Inspired

Bond Bryan attended the Education Estates last night, and we are delighted to share the news that we won the awards for “Architectural Practice of the Year” and also “Project of the Year” for The National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster.

Designed by Bond Bryan – in partnership with Birmingham City Council, HS2 Ltd, and major contractor, Willmott Dixon – the College has won many prestigious awards: being recognised as a pioneering centre of excellence for rail engineering and being involved in equipping the UK with skills to be world leader in the growing market of high speed rail construction. This project is of great significance for Doncaster – reflecting its historical railway heritage – and is one that we are extremely proud to be involved with.

It has been a fantastic year for Bond Bryan: celebrating our 30th birthday with a rebrand, developing our new website and collaborating with some terrific people. Here’s to further success in the future!

The vocational skills gap has been widely acknowledged for many years, and a range of initiatives has been implemented in recent years to address it. A key emphasis is the need to develop progression routes from the well-established vocational training in Further Education into the higher level technical skills that are increasingly needed by the workplace. Furthermore, to keep pace with the rate of change in new technology and industrial innovation, upskilling and retraining for the existing workforce is essential if we are to address the future skills needs of the economy.

The flagship National College for High Speed Rail is at the forefront of this new thinking – delivering the new skills and employees that will be required for HS2 and the wider rail industry: from infrastructure and engineering to rolling-stock maintenance, communications and management.

Bond Bryan are delighted to be shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Education Estates Awards. These awards focus attention on some of the most important issues within the Education sector and recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects – sharing best practice and inspiring others to adopt new and better ways of working that deliver outstanding results.

Bond Bryan have been shortlisted within two categories: Architectural Practice of the Year and Project of the Year with two projects in the running: National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster Campus and the Advanced Manufacturing Building, The University of Nottingham.

Architectural Practice of the Year
With four UK studios in Sheffield, Birmingham, London and Kent, Bond Bryan have a nationally-significant presence and have worked with educational providers across the country. They embody many of the different facets that educational architecture features: from Strategic Property Advice to Digital Architecture, as well as many forms of architectural design and consultancy. 2018 has seen Bond Bryan deliver some of their finest and most critically-acclaimed work to-date.

Recent projects and achievements include:
• Completing the National College for Nuclear in Cumbria.
• Being selected onto The University of Sheffield’s Architectural Framework.
• Completing the highly-successful delivery of London Metropolitan University’s Roding Building.
• Current and ongoing delivery of an Estates Masterplan for St. George’s University of London.
• Completion of the National College for High Speed Rail, Birmingham Campus – winner of the RICS Award for Regeneration in the West Midlands.
• Ongoing collaborative contribution as the Information Consultant for the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish III Project.
• Completion of two RIBA Award-winning schemes: the National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster Campus and the University of Nottingham’s Advanced Manufacturing Building.

Project of the Year – National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster Campus
The National College for High Speed Rail has been recognised as a pioneering centre of excellence for rail engineering and has been involved in equipping the UK with skills to be world leaders in the growing market of high speed rail construction.
Bond Bryan’s design takes its inspiration from Doncaster’s historical railway heritage, with linearity and visibility being the two key themes. The building balances learner-led academic classrooms with realistic working and fit-out areas and workshops that feature large-scale working components for the current high-speed rail industry and a high-speed locomotive for diagnostic training.
With a raft of sustainable features and a BREEAM Excellent rating, this project won both the RIBA Yorkshire Sustainability Award and the overall RIBA Yorkshire Regional Award. Alongside these highly-esteemed awards, this project has also received the Project of the Year and Best of the Best at the Constructing Excellence Award in the region and is now shortlisted for the national award.

Project of the Year – Advanced Manufacturing Building, The University of Nottingham
This iconic gateway building brings together a diverse range of innovative research groups as well as leading industry experts into one facility at the entrance to the University’s city centre Jubilee Campus. Having won the commission for this project – via a design competition in late 2014 – Bond Bryan were able to deliver the University’s requirements with an efficient maximisation of site space within a single phase.
Now fully operational, this building has received critical commendation across the country – winning the RIBA East Midlands Award for the region and showcasing the positive impact that a collaborative effort, between client and design team, can have on a building.

The annual Education Estates Awards & Dinner will take place at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, on the 16th October.

Often at times people will cringe at the idea of getting another year older. Businesses, however, are not people – and for a business to turn thirty is a wondrous thing.

What’s more wondrous is to celebrate such a landmark birthday with a collection of high-profile awards and nominations.

