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News Release from: Higgins Construction | Subject: John Grooms project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 August 2005
Higgins Construction contract for John
Grooms
Higgins Construction appointed by John Grooms as main contractor for GBP3.7m redevelopment.
Higgins Construction PLC confirms being appointed by pioneering charity John Grooms as main contractor for the GBP3.7m redevelopment of brownfield land on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, to create a complex of 24 hi-tech serviced extra-care flats with their own daycentre John Grooms is a 140-year-old volunteers-based national charity devoted to providing residential care to disabled people with sister organisation, the John Grooms Housing Association - funded by local authorities and health trusts under annual contracts
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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David Wood Architects developed the design initiated by Norwich-based LSI Architects for the Southend project, based on a concept of two-storeys plus roof-rooms.
The design specification includes hi-tech electronic-assistive services such as access, warden call, furniture ergonomics, ventilation, washing fittings, electric lighting and telephones to adapt for the most severe disabilities.
Higgins begins construction on the compact site in September to complete within 15 months.
The employer's agent is AMC Associates and the QS is the Wheeler Group.
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