The Oakleaf Group undertook a detailed rooms-based condition review of Uppingham Community College on behalf of the school's facilities team. Working in close conjunction with the premises manager and taking into account the limitations of the school's maintenance budget, Oakleaf were able to provide a detailed five year investment plan to fit with the school's ambitious standards.
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As part of a major five year contract, the Oakleaf Group have been assessing the entire estate of Shropshire Council including both school and non-school properties. the estate is assessed in its entirety every two years with a team of Legionella Risk Assessors dedicated just to servicing the contract.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group undertook an energy survey of Hereward College in March 2011, a site with a floor area in excess of 11,000m2 and split over seven main buildings. The general brief was to identify all major opportunities for energy savings across the site but a more specific focus on the centralised heating system.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group were contracted by the prestigious Dr Challanor's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire to completely review their school estate and report on all known and predictable maintenance works over a 10 year period. The project was turnaround within a two week timescale to meet with the School’s need for accurate data ahead of their drive for Academy status.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group carried out a complete review of the entire Buckinghamshire County Council’s Secondary School Building stock condition over a six-month period in Spring 2009.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group's specialist team of surveyors and auditors carried out a complete review of the St George’s Hospital Estate, Tooting, in advance of the Hospital Trust's Estate Strategy formulation. The project was managed on behalf of the Trust by WT Partnership, and The Oakleaf Group liaised with both WT and Trust staff throughout the project and post delivery to assist with Estate Strategy compilation.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group’s knowledge in the Water Hygiene marketplace led to the award of a five year contract to advise the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (STHNHST) with their Legionella management.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group have been producing DECs and advisory reports for all of the Trust’s compliant buildings since their requirement for public buildings over 1000m2 in October 2008. This ongoing relationship with the Trust has developed over the years and the good communication and flow of required information has meant that the DECs are efficient and quickly turned around each year with a minimum of fuss and disruption to the Trust.
Read MoreIn December 2008 The Oakleaf Group were commissioned to carry out the daunting task of inspecting the main complex air conditioning systems at Addenbrookes Hospital - a hospital site with few rivals in terms of size, scope and prestige.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group have been at the forefront of the EPBD Legislation, providing DECs since their requirement for public buildings over 1000m2 in October 2008. Our first major DEC project was with West Berkshire Council, where we were commissioned to produce DECs and advisory reports for over sixty of their compliant properties. The buildings primarily comprised primary and secondary schools but also included the council’s main corporate buildings, including the county hall.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group have been providing specialist Water Hygiene and Legionella Management advise to South Yorkshire Police since 2008. This period included two reappointments following successful completion of the previous year’s contracts.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group carried out a complete review of the entire of Northumberland County Council’s building stock over a five year period. The project involved a rooms based condition survey, with all data being uploaded into the Council’s Evo1ution database, and a Suitability/Sufficiency review.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group were contracted to survey a selection of Northamptonshire County Council buildings in the spring of 2011, these varied from small village libraries through to large 100,000sqft secondary schools. The project was delivered within a very tight two month time period to ensure the Council had adequate time to meet their internal auditing requirements.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group have provided a variety of specialist surveying to St Andrews Health Care over a five year period. St Andrews Health Care is based at St Andrews Hospital in central Northampton with several 'satellite sites' around the country. Working to the Estate Team's specification Oakleaf have surveyed the entire of the Northampton estate to provide accurate 5 Year maintenance plans to tie in with planned ward refurbishment.
Read MoreWith excessive annual energy consumption from one of their newest and most highly specified buildings, The Lowther Building, St Andrew’s Healthcare commissioned The Oakleaf Group to carry out an energy survey to indentify the sources and causes of this extreme energy usage.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group were contracted to survey the entire Craegmoor Health Care estate over a six month period between December 2009 and May 2010. Following the successful completion of the stock condition surveys Oakleaf were commission to carry out further pre-acquisition and measured surveys as part of Craegmoors’ drive for growth.
Read MoreOakleaf were contracted by Castle Fire to undertake a Fire Risk Assessment, focusing on commercial risk, of the Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) and the Biomass Plant. The contract was awarded in two phases with Oakleaf reappointed to assess the Biomass Plant following the successful completion of the FGD audits.
Read MoreThe Royal London Group were looking for a specialist firm to undertake a review of their statutory compliance and maintenance liabilities across their extensive estate, with particular focus on their Wilmslow and Edinburgh property portfolios, and approached Oakleaf to submit a fee bid proposal. Following consultation and interviews, Oakleaf were appointed in December 2010 to carry out the reviews.
Read MoreOakleaf's team of specialist Legionella Risk Assessors have undertaken Legionella risk assessments through the substantial Perkins site in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Read MoreThe Oakleaf Group were contracted to survey the external elevations and roofs of the London Trocadero ahead of a significant refurbishment scheme. The elevations comprise several historic listed elements with the Lyon’s Corner House and extensions a particular highlight being clad in faience glazed tiles with numerous decorative freizes, cornices and original steel window frames.
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