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EventHireexpands
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Conservationarea getsnew schoolbuilding
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BAM’s £40mhospitalproject nervecentre
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FocusT h e W e r n i c k G r o u p N e w s l e t t e r
The leading independent name in the sale and hire of modular and relocatable buildings in the UK
To expand school facilities quickly and cost-effectively LEA’s are turning
increasingly to modular construction. The King’s School in Ottery St Mary is
just such a case. Its new two-storey building was delivered over four days, which
is fast for a 723 square metre, 15 room building.
The school’s decision to use modular construction was influenced by two factors.
1. Less disruption on site. The school did not want lorries passing through the front
gates of the school at any time, so delivery was by craning the modules into position
from the school’s coach park. 2. Cost. A modular building is highly competitive in
price when compared to conventional construction.
Internal and external finishing work took just 20 weeks. The new building houses the
expanding geography department, the 6th Form Centre and IT room.
Sixth-formers proudof their new building
‘Finest accommodation’for new police HQ siteWork on a new £63m headquarters for Greater Manchester Police is
under way and Carillion has again hired AVflex site offices from Wernick
Hire. Senior staff at the site have stated that the AVflex is, “the finest
temporary site accommodation we have ever worked in.”
The two-storey 14-bay secure modular building is finished in Carillion’s
corporate colour scheme, but it is the spacious open-plan interior that has
really impressed senior staff.
The ground floor is laid out as a
9.6m x 3.6m meeting room, an
induction room and a canteen
with full catering facilities.
The first floor has a
reception area, meeting
room, small kitchen and
a large carpeted open
plan main office.
www.avflex.co.uk
This significant acquisition is the latest Wernick
Hire key purchase. To Wernick Hire’s fleet of more
than 20,000 units, distributed nationwide across 28
Depots, has been added Rollalong’s 4000 units and
1800 clients. The two companies’ combined expertise
and experienced staff remain dedicated to supplying a
one-stop shop for a wide variety of accommodation
requirements. Rollalong’s event hire operations have
also been acquired giving Wernick Event Hire a depot in each of three
key locations – London, Birmingham and Winchester.
Chief Executive David Wernick stated, “This major
investment has further strengthened the trading
position of our core business throughout Britain.
We are looking forward to continuing a close
working relationship with both our new and
our existing clients.”
David Wernick
Wernick acquires Rollalong Hire in majorindustry purchase
One of the King’s School’sspacious classrooms.
The King’s School’snew 15 roommodular building.
The nerve-centre for the Welsh Assembly’s £40m first phase improvement plans for
Swansea’s Morriston Hospital are these six-on-six linked secure units that comprise the
site office for BAM Construction.
Supplied by Wernick Hire, the two-storey building comprises meeting rooms on the first floor
and a kitchen, drying room, canteen, toilets, and
sub-contractors’ offices on the ground floor.
The units were supplied finished in
BAM’s corporate colours.
Morgan Est hire WernickWernick Hire has supplied the modular site office
complexes for Morgan Est’s £21m civil engineering
projects for Welsh Water at Cardiff and Aberavon.
The site facilities include a large open-plan modular
office with separate kitchen and meeting rooms and a
second modular
building containing
training and
induction rooms,
a canteen, showers,
toilets and a
drying room.
Wernick Buildings: 0800 18 18 22 Wernick Hire: 0800 51 55 55
Seven police forces have bought or hired Wernick
Buildings’ PCflex™ modular custody cells since they
became available in 2009, generating great interest
amongst senior police officers in other forces. Inspector
Colin Christie, the Inspector of Custody Strategy Group,
Grampian Police said of his PCflex™ building, “I firmly
believe this is the way forward for all custody needs.
This facility is the best in our force and I strongly believe
may be the best in Scotland”
The PCflex™ system meets all Home Office ‘Safer Detention’
standards and can be supplied on hire, as a permanent
extension, or as a complete new custody suite. The Cumbria
Constabulary hired an eight cell PCflex™ system as a disaster
relief solution after the Workington Police station was
engulfed by flood water. The new custody suite was
delivered and up and running in five days.
Email: [email protected]
Instant ‘porridge’the Wernick way
Miracle hospital
Blackpool’s flood defence scheme is being
promoted as one of the best ways to prepare
against the threat of natural disasters in the UK.
Birse civils were tasked with improvements to 400
metres of existing promenade sea defence.
The site offices for this project were two Wernick
Hire AVflex™ secure modular buildings positioned
in front of the resort’s Grand Metropole Hotel.
