PRODUCTION & HEAD OFFICE FACILITY

Project Brief

• Assess Client business operations across 5 sites
• Provide Management Consultancy and detailed Project Management to fundamentally re-organise Client business by providing a bespoke Property Solution to support a 3-5 year business growth strategy

Key Issues

• Provide property condition advice & outline costing for potential repair and refurbishment of existing facilities
• Search & appraise existing properties across North West region as potential relocation options
• Search & appraise new build/design & build options across North West region
• Identify exit strategies for existing locations and create route plans to realise redevelopment opportunities where possible

Solutions

• Full project management of complex property issues over 4 year period
• Establish milestone project action plan & essential information to support Client Group Executive Board financial decision process for £12million capital expenditure
• Assemble and lead project implementation team to deliver primary property requirements 2001-2003
• Negotiate & secure design & build new state of the art 106,000sqft production & head office facility in St Helens

Successes

• Re-organised and implemented business transfer from 5 locations to one bespoke facility on phased basis during 2004
• Created flexible advanced factory space to support precision household cleaning and personal toiletry production facilities to pharmaceutical standards
• Transformed business image and corporate profile to underpin strategic marketing of business to existing & new customers and market competitors

Innovations

• Seconded dedicated project manager into Client organisation for 2 years during primary base building construction phase
• Development of wide ranging project co-ordination, package procurement and paperless document management processes which the Client can adopt and develop moving forward in future projects

Client Benefits

• Allowed Client to focus on running their organisation whilst leaving essential Property issues in professional hands
• Ensured property assets are always working to their full potential for the organisation - sale & lease back of new production & head office to part fund project
• Identified redevelopment opportunity at one of the existing sites which could unlock additional capital and provide new modern production facility for alternative work stream at retained location
• Provided training and business improvement mentoring to support creation of the right level of in-house property knowledge for future needs
• Kept Client on the right side of the law - planning, building regulations, health & safety