When it comes to construction, we take a broad, thoughtful and sustainable approach. We want to add value when it comes to regeneration projects and make a real difference to the communities that will go on to use the facilities that we build. We place ourselves firmly within the communities in which we work and deliver projects from within, working alongside local people to deliver schemes that make a positive impact on local life.
Furthering our track record of creating some of the region’s most significant and striking buildings, we continue to play a major part in the transformation of the city of Hull. Sewell Group is the local company at the heart of the Hull Esteem Consortium.
Hull Esteem Consortium is delivering 17 schools to the city, including seven new build schools and 10 remodel or refurbishment projects, as part of Hull’s £465m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Due for completion by 2014, the programme will also deliver significant ICT investment across all secondary schools in the city.
Sewell Construction, headed up by director Steve Gibson, has also been pivotal in making Hull’s Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme one of the most successful in the UK. To date, nine schemes have been delivered and are fully operational, with a total capital expenditure of around £50m. Sewell Construction designed and constructed all nine of these LIFT schemes, all of which were delivered on time, within budget and to exceptionally high standards of workmanship and customer satisfaction.
Work on a tenth LIFT scheme, the £16m Wilberforce Health Centre, and eleventh, the £14.7m Bransholme Health Centre, is well underway. A 2.6 acre site on Hessle Road, west Hull, has also recently been acquired for the development of a new health and community facility.
Sewell Refurbishment and Remodelling has a specialist division that handles refurbishment, maintenance, extension and new build projects up to a value of £1m, and hence bridges the gap between major project work and facilities management. We provide a full range of building services to clients including many ‘blue-chip’ businesses such as BAE Systems and have long-term public sector partnering agreements across Education, Health and Community sectors. With an average of 320 schemes per annum and values ranging from the smallest minor responsive maintenance to substantial building schemes of £1m, work is carried out using the skills of the company’s own directly employed and trained personnel. Clients are appointed a dedicated, experienced Contracts Manager, responsible for the full relationship from cost budgeting, agreement of scope, project management and agreeing accounts with this continuity of contact bringing distinct benefits to our customers.
