Interiors UK Bi-Monthly Newsletter Sept …

Interiors UK Bi-Monthly Newsletter Sept …

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Hello from Ardmac, Welcome to our bi-monthly newsletter, where we will keep you up to date with current developments and innovations within our Interior Fit-Out Division. Firstly, introducing Andrew Winstanley, Business Director of Ardmac’s Interior Fit- Out Business , talking about his background in construction, his inspirations and key takeaways from his years in industry. We go on to showcase our fantastic projects at Royal London in Alderley Park & One City Square in Leeds and feature our offsite construction capabilities. This month our feature focus is on Sustainable Development and we are proud to share with you some of our goals relating to the environment, climate change, responsible business, innovation and community. If you would like to know more about our sustainability strategy, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Finallywe are delighted to be raising awareness of our Cycle for Hope charity fundraiser which takes place on the 10th of October in Dublin. We hope you enjoy reading this issue and if there is anything you’d like to see in future issues, please let us know.

AndrewWinstanely Business Director Uk

[email protected] +447786 334505

Philip Chadwick Managing Director Operations UK [email protected] +447827 991490

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04 MEET ANDREW WINSTANELY

06 BUILDING OFFSITE

08 BACK TO THE WORKPLACE

10 LIVE PROJECTS

12 ROYAL LONDON, CASESTUDY

16 ONE CITY SQUARE, CASE STUDY

20 BUILDING BETTER FOR OUR FUTURE

22 CYCLE FOR HOPE 2021

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Having been with Ardmac for over 5 years, I am proud to be part of a fast-paced, evolving company that prides itself on innovation, “Smart”working and excellence as a standard. I joined Ardmac back in 2017 following 11 years of working in London for an architectural and interior design and build construction company that specialised in the luxury high- end residential sector in the centre of London. Through hard work and diligence within “Janine Stone,” I was rewarded by being promoted to Commercial Director responsible for all the construction team output. At Janine Stone I led a team who built the most inspirational projects that brought our clients dreams and vision to life. Our designers worked with innovative and sophisticated materials, including beautiful marbles, exotic timbers, fine leathers, crafted metals, and artisan mirrors which, when put together with fine detailing, created wonderful living spaces for high, net-worth individuals. Crossing over to the commercial office fit-out sector allowed me to move back up north and join Ardmac. The commercial and strategic skills I had generated in London became key in my new role as MD with the remit to form a strategy and build the UK business. My first few months at Ardmac were all about fact finding and learning about Ardmac as a brand, our strengths and weaknesses and understanding what our customers said about us. This, coupled with some key nuggets from the board, allowed me to devise a strategy which defined our future direction. We made some big decisions but at the centre was to build the Ardmac brand into a leading fit- out specialist in the commercial office and TMT sectors in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool with a diversification plan around Higher Education and Life Science.

M E E T andrew winstanley

BUS I NESS D I REC TOR UK

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The plan worked and Ardmac is now a multi award- winning business and one of the top premier fit-out businesses in the NW, Manchester and Leeds. Ardmac are now undertaking projects with creative, complex environments ranging in value from £2m to £20m for leading global brands across the sectors. Having recently handed over the MD role to Phil Chadwick, who now runs the business operationally, it has allowed me to focus on developing the 3-year business strategy and diversification plan and concentrate on the front end of the business. My inspiration When I think about why I do what I do, it really comes down to one thing and that’s seeing creative designs and the customer vision’s come to life. At Ardmac, there is a spirit of excellence and innovation driven fromour CEORonanQuinn right theway through the business. This has helped us to define our position in the marketplace and to distinguish ourselves as a business. Key Learnings Industry is always adapting to change, such as the effects of COVID which has irreversibly changed the way the office will be used forever. But the key learning I’ve taken is plain and simple, it’s all about the customer! It’s not enough to have a “Safety First” policy with the right people who have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the management procedures. You must listen to and understand your customer to deliver their vision and provide a customer experience second to none that ensures they will come back to Ardmac time and time again. The key is to do exactly what we promised at the beginning

and through regular interaction with our customers – at Ardmac director level throughout the project – we are able to give good, solid feedback to the project team and put corrective steps in place, if required. Breaking it down to the simplest format. “Say what we will do and do what we say.” Looking forward to the future Dealingwithoffices and laboratories in a post COVIDera brings with it change and a sense of urgency to provide the best solutions quickly. The corporate agenda is to provide a culture of diversification and equality with the “wellbeing” of the workforce and sustainability and the environment at the top of their agenda. One of the benefits to COVID has been that future environmental targets have been brought forward to the here and now. Corporates now realise that the office needs to be a place to entice workers back into the workplace by creatingdifferent types of environments. Fromdifferent styles of break out zones which cater for creativity and collaborative thinking, to areas of quiet and serenity for thinking and planning. Creativity and collaborative environments will entice people back into the workplace. The design elements have and are evolving continuously in this area and over the next month we will be sharing with you some of our insights into this subject. On the pharma side, the speed at which pharma companies need to come to market or respond to demands for manufacture is so fast that Ardmac have partnered with US company Germfree to provide a modular flexible cleanroom offering which allows us to provide a rapid turnaround.

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BUILDING OFFSITE Ardmac have extensive knowledge on designing production spaces for critical environments and we understand the ever- increasing challenge of speed to market. Our offsite building solutions are designed to meet the unique demands of the life sciences, >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24

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