Special requirements for the contract were seven
three tonne concrete blocks to be attached to the
buildings. These would protect against exceptionally
high winds and the danger of the site offices floating
away in a flood before the new scheme is completed!
www.avflex.co.uk
Mooring lines as extras
A two-storey 44 bed isolation ward completed in the
miracle time of 26 weeks is up and running at Warwick
Hospital. The tender was won by Wernick Buildings on
price and a guarantee to deliver the building to an
exceptionally tight deadline.
With the Swine Flu pandemic in mind, the 72-bay, £3.4m
modular building is equipped throughout as an infection
controlled isolation wing with passive infra-red (PIR)
controlled lighting, taps, toilets and door operation.
All ward areas are also equipped with medical gases and
a filtered ventilation system. The building’s mechanical
systems are controlled by a state-of-the art computerised
management system. John Stevens the estates manager at
Warwick Hospital commented, “My colleagues and I were
very impressed at the speed and build quality achieved on
this complex project within the confines of a working hospital.
Modular building ticks all the boxes as far as we are concerned”.
Just like people, every company
or organization has its own
identity and personality.
The Wernick Group of Companies
is no exception, possessing five
corporate logos and six brand logos.
It is vitally important that where these
are used they are applied consistently.
To this end, the Wernick Executive
Board commissioned the production
of a Corporate Identity publication.
Our clients will see the new logo styles
gradually being applied throughout
our companies and products.
Wernick employees can refer to
the publication on the Company
Information Intranet.
Wernick’sCorporateIdentity
BAM’s £40m hospital project
Ermington Community PrimarySchool’s new building.
Wernick Event Hire: 0800 328 5959 Visit www.wernick.co.uk
With the expansion of pre-school provision Ermington Primary
School in Devon required extra space rapidly.
NPS South West, the property design and construction company was
commissioned to provide the new building. Cost-effectiveness was top
priority as was a tight delivery schedule.
Keith Stone, NPS’s surveyor approached Wernick Buildings, who
converted his specific design requirements into a factory built reality.
Keith commented that, “Ermington village is in a conservation area, so
my design had to be sensitive to the surroundings. I chose modular
construction because I have used it very successfully before. It’s
fast, cost-effective and can be adapted to just about any educational
design concept – it’s limited only by the designer’s imagination.”
The modular building was delivered and craned-in in one day; finishing
work took eight weeks. The building’s natural stone and Siberian Larch
exterior is complimented by a natural slate roof.
Conservation area getsnew school building
Ten weeks from start to finish, that’s how
long Wernick Buildings were on site at Gosford
Park Sure Start Centre in Coventry.
The building was delivered in just one day with internal
and external finishing work occupying the remaining time.
A brick skin and pitched tiled roof completed the
external finish of the building and under-floor central
heating and paint-finished tape and fill plasterboard
walls were used in the high specification interior.
Facilities at the centre include a play room, a community
room and offices for staff based at the centre. A similar
traditionally built structure would have taken around 21
weeks to complete.
Flying startfor CoventrySure Start
The new performing arts
facilities for the The Sir Henry
Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury
includes two full size dance studios and a practice
room. All have four metre high ceilings, sprung flooring and
ceiling mounted, flush fitted radiant heat panels.
The school has specialist status in performing arts. The recent building
programme at the school also delivered new 6th form accommodation. Both
developments were design and build projects supplied by Wernick Buildings.
Strictlycomedancing
A stipulation of their local authority meant that Portico Kindergarten’s
latest building had to be modular in construction. So the client decided
to explore the possibility of obtaining a refurbished building.
Refurbishment specialists PK Accommodation was able to meet Portico’s
precise requirements and director Nicole Politis was very complimentary
about their new-look premises and the service she received - “The staff
at PK were very efficient from start to finish and our good-as-new
accommodation meets my exact specifications.”
The totally refurbished modular building has separate day rooms for
the three age groups the kindergarten accommodates, plus a kitchen,
staff room, office, stock room and toilets.
Tel: 01347 838825
Refurbished building gets thumbs-up
When fire destroyed four classrooms at Cowbridge Comprehensive School Wernick Hire
moved rapidly to provide replacement accommodation. The ruined classrooms housed
the food technology, design technology, textiles and IT departments. The rooms were all
fitted with expensive equipment and much of this had also been lost in the fire.
Replacement modular classrooms from Wernick were completed in just 31 days from the
outbreak of the fire.
“This rapid turn-round was a big achievement”, said school systems project officer
John Werrett. “We went from a pile of charred remains to four
fully equipped classrooms in five weeks. This all required
a high level of co-operation and flexibility between
our school staff and Wernick Hire.”
Gosford Park Sure StartChildren’s Centre.