Founded in 1987/88 by Jon Bond and John Bryan, now run and owned by the next generation of home-grown talent, this Sheffield-born architectural consultancy practice has been a creative driving force in the city, the region, the North and the UK.

Now celebrating their 30th birthday this year, Bond Bryan have been sweeping award events across the North, winning six awards in May alone and being nominated for at least half a dozen others. Amongst these wins were the award for Best Educational Building at the LABC South Yorkshire & Humber Building Excellence Awards for their recently completed Doncaster Campus of the National College for High Speed Rail, a project set to fuel the skills market within the future high speed rail industry in Britain. Bond Bryan were also named as the Winner of Winners at the LABC South Yorkshire & Humber Building Excellence Awards for their continued outstanding contribution to the region.

Also won within May was the RICS Award for Regeneration in the East Midlands, awarded for the National College for High Speed Rail Birmingham Campus, a sister campus to the Doncaster Campus and another point on the map to help shape the future of high speed rail within the UK.

And lastly in May, Bond Bryan were awarded the RIBA East Midlands Award for their Advanced Manufacturing Building for The University of Nottingham, followed by the RIBA Yorkshire Sustainability Award and then the RIBA Yorkshire Regional Award for the National College for High Speed Rail’s Doncaster Campus, ensuring each project’s nomination for the National RIBA Awards. By winning these awards, Bond Bryan have fended off some of the country’s top architecture firms including industry giants BDP & AHR.

The fact that Bond Bryan have won 3 of 4 RIBA nominations (with one Bond Bryan nominated project losing to another Bond Bryan nominated project) shows just how regionally and nationally significant their work is.

Over their past 30 years, Bond Bryan have been at the forefront of helping shape Yorkshire, working with Councils in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, Colleges across Sheffield, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Rotherham, and countless stakeholders and other collaborators to give Sheffield and South Yorkshire some of their most iconic buildings. Our continued work with these partners has resulted in the adaptation of Don Valley through the Olympic Legacy Park Masterplan, the iconic new home for Sheffield Hallam University’s Faculty of Development and Society on Charles Street, and the creation of both a new Engineering Campus for The University of Sheffield and the world-renowned Sheffield Business Park.

Sheffield Business Park, a collaborative project between The University of Sheffield and countless industry partners including the likes of Boeing and Rolls-Royce, has been delivered by Bond Bryan and other partners and has seen South Yorkshire become a beacon on the global map for Advanced Industrial output and innovative methods of research and discovery. The University’s award-winning Factory 2050 building, designed and delivered by Bond Bryan’s passionate and dedicated architectural team, has been critically acclaimed and is widely considered to be the world’s first fully reconfigurable advanced manufacturing environment.

Now breaking ground in the residential sector, Bond Bryan are currently working on transforming three under-used sites in our sister town Rotherham, delivering over 180 homes as well as countless amounts of public realm and community space.

Great things are happening all around our city and our region, and Bond Bryan are blazing a trail into the future, shaping our region to become a hotspot of education, industry, commerce and living. Watch this space people of Sheffield.

Bond Bryan are delighted to announce a number of key promotions within the practice – to Associate and Associate Director level – as part of our commitment to continually improve our service. This includes 4 promotions to Associate, within the Westerham Studio, for Adrian Stubbs, Lee Manning, Andy Rose and Lee Mardell and 1 promotion to Associate Director for Pete Severn within the London Studio – Pete will continue to play a major role in the development of our practice, working with clients and managing teams across a range of projects.

Jonathan Herbert, managing director, said, “Pete is already playing an increasingly-important role within our practice and this change is an acknowledgement of this. I am also very pleased that, in an improving situation, we are able to progress the careers of Adrian, Lee, Andy and Lee. This important development recognises their significant contributions across the business and we look forward to seeing their future success.”

Last night, Bond Bryan Architects attended the Constructing Excellence Awards 2018 with Willmott Dixon Construction and picked up two awards for The National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster – “Project of the Year” and “Best of the Best”.

Designed by Bond Bryan Architects – in partnership with Birmingham City Council, HS2 Ltd, and major contractor, Willmott Dixon – the £22m facility has won nine prestigious awards, being recognised as a pioneering centre of excellence for rail engineering and being involved in equipping the UK with skills to be world leaders in the growing market of high speed rail construction.

Bond Bryan are delighted that the Advanced Manufacturing Building at The University of Nottingham has been selected as the winner for the 2018 East Midlands LABC Building Excellence Awards in the Best Large Commercial Building category.

James Woodhouse and Garry Quinn collected the award on behalf of the project team – GF Tomlinson Building Ltd, the University of Nottingham and Bond Bryan Architects.

