Who’s Using The PPC Suite

Who’s Using PPC2000

PPC2000 has been used by a wide variety of clients and constructors on a wide variety of projects including those listed below.  If you have additional information regarding users of PPC2000 please email it to webmaster@acarchitects.co.uk

Central Government

  • NOMS (formerly HM Prison Services): National prisons construction programme
  • Department for Work & Pensions: £737m nation-wide Job Centre Plus Programme achieving audited savings of 18% using a group of 14 constructors, winner of OGC Government Procurement Award 2003 and the “Building” Health and Safety Award 2003
  • HM Revenue and Customs: central purchasing body established by Mapeley Estates for office refurbishment works
  • Office of Government Commerce: PPC ranked first in report on Partnering Contract forms commissioned by OGC from Arup Project Management

Education

  • City of London (Southwark): City of London Academy (Southwark) Award-winning £20m Bermondsey Academy project with Wilmott Dixon (see also case study)
  • City of London Corporation: Islington City Academy – new build plus refurbishment of the Richard Cloudesley SEN School
  • City of London Corporation: KPMG Hackney City Academy – the 100th City Academy to be opened
  • Dorset County Council:  Schools frameworks and a series of other school projects with Rok, Bluestone, Alfred McAlpine and Benson
  • Durham County Council:  Major schools framework with Wates (ODPM Pathfinder project)
  • Kent College: Campus project
  • London Borough of Islington: Arts & Media School
  • London Borough of Lewisham:  Watergate Special School (recognised as DfES Model Special School) plus additional schools projects (see also case study).
  • London Borough of Haringey
  • Reading Borough Council:  £18m Meadway Special School project
  • University of Reading: Campus project
  • University of Westminster:  Fit out and refurbishment of office space;  Refurbishment of New Cavendish Street campus;  Refurbishment of Students’ Union social space

Health and Care

  • University Hospital Dubai: £500m newbuild teaching hospital
  • Bath & North East Somerset Council:  £25m care homes programme with Leadbitter
  • Central & Central Housing Trust:  Programme of care homes with Castleoak Construction
  • Dorset Trust:  Programme of care homes
  • Gateshead NHS Trust:  £10m hospital ward extension at Queen Elizabeth Hospital with Amec Capital Projects
  • Northurmbria Healthcare NHS Trust:  £1.5m extension to pathology department at North Tyneside General Hospital with Bowey Construction
  • Poole Hospital NHS Trust:  Operating theatre extension project with Rok, and other hospital projects
  • Yeovil Hospital NHS Trust:  Refurbishment project with Bluestone

Transport and Engineering

  • BAE Systems:  Runway and related transport projects
  • Durham County Council:  Major highways/engineering framework with Balfour Beatty (ODPM Pathfinder project)
  • Manchester Airport Group Plc:  Construction management adaptation for terminal reconfiguration projects
  • Virgin Trains/West Coast Trains:  Station refurbishment projects (see also case study)

Leisure/Hotels

  • De Vere Hotels and Leisure:  Major golf and holiday lodge development
  • Formby Pool Trust:  New swimming pool
  • Paignton Zoo:  £7m Living Coasts project with Dean & Dyball
  • Jarvis Hotels: major hotel refurbishment project in Manchester
  • Whitbread: hotel extension programme

Office/General Building

  • BAE Systems:  Office and Research Facility
  • Bank of England: refurbishment projects for secure premises and for mechanical and electrical plant
  • Dubai Multi Commodities Centre: £500m newbuild mixed use office and hotel complex
  • Metropolitan Housing Trust:  £7m environmentally friendly office building with Thomas Fish & Sons
  • Octavia Housing Trust:  Offices
  • Standard Chartered Bank:  Offices in Ghana
  • City of London Corporation:  Tottenham Court Road development of new state of the art offices within a preserved facade with retail units and residential flats

