Services
The practice provides the full range of standard architectural,
interior design and urban design services;
undertakes for businesses, and organisations providing a service to the public,
Initial Appraisals of premises for compliance with the new requirements
of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Access Audits and Reports;
offers an Employer’s Agent service;
the drafting of feasibility studies based on market surveys
and the evaluation of potential sites;
the assessment of financial requirements and drafting of elementary income
and expenditure forecasts and profitability forecasts;
assistance in negotiating project finance;
work on a ‚design and build‘ basis;
project and contract management;
health & safety site appraisals, co-ordination and monitoring;
health & safety plan development,
health & safety file formation;
CDM Co-ordination
Areas of Expertise and Interest
Conservation
Civic Buildings
Culture & Entertainment
Art Galleries, Community Centres, Conference Centres,
Libraries, Museums, Theaters
Sports and Recreation
Education and Special Needs
General, Nursery Education, Primary Education, Special Needs,
Secondary Education & Training Centers
Hotels
Food & Beverage
Restaurants, Corporate Hospitality
Health
Primary Health Care
Houses & Housing
General, Conversions & Extensions, New-build
One-off Houses, Private Housing Developments
Public Housing Developments
Industrial
Food Processing, Warehousing
Mixed Use Projects
Urban Planning & Design
Landscaping
Banks and Financial Institutions
Offices
General, Developer, Owner Occupied, Space Planning and D&B Fit-out
Retail
General, One-off Shops
Conservation and Historic Buildings
Disabled Access
Access Audits and Reports
NTA Projects has over 20 years of experience in the field of access design.
We have carried out hundreds of acces surveys and audits
on buildings including schools, sports facilities, arts centres,
libraries, town halls, community centres, offices and hospitals.
Many of these assessments resulted in
commissions for major improvement works,
often to historic buildings (such as the National Hospital in London),
reconciling, through design, both access and conservation needs.
Clients include local authorities, health trusts, charities,
trade unions and businesses of all sizes.
Design and Build
Many of our projects were carried out under the terms of a
Design and Build contract, such as the Ikoyi Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria,
or most of our work for housing associations. We participated in
joint project tenders with building contractors, or were
novated to or selected by the design and build contractor
for detailed design and production information work,
on completion of the scheme design stage.
We had also formed our own design and build company,
Alexandra Design and Build Ltd. in partnership with
an established firm of contractors,
in order to maintain design control throughout the process.
Development Consultancy for Industrial Projects Abroad
such as
Retort Pouch Food manufacturing plant,
warehousing and offices in South Africa for Colgo Ltd. -
development consultancy;
and
Development consultancy for the restructuring of the
Warehousing capacity on five sites in Mexico
(Chiapas, Torreon, Minatitlan, Sinaloa and Tlalnepantla/Mexico City) for
Cuproquim de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Publications
NTA Projects has produced various reports and case studies
on subjects ranging from affordable and social housing to
alternative construction methods, interchangeable design and
modular construction and
a checklist for environmental/sustainability issues.
Neil Thomson edited ‘Sports and Recreation Provision for Disabled People’
for the Sports Council and the Disabled Living Foundation,
as well as other various publications on the same and related subjects.
Consultancy Services
Government Relations consultancy for overseas clients in Romania,
following events in Eastern Europe after 1989, including
research and periodic, on the ground, updates of property market trends,
construction industry developments, proposed and
adopted legislation in Romania.