Theobald, he was a team leader on the of a variety of public and private sector projects across
Citibank HQ building at Canary Wharf, and on the mixed the commercial, regeneration, education, multiple fit-out
use development at Cardinal Place, Victoria. He was projects for blue-chip clients
instrumental in achieving Academy’s inclusion in and PFI sectors.
framework agreements with Aviva Investors and Kent
County Council.
Tom Hodson – Associate
Philip Brown FRICS – Director
Tom has over 10 years’ multi-sector experience as a
Philip has over 30 years’ Cost Management experience Project Manager. He is currently working on a large
across a wide range of sectors. He was previously a educational new build project for Queen Mary University
Partner at Gardiner & Theobald where he led a team of of London and the restoration of Sicilian Avenue in
surveyors on a variety of complex private and public Bloomsbury. He has extensive retail and business unit
schemes. Philip has extensive knowledge and experience.
experience of the office market having completed over
1.5 million square feet of new and refurbished office
buildings and over 1 million square feet of office fit out. Roy Blamey MIConstM ACIOB MAPS TechIOSH
– Senior Associate
Norman Kemp MRICS – Director
Roy has over 15 years’ health and safety experience,
founded on a previous career as a building surveyor, and
Norman has over 30 years’ experience working across
leads our compliance team. He has acted as CDM Co-
all sectors. His current projects include a major new
ordinator on a wide range of schemes, including hotel,
outpatient centre for the Wellington Hospital and an
mixed use, office, residential, healthcare, business park
office refurbishment project in Reading and the
and industrial developments.
conversion of Listed buildings for the London Diocesan
Fund and National Trust and several educational new
build and refurbishment projects. 21
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24. Curriculum Vitae
MICHAEL BULL BSc (Hons) MRICS MIVM RECENT PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Managing Director
Academy Consulting Solutions
Managing Director – Academy Consulting Solutions
2002 to date
Since establishing Academy Consulting Solutions, Mike has
developed the business such that it is able to deal with projects in
PROFILE all sectors successfully and has led Academy’s delivery on several
high end residential developments.
• Chartered Surveyor with wide-ranging project experience
Overall responsibility for Academy’s service delivery to clients
• Major project experience
including:
• Extensive experience of all financial and contractual aspects • Capital & Counties
of standard and bespoke forms of contract • Capital Shopping Centres
• Aviva Investors
• HCA International
• Queen Mary University of London
MAJOR SKILLS • The National Trust
• Kent County Council
• Analytical problem solver with good lateral thought • The London Diocesan Fund
processes and excellent technical knowledge • Legal & General
• Excellent cost planning skills Partner
Gardiner & Theobald
• Practical understanding of commercial issues
1988 to 1995 and 1996 to 2002
Partner in charge of many schemes including Ernst & Young
Headquarters, New End Hospital, St Barnabas Residential and the
CAREER SUMMARY restoration of St George’s Church, Bloomsbury.
2002 to present – Managing Director, Academy Consulting Partner responsible for cost consultancy on Cardinal Place
Solutions development for Land Securities and numerous other schemes
(£500,000 to £30 million).
1988 to 1995 and 1996 to 2001 – Partner, Gardiner &
Theobald Partner leading team on Citibank headquarters building, including
advising and project managing the firm’s services in relation to
1995 to 1996 – Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co SC procurement, contract, change and programme strategy.
1986 to 1988 – Director, Ronald Bull Limited Partner responsible for consultancy unit delivering project audit,
dispute resolution and contractual ‘close out’ reports and
1984 to 1986 – Senior Surveyor, Gardiner & Theobald implementation.
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PHILIP BROWN BSc FRICS RECENT PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Director
Academy Consulting Solutions
Director – Academy Consulting Solutions 2011 to date
Since joining Academy Consulting Solutions in 2011, Phil has been
working closely with Mike Bull to further develop and expand the
PROFILE business. Phil has been responsible for providing feasibility
Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years of cost studies and cost planning services for a number of developments
management experience across a wide range of sectors including office and residential schemes in London and Oxford and
including residential, commercial, office, retail, leisure, a primary school in Kent. He is currently advising one of the Four
education, health, heritage, industrial and infrastructure Inns of Court on their long term refurbishment programme.
Partner
Extensive knowledge and experience of the office market,
Gardiner & Theobald
having completed over 1.5 million sq ft of new and
1995 to 2011
refurbished office buildings and over 1 million sq ft of office
fit-out. Partner in charge of many mixed use developments and fit-outs
including:
MAJOR SKILLS • 50 New Bond Street. 125,000 sq ft office, residential and
retail development for Scottish Widows
• Establishing and building strong relationships with Clients • 14 St George Street. 65,000 sq ft office, residential and
and Design Teams retail development for Scottish Widows
• Conscientious and flexible approach, enabling delivery of • One Southampton Row. 160,000 sq ft office and retail
specific and challenging project requirements within tight development for Grandsoft Limited
timeframes • 4 More London. 130,000 sq ft fit out to Category B for
Lawrence Graham
• Excellent strategist and team manager
• Extensive range of commercial experience Partner responsible for cost consultancy on the refurbishment,
reconfiguration and renovation of James Gibbs’ St Martin in the
Fields Church and associated buildings .