Due to the award of a number of significant projects, Bond Bryan are seeking talented Architectural Technologists or suitably qualified Technicians, to join their creative and dynamic studios in both London and Kent.

Bond Bryan have huge ambitions and, therefore, wish to welcome talented individuals looking to make progress within an enthusiastic team. We would welcome applications – from Junior Technicians/Technologists through to experienced candidates. Salary will be dependent on experience; we also offer 25 days holiday, private healthcare, pension scheme, critical illness cover and life insurance.

Role

The successful applicant will work directly with the Studio Director and the team of project architects – collating, organising, investigating and producing technical information for use during the development of the project design.

You will demonstrate a strong portfolio of residential and public-sector projects and possess strong technical abilities; below are listed the key areas and responsibilities involved:

Developing the Architectural Design

• Collating and organising technical information.
• Investigating technical information and factors that affect projects – including
client requirements, site/building surveys and regulatory requirements.
• Producing all information necessary to submit Applications to relevant
statutory authorities.
• Preparing and presenting design proposals using our BIM authoring software,
ArchiCAD – training will be provided.

Preparing detail design and production information

• Preparing and presenting detailed design proposals using ArchiCAD.
• Advising the Project Architect regarding the programming of deliverables.
• Contributing to the detailed design process and coordinating detailed design
information with the Design Team.
• Preparing specifications, using NBS, for construction work.
• Preparing drawings, plans and documents for statutory approvals.
• Attending co-ordination meetings, recording minutes and preparing any associated
documentation.
• Contributing to design-stage risk assessments.

Contract Management/Construction on site

• Making site visits and recording findings of site inspections.
• Obtaining and evaluating tenders with Architect and QS before sign-off.
• Attending meetings, recording minutes and preparing associated documentation.
• As required by the Contractor, preparing and presenting construction details using
our BIM authoring software, ArchiCAD.

Post Construction

• Assisting with the production of ‘As Built drawings’ using our BIM authoring
software, ArchiCAD.

Professional Practice

•Adhering to Bond Bryan’s internal policies, e.g. Quality Assurance etc.
• Being a member of CIAT (TCIAT) or in the process of becoming a member
(Senior mentor program with BIAT members).
• Undertaking structured Continued Professional Development (CPD)

If you are interested in this position, please send an email with covering letter, CV and portfolio (including some of your detailed drawings) explaining why you are the right candidate for the role to:

Geoff Halliwell, Director (London)
E: London@bondbryan.co.uk

Jeff Stibbons, Director (Kent)
E: kent@bondbryan.co.uk

We strive to ensure that opportunities to work and develop at Bond Bryan are open to all. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

Helen O’Reilly and Tomasz Romaniewicz from the Bond Bryan Sheffield Office are both delighted to be selected onto the RIBA Yorkshire Housing Group.

The core purpose of the Group, over the next two years, will be to advise and advocate to regional and government bodies on housing issues – with the aim of developing a model that reflects the needs of the region and improves the planning process, housing design standards, technical development and delivery mechanisms.

Bond Bryan have delivered some significant residential schemes, nationally, and are currently developing: an exemplar placemaking-led scheme to provide 197 homes in a village near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, an urban masterplan for a 2.5 mile stretch of Hagley Road in Birmingham to develop its living corridor in Birmingham City Centre and are on site, with Berkeley Homes, East Thames, to deliver Royal Arsenal Riverside – one of South East London’s most exciting riverside addresses, occupying a prime location on the River Thames.

Bond Bryan are delighted that planning permission has been granted for the Royce Discovery Centre (RDC) at the University of Sheffield.

Bond Bryan worked closely with the University to develop this highly-specialised research space which will be used by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering – its world-leading research and innovation base in advanced-materials science. Aspirations for the building are for world-class workshop and laboratory facilities, contained within an architectural form that is both well articulated in the urban environment and which inspires those who have the pleasure to learn and work within it. The building will help to support the relevant research requirements of industrial partners, secure further investment in the Engineering Faculty and be future-proofed for innovative research.
 
Bond Bryan Associate, Paul Shaw, explains the design inspiration for the project: “The Architectural form is based on three core principles: simple and elegant lines of design, functionality tailored to meet both current and future use and solutions that provide best value. The elevational treatment responds to the Client’s requirements of ‘showcasing’ the engineering processes to the passing public; the materiality reflects the existing streetscape of brickwork, metal claddings and large glazed areas.”
 
Construction on site is planned to commence in July 2018 with a completion date of December 2019