Housing

  • Amicus Housing Group:  Various housing projects
  • Ashfield Homes ALMO:  Decent Homes programme with Bullock, Frank Haslam Milan and Connaught
  • Bolton Metropolitan Borough council:  £270m Decent Homes programme with Connaught Property Services, Bramall Construction, Bardsley Construction, Durose & Gourlay, HT Forrest and Bolton and Home
  • Catalyst Housing Group:  Major development programme with several constructors
  • Cheltenham Borough Homes:  Decent Homes programme
  • Community Housing Association:  Development projects including Mare Street, Hackney (Housing Forum demonstration project)
  • Contour Housing Group:  Various housing and development projects
  • Derby Homes:  Decent Homes programme
  • Dunedin Housing Association: 22 new build timber kit flats, Edinburgh
  • Eden Housing Association:  Development projects
  • Elmbridge Housing Association:  Catch-up repairs programme
  • Family Housing Association:  Various development projects
  • Family Housing Association (Wales):  Various development projects
  • Genesis Housing Group:  Various development projects including Ridgemond Park Stevenage with Hill Partnerships
  • Glasgow Housing Association:  £650 Decent Homes programme and new build housing
  • Greenwich, London Borough of, with Makers, Apollo, Mears and Greenwich Building Services
  • Hackney Homes:  Decent Homes programme with Connaught, Mansell, Mullaley, Kier and Lovell.  Winner of SOPO award and with 20% savings achieved through supply chain partnering
  • Hastoe Housing Group:  Development projects using off-site manufacture, part of Amphion programme
  • Hounslow Homes:  Decent Homes programme with Astraseal, Lovells, United House, Balfour Beatty and Connaughts
  • Hyde Housing Association:  Development projects using off-site manufacture including Amphion (Housing Forum demonstration projects)
  • Impact Housing Association:  Development projects
  • London Borough of Barking & Dagenham:  Decent Homes programme
  • London Borough of Ealing:  South Acton Regeneration programme with Wates and Catalyst Housing Group
  • London Borough of Hackney:  Nightingale Estate £13m project with Wates (Local Government Task Force demonstration project) and Phases I and II Decent Homes programme with Kier, Lovell, Connaught, Mansell and Mulalley
  • London and Quadrant Housing Trust:  Development projects
  • Maidstone Housing Trust:  Decent Homes programme
  • Metropolitan Housing Trust:  Various development and refurbishment projects
  • Newcastle ALMO:  Your Homes Newcastle – Decent Homes programme with 12 constructors
  • Nottingham City Homes:  £300m Decent Homes programme with Mears, Mullalley, Bramall, Bullock and Lovell
  • Octavia Housing Group:  Various development projects
  • Peabody Trust:  Two projects with Rok and Wates each involving off-site manufacture
  • Places for People:  Refurbishment and development projects
  • Portsmouth Housing Association:  Development project
  • Presentation Housing Association:  Various development projects
  • Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea TMO:  Decent Homes programme with Kier and Higgins
  • Rushcliffe Homes:  Decent Homes programme with Bullock and Frank Haslam Milan
  • Stadium Housing Association: McKay Trading Estate £25m mixed use development with Wates, and other development projects
  • South Somerset Homes:  Development programme with Connaught, ROK and Mansell
  • South Staffordshire Housing Association: Decent Homes programme
  • Thames Valley Housing Associaton:  Development projects
  • Valleys to Coast Housing:  Decent Homes programme with Bowater Windows, Dunraven Manufacturing, Connaught and Lovell
  • Wakefield & District Housing:  £760m Decent Homes programme over a five year period with Mears, Bullock and Keepmoat
  • Walsall Housing Group:  Decent Homes programme with Octopus (Electrical), Superior Plumbing Installations, Graham Holmes, Astraseal, Nationwide Windows, Select Windows, Wates, G Purchase Construction and Frank Haslam Milan
  • Watford Community Housing Trust:  Strategic programme of Decent Homes and newbuild works including establishment of a central purchasing body and with emphasis on sustainability and resident involvement
  • Welwyn Hatfield Council:  Planned refurbishment programme with Mears
  • Western Challenge Housing Association:  Development projects including multi-project adaptation of PPC2000 (Housing Forum and Constructing Excellence demonstration project)
  • Westminster City Council/City West Homes:  £540m Decent Homes programme
  • Whitefriars Housing Group:  £240m Decent Homes programme with Astraseal, Anglian, Wates and Lovell
  • Wirral Partnership Homes:  £170m Decent Homes programme with Roy Hankinson, Connaught Property Services, Lovell Partnership and Wirral Partnership Homes (Building Services)

