Abbey Road demolished by B and E Boys – but dont worry its in Blackpool

The NHS have awarded another project to the Boys as part of their programme of clearing former Health Centre premises. Not to be mistaken for the famous Abbey Road Studios in London, and The Beatles album, the site is one of a number of former Health Centres in the Blackpool area which have been centralised to new Health Hubs in the town.

The project involves the clearance of the former Health Centre and erection of barriers securing the site for client, Blackpool NHS Trust. The Contract Administrator is Sunderland Peacock and Associates Ltd for which this is the third such project awarded to B and E Boys after competative tender.

B & E Boys continue to work in the health care sector and are currently on site in Nottingham for Ramsay Healthcare, a national private health care provider. This project involves the formation of “hotel style” rooms for NHS patients whom have had overnight surgery.

Previous NHS jobs include the extension and alteration to a number of Health Centres for Health Care Trusts in Waterfoot, Clitheroe, and at Accrington and Preston Hospitals.

B and E Boys undertake construction work for both Public and Private Sector organisations including new build and renovation projects, including listed building works. The Company has undertaken work at Educations Institutions, Manufacturing premises, and high specification office buildings as well as building new homes for the Social sector and bespoke private homes. The Company has been building new homes for close to 40 years and its Homes division has over 100 homes in the pipeline with a number of additional sites in the early planning stages for future housing. The Company is also well know for rental property which offers industrial, commercial, retail and residential properties.

Abbey Road Health Centre, NHS Blackpool

B and E Boys return to Nottingham for Private Health Care Hospital work.

Ramsay Healthcare has a network of 22 private hospitals in the UK as well as nine treatment centres and three neurological units. B and E Boys have worked at a number of the hospitals in recent years and once before in Nottingham. The project sees a return for B and E Boys to the hospital where 12 bedrooms are being refurbished to bring them up to a high standard of finish. The rooms will mainly house NHS patients after overnight operations.

B and E Boys have undertaken construction work in health care units for many years with works being undertaken for Clitheroe, Accrington, Rossendale and Blackpool NHS Healthcare Trusts. The Company is currently on site in Blackpool undertaking works to a number of former Health Centres close to the Blackpool Tower. The Company has also worked at Preston Royal Hospital.

The works at Ramsay Nottingham are being phased to minimise disruption at the hospital which will remain open whilst works are undertaken with measures being taken to ensure cleanliness is being maintained leaving existing facilities unaffected by the works.
The scheme is a new concept that Ramsay are rolling out across the country, which is aimed at providing hospital rooms to a good quality ‘hotel standard’.

The £200,000 project will be finished by Easter 2012

Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital - Ramsay Healthcare

Investors In People Assessor compliments B and E Boys.

B and E Boys were first awarded Investor In People accreditation 6 years ago and have continued to meet the standard again today. After in depth discussion with over 30% of staff here at B and E Boys the Assessor complimented the Company on the dedicated, loyal and hard working staff.

The Company employs close to 100 staff in a variety of site and office roles including trades such as joinery, plastering, bricklaying, groundwork and labouring as well as managerial, technical, accounting and administation roles.

The Company which was formed in 1961 by Brian and Elaine Boys is now run by sons John, Michael and Peter who have developed the business and are currently steering it through the current recession. The Company has a number of divisions which include Construction, House Building, Property Investment and Property Development. With clients such as the NHS, National Trust, Siemens and many Local Authorities, the Company has remained consistent in its delivery of quality construction projects whilst continuing to build new homes in Rossendale which the Company has done for close to 40 years.

Despite the extremely difficult trading conditions being experienced nationally the Company has continued to perform consistently since before the recession and financial crisis in 2008. This success is a reflection of the dedicated and hard working staff here at B and E Boys who remain determined, focussed and ready to take on another challenging year.

John, Michael and Peter wish to thank all those who work at B and E Boys for participating in the Investors In People process.

B and E Boys “spring clean” and Springside Cottage.

After many months of deliberation, it has been decided to convert the former Springside Cottage restaurant back into a 3 bed detached dwelling. The house situated in the much sought after Newchurch Road area of Rawtenstall is just a short walk from the main shopping street and busy market. Forming part of a conservation area, Springside Cottage is a charming property built in the 1800′s.

Despite extensive marketing the origional plans to extend the restaurant creating 70 covers were not taken up. The Company has had numerous enquiries to either sell the premises to private investors to re-furbish/extend the existing restaurant, or indeed purely to purchase and extend the building into a large, stand alone residence, Boys have made the decision to retain the premises and refurbish the existing building. 

