Civic Trust award for health and leisure scheme

An East Midlands-based development team is celebrating the news that one of its projects has been presented with a Civic Trust award.

East Midlands civil and structural engineer BSP Consulting worked in association with Ashby de la Zouch developer LSP Developments, Tamworth architects West Hart Partnership Ltd, Nottingham-based landscape architect Dave Singleton, of DSA Environment and Design, and quantity surveyors/project managers Carl Dean Associates, of Sutton Coldfield, on Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre in Blackpool.

The centre, which is a three-storey development that includes three GP surgeries, PCT outpatient services, as well as a library, gym and swimming pool, has just received the Blackpool Civic Trust Award for best new build in 2011.

The award, which was presented by comedian and TV presenter Griff Rhys Jones, president of Civic Voice, has delighted the team, which also scooped an award in 2010 for a similar scheme in Grimsby. Freshney Green Primary Care Centre in Grimsby was named the HealthInvestor Property of the Year.

“It’s great news for the whole team to hear that Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre has jointly been given the award by Blackpool Civic Trust of best new build 2011,” said BSP Consulting managing director David Sumner.

“It’s been a very well-received scheme in the area and we are proud to have been a part of it.”

Award organisers said: “When considering the best new build category, judges normally make decisions based only on design and build quality. However, the reason for the inclusion of Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre was based also on the wide ranging improvement of community facilities to the local area and positive feedback from the local community.”

One of the more unusual aspects of the scheme is the way that water and drainage has been used creatively as part of the play areas. Rain that falls on wider parts of the site, such as on roofs and car parks, is channelled through the play area to make not only a sustainable drainage system but a healthy and fun play area for children.

BSP Consulting is based at Oxford Street, Nottingham, and also has offices at Pride Park, Derby, De Montfort Street, Leicester, and Solly Street, Sheffield.

For more information visit www.bsp-consulting.co.uk, www.lspdevelopments.co.uk, or www.westhart.com

BSP Consulting plays key role in the birth of new maternity facility

An award-winning design and development team featuring BSP Consulting is coming together again to build a new midwifery-led birthing centre near Birmingham.

The East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering firm is working in association with Ashby de la Zouch developer LSP Developments and Tamworth architects West Hart Partnership Ltd to build the new £1 million birthing facility at Sandwell in the West Midlands.

The team has worked together on a number of health schemes, including Freshney Green Primary Care Centre in Grimsby which last year won the HealthInvestor Property of the Year Award.

Planning permission has now been granted for the one-storey birthing centre at Sandwell, which will feature three delivery rooms, each with a birthing pool, and work is expected to get underway on site in March, with completion scheduled for early autumn.

LSP Developments secured by way of 3PD tender (third party developer) the project, which is being launched just as a medical, leisure and learning centre in Blackpool being built by the same team is poised to open.

The Moor Park Health, Leisure and Learning Centre in Blackpool features two GP surgeries, a library, chemist, swimming pool, fitness and exercise studios, a sports hall and outdoor play areas. It is due to open in spring 2011.

“BSP Consulting is delighted to be working once again with LSP Developments and West Hart Partnership Ltd on an innovative health scheme,” said BSP Consulting director Martin Breakwell.

“The midwifery-led facility in the West Midlands will provide purpose-built facilities for women who have a straightforward, uncomplicated pregnancy.”

BSP undertook the structural and civil engineering design aspects of the Sandwell scheme.

The firm carried out the ground investigation, flood risk assessment, and was responsible for all the structural and civil engineering for the award-winning three-storey Freshney Green Medical Centre, which now houses three GP practices with more than 32,000 patients, as well as a range of associated health services such as a pharmacy, podiatry clinic and dentistry.

BSP Consulting provides a comprehensive range of consultancy services to all sectors of the construction community, from architects, project managers and contractors to developers and estate agents. It is based in Oxford Street, Nottingham with offices at Pride Park, Derby, De Montfort Street, Leicester, and Solly Street, Sheffield.

www.bsp-consulting.co.uk

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