Location:
Roden, near Telford, Shropshire
Description:
The Dogs Trust is reconstructing the Dogs Rehoming Centre at Roden in two phases, demolishing part of the existing facilities and refurbishing others to make way for a new rehoming centre in the second phase. Construction of the first phase has commenced and is due to finish in the Autumn of 2010 at which time the second phase (the new build) will commence, for completion in April 2011.
The main contractor is McPhillips and the main designer, Napier and Co.
Driven by the need to reduce energy costs, the new build is aiming towards BREEAM Outstanding Plus.
The project has a £5million budget.
Project Innovation:
This project is innovative in its utilisation of Passivhaus methods of design and construction. This will result in buildings with exceptionaly low energy requirements and reduced whole life energy costs which will be monitored through the scheduled post occupancy monitoring.
Current Status:
The centre was officialy opened on the 2nd August 2011 but the local MP for Telford. They were proud to advertise their BREEAM Outstanding status being one of only a handful of buildings within the country to have achieved this recognition. They are also holding a Demonstration Project Open Day on the 7th December 2011 11.00AM - 2.00PM.
Theme:
Integration and Collaborative working
The project is being managed as a partnership between the Client, the main Contractor and the Designer, following the Constructing Excellence principles, based on a standard form of contract (JCT) but using the open book approach.
The principal drivers are:
- To deliver a project which will be what the Client needs, to the client's satisfaction and the satisfaction of its stakeholders (including the dogs which need an environment void of stress), thereby minimising noise pollution not only for the neighbours, but the animals also.
- To reduce excessive energy costs to something acceptable in the future (energy use to be approximately 30% of the current use).
Heating, Power etc.
- Heating: Biomas boiler using locally produced wood pellets
- Electricity: Photovoltaics with excess back to grid
- Water collection for re-use, washing down kennels etc.
- Wastewater to treatment.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Predictability of Cost
- Predictability of Time
- Client satisfaction - product
- Client satisfaction - service
- Measurement of defects
Open Day
An Open Day was held at the Centre on 7th December 2011 when various speakers from the project team talked about the project. Some of these speakers were interviewed on film.
Other information:
Download here the Design and Access Statement for this project including a Sustainability Statement and an Acoustic Report.
Previous Position
As at December 2010, Phase 1 of the project - the upgrading of the existing kennels to accomodate the rehoming centre temporarily together with the demoliton of the buildings is now nearing completion. Phase 2 of the project - the construction of the new re-homing centre will commence imminently.