Origional plans for the neighbouring site were for mixed use housing to include a large office building and this would have been an ideal neighbour for the restaurant however the Company is now in talks with the Local Planning Authority to amend the origional plans after the continuing success of the Springside Housing development and after years of marketing have demostrated that there is no requirement for offices in this area.

The works to Springside Cottage will involve new heating, bathroom, en-suite shower room to the master bedroom and a  new kitchen including the re-building of a pantry and the removal of the former bar and waiting area, which will be reinstated as a secondary lounge and fully redecorated throughout. The house also features a small vaulted ceiling cellar – ideal for storing wine.

Externally, the front access way area will need to be upgraded and re-painted but the property has the potential for a large private garden on the rear elevation, currently occupied by site cabins for the residential development.

The project is likely to commence just after Easter 2012, completing by the Summer for renting out and will be undertaken by the companys construction arm. Any interested parties should contact the Tracy at the Boys property department on 01706 211368

Springside Cottage, Newchurch Road, Rawtenstall.

B and E Boys called upon to re-fit office space at SIEMENS Congleton.

B & E Boys have commences their first contract with giant SIEMENS Group at their Congleton site. Siemens, a leading employer in Briatain, in this instance manufacture Variable Speed Drives that control the speed of motors for production lines as well as baggage handling systems throughout the world. The project involves the refurbishment of office space to produce a high quality working environment.

Health and Safety, dust, noise and other issues will be  closely controlled to eradicate any disruption to Siemens day to day business as they continue to work along side the work in progress.

B & E Boys are experienced at working alongside their clients on projects such as this to ensure continuity of business activities and have undertaken works on school, office and manufacturing premises on many occassions delivering quality workmanship on time and within budget.

The company on this occasion are undertaking some of the works out of hours to ensure the minimum of disruption to SIEMENS activities.

 B and E Boys have been fortunate enough to work on a regular basis with the likes of the National Trust, NHS, many Local Authorities as well as list of private clients on education, health care, employment and residential schemes.

Siemens Congleton where B & E Boys are refurbishing office space.

Corn Exchange and Kingfisher Rawtenstall offer Workshops and Offices to let with Road Frontage and Town Centre Facilities.

B & E Boys are just completing the latest offering of work space available to let right in the centre of Rawtenstall. The former Council depot was set to be demolished for redevelopment but due to the demand for work space in the Town Centre, B & E Boys have renovated the space which will complement Kingfisher Business Centre next door.

Kingfisher offers an all inclusive office space for smaller business who require the included benefits of fast broadband, meeting & conference rooms, secretarial services and town centre location but at affordable prices. With free parking and quick access to the motorway networks, Kingfisher has seen an increase in occupancy over the last 12 months with existing and fledgling business alike choosing Kingfisher Space.

The Corn Exchange offers a selection of small and medium sized workshop spaces along side the busy Burnley Road Rawntenstall which would be suitable for a multitude of uses. Why not call the Boys Property department for details or just call in at Kingfisher where we will be happy to show you around. 

The site is also home to a self service pay and go Car Wash Rawtenstall, so you might not be too surprised to see some of the cleanest motors in the valley at The Corn Exchange!!

Kingfisher Business Centre and The Corn Exchange in Rawtenstall Town Centre

Some of the smaller workshop spaces at The Corn Exchange, Rawtenstall

Arthouse expand their business in Waterfoot Rossendale.

Arthouse, one of the countrys leading suppliers of home decoration products, have been a tenant of B & E Boys at the former St James’ Church on Bacup Road in Waterfoot for close to 10 years now and have continued to grow. Not wanting to leave their converted church premises in Waterfoot, Arthouse recently approached B & E Boys, their landlord, to see if they could help. Adjacent the church is the Cloisters, a former Vicarage which was converted into 6 apartments prior to the Church and with a little patience whilst the flats became vacant Arthouse were able to realise their expansion plans on site. Two penthouse flats have been retained.

B & E Boys construction division are working on the conversion from flats to office accommodation, which has included the ripping out of some of the Bathrooms and Kitchens, opening up former doorways and installing a new internal timber staircase so as to keep the office accommodation separate from the remaining two apartments on the top floor. It is programmed that the work will be completed by the end of the year.

Undertaking work for exisiting clients and Tenants is something the Company has a long history of doing. As well as Arthouse, B & E Boys have recently enabled Datum Monitoring Ltd, whom we built a 6000 sq.ft office for at the Pavilions in Bury 5 years ago, to take occupation in part of a warehouse on the popular J2 Business Park in Bury. This involved splitting an existing empty unit in half to facilitate their growth but at the same time, removing 5000 sq.ft of void space from the Property availability list and all the hidden overhead costs that go with such space.  We as a  Company, continue to work closely with many of our tenants to encourage growth wherever possible.  We feel that it speaks volumes that existing tenants wish to remain with B & E Boys.