The new accommodation for the
design
technology department. Wernick raises
school from inferno ashes
Educationfeature
WWeerrnniicckk’’ss ssppoorrttiinngg eevveennttss
Sales Office and Hire Depot Locator
Seven teams made up from Wernick
people and
our contractors raced the night away
at our last
Go Karting time-trial. Our contractor
s took the
first two team places despite some de
sperate
driving by the Wernick All-Stars Team
towards
the end of the evening.
The first placed teams were – 1st ‘ Te
am Ball Cock’
(Pursey & Ball Ltd); 2nd ‘ Canine Plum
s’ (Mid Glam
Construction Ltd); 3rd ‘ Wernick All S
tars’
(Wernick Hire).
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0800 18 18 225 Divisional Sales Offices
0800 51 55 5528 Regional Depot Centres
01347 838 825York
Employees of Wernick Group Companies receive
an engraved gold watch after 10 years service.
In 2009 seventeen of our colleagues received
this award. Those with 25 and 40 years service
receive an award of their choice.
Congratulations to Les James of our Neath
Abbey factory who notched up 45 years service
before retiring in December 2009. Also, Garry Sylvester and
Sylvia Harper, both based at our Aldridge office, who have
passed 40 and 25 years service respectively during 2009.
Wernick Long Service
RAF Citycabins™
The acquisition of Rollalong
Event Hire has brought together the considerable
expertise of two of the foremost companies in the event
hire accommodation business.
It has also increased Wernick Event Hire’s representation
to three depots in key locations - London, Birmingham
and Winchester. This follows on from Wernick’s recent
substantial investment of over £2m to support the
requirements of the CLA Game Fair over the next
five years.
Call: 0800 328 5959 or visit www.wernickeventhire.co.uk
Event Hire expands
Fifteen buccaneers from Wernick Buildings’ NeathAbbey office cruised Cardiff Bay one Friday evening lastJune. A very enjoyable time was had by all with theboat returning to Mermaid Quay completely dry inevery sense of the word.
The ‘MV Cygnet’ took Captain Nick Burd and his crew on ascenic course via Cardiff Bay Barrage and the River Taff tothe Millennium Stadium. It’s understood that some of hismore hardened crew then raided the city centre, but allreturned safely to their desks the followingMonday morning.
Cardiff Bay Cruisers
Mansfield Depot ladies have been enjoyingthemselves (again) and raising money at the sametime. On 21st June, for the fifth year running,they took part in Breast Cancer’s annual 5K ‘Racefor Life’ in Nottingham. In 2007 they dressed upas bumble bees, in 2008 as leopards and in 2009they dressed in something that was - colourful!
In five years they have raised around £4000. Well done Mansfield Depot!
MMaannssffiieelldd uupp aanndd rruunnnniinngg
Temporary organizer’s offices for a largegarden party at Buckingham Palace.
Organizer’s office accommodation forthe Farnborough Air Show.
0800 328 5959London, Birmingham, Winchester
Wernick Buildings: 0800 18 18 22 Wernick Hire: 0800 51 55 55
Six stacked Citycabins™ at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire are used as contractors’ offices andfor archive storage. They were supplied with agalvanized steel staircase and a matching mid-bandthat conceals the jackleg interfaces between the cabins.
Citycabins™ offer rapid and very flexibleaccommodation. They are fully relocatable and canmeet all current building regulation requirements.Finished to the highest standard with factory-fittedlighting, heating and floor coverings, Citycabins™ canbe partitioned to suit a client’s specific needs. Office,classroom, canteen,toilets, shower rooms,changing areas,passageways and anyother type of interiorarrangement can becreated to meet clientrequirements.
www.wernick.co.uk
• Divisional Sales Office & Hire Depot
• Event Hire Office & Depot
• Hire Depot
• PK Accommodation
The winning team, left
to right, Mervyn Mayer
s, Nicky
Bocye, Dan Thomas an
d Ian James of ‘Team B
all Cock’.
The Mansfield Team left to right – Helen Denby, Laura Smith,Vicky Ainley, Sam Ainley.
L to R: Rob Townsend, Chris Goodin
g, Claire Blight,
Stacy Thomas, Paula Draper.
Call for a copy of Wernick Hire’s new overview brochure
0800 18 18 22
Chief Executive David Wernick
congratulating Garry Sylvester
and Sylvia Harper, both based at
our Aldridge office. They passed
40 and 25 years service
respectively during 2009.
Les James’ retirementpresentation by MD Eddie Shawafter 45 years service.
Charles Buzby, foreman at ourBanbury Hire Depot receives hisaward for 10 years service fromMD Simon Doran.