CAREER SUMMARY Key Client Liaison Partner for several large organisations. Partner
2011 to present – Director, Academy Consulting responsible for two internal knowledge groups and contributed to
Solutions articles in Building Magazine.
1995 to 2011 – Partner, Gardiner & Theobald
1991 to 1995 – Associate, Gardiner & Theobald
1987 to 1991 – Senior Quantity Surveyor, Gardiner &
Theobald
1984 to 1987 – Quantity Surveyor, Gardiner & Theobald
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PAUL BAKER MBA MRICS MAPM
RECENT PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Associate – Academy Consulting Solutions Associate
Academy Consulting Solutions
2011 to date
PROFILE Paul is currently working on numerous residential, office and
healthcare developments in London and at Black Rock Mills in
• An experienced construction professional with over 20
Huddersfield.
years’ experience as a Project Manager and Chartered
Quantity Surveyor in the construction industry.
PRB Construction Consulting
2009 to 2010
Roles included providing a Project Management service to an
international developer on a central London office redevelopment.
MAJOR SKILLS Services included consultant appointments, leading the Design
• Excellent communication skills and keen commercial Team, procurement advice and regular monthly reports.
acumen
Support to Nottingham City Council in the management of the
• Management of multidisciplinary teams £67m Nottingham Station regeneration which included leading the
Business Case Working Group preparing the funding applications,
• Management of project budgets and expenditure developing funding contribution agreements and managing project
budget and expenditure.
Associate Director
Turner & Townsend
RECENT CAREER SUMMARY 2002 to 2009
Management of a variety of public and private sector projects
• 2011 to date – Associate, Academy Consulting Solutions across the commercial, regeneration, education, Government and
PFI sectors, including:
• 2009 to 2010 – PRB Construction Consulting
• Provision of Project Management services for Experian’s
• 2002 to 2009 – Associate Director, Turner & Townsend estate rationalisation programme
• £70m PFI office scheme for Highways Agency and
• 1994 to 2002 – Project Manager and Senior Cost Manager, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber
Interior Plc (now ISg) • 200,000 sq ft fit out for the Competition Commission in
Holborn
• £70m redevelopment of Nottingham Trent University’s city
centre campus
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ROY BLAMEY MIConstM ACIOB MAPS TechIOSM
RECENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• The Grand Hotel, Brighton. £25m upgrade to rooms and pool
Senior Associate - Academy Health & Safety Solutions facilities for DeVere Hotels and Leisure Limited.
• City Inn, London W1. £65m new build 600 bed 4 star hotel
following asbestos removal, demolition and site clearance for City
PROFILE Inn Hotels Ltd.
• Wellesley Road, Croydon. £120m residential development
• An accomplished CDM Co-ordinator with extensive
providing 700 apartments in 3 blocks ranging from 8 to 40 storeys
experience of all aspects of CDM and detailed health and
with 200 car parking spaces for Berkeley Homes.
safety planning.
• Knowledge and experience of all sectors of the building • Ramada Plaza, Heathrow. £15.5m demolition and new build of
industry including commercial, retail, leisure, education, a existing 73 bed hotel to offer 200 bedrooms with corporate
residential and civil projects. facilities whilst maintaining existing façade for Jarvis Hotels.
• Courtyard by Marriott, Gatwick. £19m new build 250-
• Past Chairman and currently Treasurer of the Association
bedroom hotel and external landscaping adjacent to Gatwick
for Project Safety S E England Region
Airport for Kew Green Hotels.
• Council Member of the Construction Industry Council
• Express by Holiday Inn, Stansted, Phase 2. £2.5m new 72
Southern
bedroom extension to existing hotel with external landscaping for
Kew Green Hotels.
MAJOR SKILLS • Business Park, Lutterworth. £12m new build 69,000 sq ft B1
offices and 7,750 sq ft industrial space with external works and
• CDM Co-ordinator role service infrastructure for Fortress Properties.
• Health & safety planning • The Pavilions, Uxbridge. £13m conversion of two existing
• Practical and technical knowledge of the construction office buildings above the Pavilions shopping centre to form 160
process residential units for Oracle Homes.
• Extensive range of commercial experience • Wychwood Park, Phase 2, Cheshire. £12m provision of
additional 90 bedrooms within 2 extensions including treatment
rooms and leisure block with swimming pool and café for Verve
RECENT CAREER SUMMARY Venue.
• Slough Courtyard, Berkshire. £1.5m external refurbishment to
2011 to present – Senior Associate, Academy Health &
existing 10- storey hotel including masonry and brickwork repairs,
Safety Solutions
replacement of windows and associated building work.
2007 to 2011 – Senior CDM Co-ordinator, Jones Lang
• Shepherd Hall, Staplehurst. £7m demolition of existing
LaSalle
convent and new build 20 bed alcohol and drugs recovery centre
2006 to 2007 – Planning Supervisor, KHK Group for executive clients in a 4 star hotel environment for Success in
2004 to 2006 – Associate and Head of Health & Safety, C Recovery.
M Parker Browne
2001 to 2003 – Associate, Frankham Consultancy Group
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Academy Consulting Solutions
Academy House, 27 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5AL
Tel: 01892 538222 Fax: 01892 538777
and
195-197 Wardour Street, London W1F 8ZQ
Tel: 020 7287 7282 Fax: 020 7287 7284