Undertaking work for exisiting clients and Tenants is something the Company has a long history of doing. As well as Arthouse, B & E Boys have recently enabled Datum Monitoring Ltd, whom we built a 6000 sq.ft office for at the Pavilions in Bury 5 years ago, to take occupation in part of a warehouse on the popular J2 Business Park in Bury.This involved a larger unit at J2 business park which we have split up to facilitate their growth and provide a much sought after 5000 sq ft unit to let. Details of all our units are available on our main website property listing.

We as a  Company, continue to work closely with many of our tenants to encourage growth wherever possible.

Cloisters flats and St James Church, home to Arthouse

B & E Boys awarded NHS projects in Blackpool.

Blackpool NHS have recently awarded B & E Boys two projects to demolish redundant properties. The buildings which were constructed in the 1960′s have been replaced in recent times by state of the art centres of excellence. The first site to commence is Lytham Road close to the Blackpool tower which is host to the final of the popular Strictly Come Dancing show. A further project will commence in Abbey Road Blackpool in the New Year.

Both schemes were put together by Sunderland Peacock Architects.

Earlier in the year B & E Boys were nominated to  demolish property at St Margarets for the NHS to cater for increased parking demands at the site. The project involved clearing the site and groundwork preparation prior to tarmac being laid to extend parking facilities.

B & E Boys have a long history of undertaking work for the NHS and at medical facilities having extended Waterfoot and Clitheroe Health Centres, remodelling Preston Hospital entrance and reception rooms as well as alterations and refurbishment to treatment rooms for private health care provider Ramsay Healthcare.

Lytham Road Health Centre, Blackpool.

B & E Boys invited onto select panel for Q & A session with Regenerate Pennine Lancashire.

B & E Boys were invited to join a select panel of experts to answer questions on the Draft Planning Policy and its implications on Pennine Lancashire. Barry Dean, Associate Director at B & E Boys joined a panel of experts which included Phil Kelly from Pettys, Caroling James from Trevor Dawson, Simon Prideaux, Head of Planning, Hyndburn Borough Council, Puil Megson, Head of Planning, Pendle Borough Council, and Steve Hoyle, Managing Director of Regenerate Penning Lancashire. The panel was tasked to answer questions from a number of business leaders on topics which included whether the existing planning framework hinder growth, and whether there is a need for changing the way we work.

After lengthy discusion Chris Standish from Regenerate Pennine Lancashire concluded that the changes to the planning system may not lead to significant growth after all and that the Communities and Neighbourhood Planning is a genuine shift in planning policy.

Barry Dean from B & E Boys and formerly of Morris Dean, commercial property agents in Rochdale, has been involved in moving properties from the Boys portfolio forward for regeneration and re-development as part of the Companies long term strategy in particular in Rossendale. B & E Boys own a number of former cotton and shoe manufacturing premises which the company has specialised in breathing new life into and enabling business to thrive in communities such as Waterfoot, Rossendale. However increasing legislative demands and the building age make these properties increasing less popular for business use. B & E Boys and Regenerate Pennine Lancashire are working together to provide a path for redevelopment of the mill sites.

Barry Dean from B & E Boys (third from left) on Regenerate Pennine Lancashires panel of experts

Village Farm in Dunham Massey restored for the National Trust

B & E Boys Ltd has now completed the refurbishment and restoration of the Village Farmhouse, at Dunham Massey, Altrincham for The National Trust. Works began on the Village Farmhouse in April 2011, when B & E Boys Ltd were appointed as the Main Contractor by The National Trust .

The building is a three storey, five bedroomed, Grade 2 listed building, and all works were completed in keeping with the original materials.

The contract was a 20 week contract, which commenced with a full interior strip out of the property. This was then fully re-plastered, and has had the benefit of a new kitchen, and four new bathrooms.

Care needed to be taken whilst carrying out the interior strip out as The National Trust wanted to retain two feature alcoves which were in excess of 200 years old.

The property then benefited from full interior redecoration and flooring. The exterior of the property was fully re-roofed and re-pointed. External landscaping of the surrounding gardens finished this property refurbishment to a high standard.

B & E Boys has 50 years of experience working on historic and Grade 1 and 2 listed properties such as Townley Hall Burnley, St Marys Chambers in Rawtenstall and Toll Barr Business Park in Stacksteads.

It is now the intention of  the National Trust to rent this property out.

Village Farmhouse in Dunham Massey - recently renovated by B & E Boys, Rossendale