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news > Malcolm X Community Centre users consulted on Asset Transfer
news > Job opportunity - Administration & Marketing Support Assistant
news > Renewables technology research provides invaluable guidance
news > gcp complete exciting Community Sports Facility for Writhlington School
news > Planning success for Junction 3
news > Sustainable service expansion – BREEAM Education and Multi Residential

Malcolm X Community Centre users consulted on Asset Transfer

gcp have been appointed to undertake a feasibility study as part of a major review of the centre by the management team. The results of the stuidy will help inform a decision on Asset Transfer from Bristol City Council to the community as outlined in the government's Quick Report. See gcp's blog and consultation questionaires at http://malcolmxcentre.wordpress.com.

If you would like to learn more about the prinicple of Asset Transfer please contact Jonathan Platt at gcp on 0117 932 8888.

Job opportunity - Administration & Marketing Support Assistant

We are looking to recruit an administrative assistant for a full-time position to provide administrative support to both the Architecture and Consulting sides of the business, as well as offering administrative support to business marketing activities...

To see the full job description please go to our jobs page click here.

Renewables technology research provides invaluable guidance

We have been working on an interesting project for a client evaluating the relative benefits of a number of low and zero carbon technologies to satisfy Code for Sustainable Homes requirements and to meet the objective of developing low or zero carbon projects in the future. With an aim to avoid “green bling” this exercise has highlighted the most suitable applications for common technologies such as solar thermal and photovoltaics as well as ground sourced heat pumps, biomass and combined heat and power. The study coordinates capital and lifecycle costing data to provide broad decision criteria for selecting technologies.

If you would like to discuss this project or how we can support your development to attain your sustainability goals, or to understand more about these technologies, please speak to Colin Powell on 0117 932 8888.

gcp complete exciting Community Sports Facility for Writhlington School

Writhlington School opened it’s indoor tennis hall in 2009, completing the final phase of a ten year community sports development project which caters for football, tennis and cricket as well as boasting a hugely successful gymnastics programme. The site is also the location for Bath and North East Somerset Council’s flagship ‘Building Schools for the Future’ project, which is due to open in Summer 2010.

gcp have worked with the School since 1996 on a variety of sport and education projects and the site has become an exemplar for the development of community sports hubs. The tennis building was part funded by The Lawn Tennis Association and with a further four outdoor courts it provides a top quality recreational training, performance and competition venue.

Planning success for Junction 3

gcp Chartered Architects has gained detailed planning approval for a major mixed use brownfield regeneration project next to the M32 in Easton, Bristol. The scheme has been designed for Bristol City Council and Knightstone Housing Association and includes a library, crèche and community meeting rooms, 53 apartments, 6 family homes and 7 small scale work units. The learning centre is designed to BREEAM excellent environmental standard and the homes to Code level 3. The £8.2m development is due to go onsite in Spring 2010 and will be completed by Autumn 2011. The scheme is funded by the Big Lottery Community Libraries fund and the Homes & Communities Agency.

Sustainable services expanded – BREEAM Education and Multi Residential go live

gcp Consulting has expanded its suite of environmental assessment services to include BREEAM Education for new schools, major refurbishment and extension projects, and BREEAM Multi Residential for any development comprising large numbers of similar living units such as care homes, student accommodation and hotels. Colin Powell, Director in charge of gcp Consulting says ‘These services are a natural extension of our Code for Sustainable Homes work to provide energy advice to the care home sector’.

More cricket success

Following on from the fantastic Ashes win, gcp Chartered Architects are pleased to have been appointed by the England and Wales Cricket Board with building surveyors Ridge and Partners. The appointment is to undertake a facilities audit of all exiting independent indoor cricket centres in England and Wales. The audit is designed to collect data on the state of all centres and inform future ECB investment decisions. This commission leads on from gcp’s work with Action Sport, global brand leader of indoor multi sports facilities who opened its first indoor centre in Bristol in 2008. This centre majors on cricket, netball and beach volleyball.

Complex regeneration nears completion

The long-term regeneration of Bristol’s Old Market area takes another step forward with the topping out of Verdigris, a mixed-use development of 24 flats, five live-work units and commercial workspace for Ashlar Group Ltd. Due for release to the market in Autumn 2009, gcp designed the scheme to retain large parts of a 1820’s malthouse and reflects the historic burgage plot lines to create a courtyard development with a new landmark copper clad tower.