Project overview
This legacy project for Willen Hospice will help the charity meet the needs of patients and their families, both now and in the future. The expansion will enable the Hospice to provide care for patients earlier in their journey, ensuring they spend their time in a way that allows them to live their best possible life.
The donations of Hospice supporters and the trusts and foundations, including local funders MK Community Foundation and the Jim Marshall Charitable Trust predominately fund the scheme.
SDC was appointed on a Design and Build basis and opted to undertake the project in two phases to minimise disruption for patients and staff. Phase 1 of the works has already been completed, with Phase 2 due to finish in Spring 2022.
Phase 1 works comprised reconfiguring and refurbishing four existing bedrooms, a store, a treatment room and a DDA WC to provide six new bedrooms and a family room space with a private bathroom.
Four further bedrooms have ensuite bathrooms and two walk-in wet rooms. Every new room has a lakeside view boasting natural light and creating a peaceful environment that brings the outside in. Once this phase was complete, it allowed the Hospice to relocate patients and staff from the main wing into the first phase to enable SDC to begin Phase 2.
The phase 2 works comprised demolishing the existing well-being centre and constructing a new two-story steel-framed extension to the South of the site, along with a minor extension to the West.
The internal spaces will be reconfigured and refurbished to provide ten patient rooms, a gym and physio centre, and a new kitchen and café area overlooking Willen Lake. A lake-view lounge will also be created to provide a family-friendly environment that allows patients and their families more space to spend crucial time together.
Project team
Adam Knaggs
Managing Director
Adam joined SDC in 1995 as a Site Engineer. His position as Managing Director involves contributing to the day-to-day running of the business, setting the strategy for projects, and supporting all departments. Adam’s active approach to problem solving has been a defining trait of his career, as recognised by the Institution of Civil Engineers who honoured him with their Site Engineer of the Year Award 1999, in which he was praised for designing his own shuttering system.
Andrew Shiner
Director
Andy joined SDC as a Site Agent and rose through the ranks to Project Director, before taking on his current role as Board Director in 2020. The experience he gained in all three professions will undoubtedly assist him in leading this scheme. On a previous project for NIAB in Cambridge, Andy’s team were responsible for SDC’s highest Considerate Constructors’ score to date (90 out of 100) and a Runner’s Up Prize at the CCS National Awards in 2019.
Andrew Mitchell
Director
Andrew is a senior member of staff who holds the role of Director/Company Secretary. He joined SDC in 1994, and had therefore been with the company for almost thirty years. He plays a key role in ensuring that board procedures are both followed and regularly reviewed. The Chairman and Board Directors will look to the Company Secretary for guidance as to what their responsibilities are under the rules and regulations to which they are subject, and on how these responsibilities should be discharged.
Francis Shiner
Chairman
Since joining the company in 1983, Francis has assumed various roles, from Chief Surveyor to managing Director, ultimately assuming the position of Chairman in 2021.
Dan Changer
Director
Dan studied Architecture at the University of Cambridge and worked as a chartered Architect before joining SDC in 2010. Joining as a Design Coordinator, Dan then opted to work as a Contracts Manager, receiving a promotion to Project Manager before his appointment to the Board of Directors in 2020. His duties and responsibilities include setting the overall strategy for the project, as well as leading the project team and ensuring the scheme is delivered within the client’s time, quality and budget constraints. Dan’s client-focused attitude and collaborative problem-solving approach will be crucial to the scheme’s successful delivery.
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