The Team

At Thomas Studio you can hire THE TEAM to manage any, or all, parts of the design and construction process. THE TEAM help you to define your objectives for your project, interpret your ideas imaginatively and expertly. Work with you to develop a design that will bring you years of comfort and pleasure. Secure the approvals. Manage the construction phase, monitoring progress and standards, to successful completion.

You can COMMISSION any or all of the following services:

SURVEYS
• Measured surveys
• Condition surveys

SPACE PLANNING
• Office desking layouts
• Furniture audits and layouts

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Prepare project programme information
• Help you appoint required consultants for your project
• Advise on budgets
• Advise on legal issues
• Highlight similar projects to research

PLANNING POLICY DEVELOPMENT ADVICE
• Assess potential sites suitability for development
• Assess permitted development rights
• Heritage and conservation advice
• Strategic Housing Land Area assessments

PRE-APPLICATIONS
• Prepare informal applications
• Maximise potential for development
• Negotiate development on your behalf
• Advise on sustainability issues

FULL PLANNING APPLICATIONS
• Prepare planning applications
• Put you in touch with other required consultants
• Negotiate planning applications to determination
• Maximise success at committee level
• Fight your corner to drive applications through the planning system

LISTED BUILDING CONSENTS
• Prepare historic impact assessments
• Prepare landscape impact assessments
• Prepare detailed information at scale 1:1 and 1:5

SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENTS CONSENT
• Submit applications to the DCMS

BUILDING REGULATIONS
• Prepare technical information to satisfy the Building ACT
• Help you appoint an Approved Inspector for your build
• Help you prepare a sustainable building specification
• Put you in touch with energy assessors for energy calculations

HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDING APPLICATIONS
• Prepare project cash flow forecasts
• Prepare stage 1 and stage 2 applications
• Prepare conservation management plans
• Prepare management and maintenance plans

TENDERING TO CONTRACTORS
• Prepare pre tender questionnaires
• Help write pre tender health and safety information
• Help you select a contract suitable for your project
• Prepare robust construction information and written specification

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
• Help prepare contract documentation
• Advise on suitable build contract for your project
• Ensure standards and progress of works
• Help resolve builder disputes

BUILDING CERTIFICATION
• Certify monthly interim payments
• Issue practical completion certificates
• Issue an Architects Professional Completion Certificate

THE TEAM:

But not limited to:

ARCHITECT RIBA – GARRY THOMAS
ARCHITECT RIBA – MARC TUITT
CONSERVATION ARCHITECT AABC – MATTHEW HOLLINGSWORTH
QUANTITY SURVEYOR – DAVID JOHN
ECOLOGIST – HAZEL MARSH, JAMES JOHNSON
LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT – JENNIFER CAWOOD, JACK JEWLL
ARBORICULTURE CONSULTANT – JERRY ROSS
TRANSPORT PLANNING – BRENDAN QUINN
PLANNING ADVICE – CLAIRE RAWLINGS, ANDREW CASE
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER – JOHN TOPP, JEREMY DRINKWATER
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – NATHAN WILLIAMS
LAND SURVEYOR – GRANTHAM COATES, LASER SURVEYS
PHOTOGRAPHER – CHRIS PREECE
VISUALISATION – TROY HODGSON, ABDALRHMAN SAIED, ARMAN SABERI

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