Wyggeston Hospital's award winning hub extension and cottages

Project ID 2085

ADM provides Quantity Surveying services for the redevelopment of land at Wyggeston Hospital, Westcotes Drive, Leicester.

We are proud to be associated with this award winning project at Westcotes Drive, Leicester which has won in the ProCon - Leicestershire Property & Construction Awards, 'Large Residential Scheme of the Year 2022'. The scheme was entered by the project architects, Corporate Architecture Limited of Market Harborough.

This fantastic project was also awarded 'Best Purpose Built Accommodation' at the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2023 - East Midlands.

Wyggeston Hospital was originally formed as an Almshouse/Sheltered Housing charity in 1513 and has been providing sheltered housing and care for vulnerable older people in Leicester for more than 500 years.

Following instructions from the Trustees of Wyggeston Hospital, ADM was commissioned to act as Quantity Surveyor for the proposed redevelopment works comprising a new three storey Hub extension with eight new apartments, six two-bedroom self-sufficient bungalows and associated external works all of which were designed by Market Harborough Architects, Corporate Architecture Limited.

Our pre contract services included cost control and preparation of tender documents, obtaining competitive tenders from a select contractor list, and preparation of contract documents.

Post contract services undertaken included attending monthly site visits to provide a valuation of the work executed. Measurement and agreement of variations along with the preparation and agreement of the final account with the main contractor.

The main contractors for the hub extension and bungalows were S&S Contracting Limited of Leicester.

"For a small charity providing Almshouses for Older People such as ourselves, the need for authoritative and comprehensive source of expert Quantity Surveying advice was key to the success of our award winning Lancaster House development of a major new Community and Administration Hub, 8 apartments and 6 cottages.

ADM provided this support to our Contractors, Consultants, Trustees and Staff with the assurance that the project would be delivered both within budget and on time. The expert advice throughout the project from the tender exercise, onsite contract meetings to the post handover arrangements the ADM staff have supported the charity in managing the successful delivery of our development as a major partner of the overall delivery team.

The Quantity Surveying team have provided services for the delivery of a number of other construction projects with the Charity in recent years and been key to the Trustee and staff understanding of the financial management of these projects at times of economic uncertainty and pressure on budgets. They have always been willing to attend meetings with our Board to answer questions, explain the technicalities of Construction Management and Contracts and sourced options and alternative solutions for the problems that can occur in complex projects.

We are delighted to have ADM as a partner in our project team and would recommend their services to other developers".

Chris Jones – Wyggestons & Trinity Almshouses

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