Who’s Using TPC2005

TPC2005, and its prepublication version TPC2001, have been used by a wide variety of clients and service providers on a wide variety of programmes, including those listed below.  If you have additional information regarding users of TPC2005, please email it to webadmin@acarchitects.co.uk

Srategic Procurement

  • Brighton & Hove City Council
  • Gravesham Borough Council: £40m strategic partnering arrangement involving both planned and reactive maintenance
  • Homes for Islington
  • Sentinel Housing Association
  • Sheffield City Council: £640m programme with Kier and Sheffield Homes (winner of the Local Government Chronicle Public/Private Partnership of the Year 2005)
  • Your Homes Newcastle (Newcastle City Council):  £348m strategic programme of internal and external repairs and maintenance

Asbestos Removal

  • Milton Keynes Council
  • Welwyn Hatfield District Council

Gas Servicing

  • Aldwyck Housing Association
  • Brighton & Hove City Council: Domestic and commercial gas servicing programme with Mears and PH Jones covering approximately 9000 units for up to 10 years.
  • Cambridge City Council
  • Epping Forest District Council with TA Horn and Gracelands
  • Havelok Housing Association with P H Jones
  • London Borough of Greenwich with Greenwich Public Services and K&T Heating
  • London Borough of Haringey with T A Horn, TSG Mechanical Services and Purdy Contracts
  • London Borough of Islington
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth Council
  • Welwyn Hatfield District Council

Responsive Maintenance and Repair

  • Amicus Housing Association
  • Anchor Trust
  • Bank of England
  • Boston Mayflower Housing Association
  • Circle 33 Housing Trust
  • Contour HA (formerly Collingwood) with Rowlinson
  • Crawley Borough Council
  • Cross Keys Housing Association
  • The Crown Estate Commissioners
  • Elmbridge Housing Trust with Mears
  • Great Yarmouth Borough Council
  • Kier Building Maintenance – see article ‘A Constructors Perspective’ as to their experiences using TPC2005 in the TPC Case Study section
  • London Borough of Croydon
  • London Borough of Ealing with Mears and Kier
  • London Borough of Greenwich with Greenwich Building Services and Kier (shortlisted as Public/Private Team of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2004)
  • Milton Keynes Borough Council
  • Northampton Borough Council
  • Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council
  • Paradigm Housing Association with Connaught Property Services Limited (value £100m over a ten year period)
  • Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea TMO
  • South Staffordshire Housing Association
  • Thames Valley Housing Association
  • Thanet District Council
  • Welwyn Hatfield District Council with Mears (commended in the IMBM Awards 2003)
  • West Devon Homes with Tor Homes as service provider
  • Westminster City Council with HPS Facilities Management, Linbrook and C&M Contracts

Highways & Engineering Maintenance and Repair

  • Surrey County Council with Ringway and Carillion (3rd place with Trowers & Hamlins in the 2003 Lawyer Awards for “Public Sector Team of the Year”)

Cleaning

  • North Devon Homes with Bowden Cleaning Services
  • Moat Homes

Combined Responsive Repair and Planned Maintenance

  • Gallions Housing Association
  • Mosaic Housing Association with Mears and Connaught
  • West Kent Housing Association with Brenwards, Piper Double Glazing, Imperial Painting and Norfolk Homes

Concierge Services

  • Hyde Southbank homes

Disabled Adaptation

  • Bath & North East Somerset Council
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth Council

Decoration

  • Maidstone Housing Trust

Door entry repairs and maintenance

  • Ealing Homes with Access

Environmental Services

  • Canterbury City Council with Serco
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth Council

Fire alarm/door entry installation and maintenance

  • Nuneaton and Bedworth Council

Lift installation and maintenance

  • Gallions Housing Association