David Davies.

Over a period of three years, David was a key member of the Architectural team taking the project from its initial briefing and inception, through stakeholder engagement, the design stages, gaining consents, procurement and overseeing construction and handover on site. After the project had been operational for some time there was an opportunity to undertake some post-occupancy evaluation which proved to be valuable as the project has been recognised internationally as an exemplar in design for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities for Children and Young People.

David was the project architect, managing a large team of architects and designers from offices in London and Newcastle who were preparing design and technical information for a large campus of Hospital and Health Buildings. During the construction phase David was the principal point of contact for the Main Contractor and was responsible for overseeing all site inspection and site coordination.

Alongside Engineering consultant Arup, David lead a seconded-team of eight Architects who undertook the Architectural design development work for two deep underground railway stations (and associated service and ancillary buildings) over a period of 3+ years. Working from a multi-disciplinary project office, the BIM Level 4 projects used Autodesk Revit software to generate in excess of over 500 drawings, schedules and specifications for the large buildings. The new stations were stitched into the existing fabric of the city, including being constructed underneath existing 10 lane highways (which remained operational during construction thanks to temporary works supporting a traffic deck) and were built to connect into existing buildings (including an underground connection to a shopping mall beneath Riyadh’s tallest building.  

One of a number of Higher Education sector projects, delivered as part of the North East Universities Procurement Consortium, OME is a ground-breaking innovative building commissioned for the school of Architecture to act as a living laboratory for developing and testing prototypes of new building materials and construction technologies. The project was designed entirely through the COVID pandemic requiring an agile approach to client and stakeholder design development workshops. The scheme was delivered in the heart of the live University campus, in a phased manner to a very demanding programme to meet funding requirements and to fit around the logistical demands of the Universities operational and academic timetable.

The project involved the refurbishment and repair of two listed buildings, a number of other former agricultural buildings and external landscapes, alongside two new-build buildings in order to expand an existing hotel and restaurant from 8 to 38 bedrooms. The project required extensive dialogue and negotiation with the Planning Conservation officer to balance the clients commercial aspirations for the site against the retention, preservation and future care of historic assets that had been badly neglected by previous owners. In addition to being lead Architect and lead Consultant,  David undertook the role of Principal Designer on the scheme and was responsible for managing and overseeing the Health and Safety during the pre-construction phases of the project.

Strategic masterplan, planning consent. Site-wide masterplanning lead and interface with Bellway (and their project team) for the development of their HQ as well as detailed design and on-site delivery of new Category A commercial office buildings, site-wide infrastructure and external landscape works.