Collaboration completes £1.5m project for manufacturer

A BUILDING consultancy team at Knight Frank has teamed up with contractors Mitie to complete a 110,000 sq ft roofing project.

With a pricetag of £1.5m, the project in Sheffield’s manufacturing heartland saw the team handle a complex 20-metre high reroof of ROM’s manufacturing facility.

Prior to this, the “dangerously unstable” roof contained high amounts of toxic asbestos.

Daniel Green, partner in the building consultancy team in the Sheffield office of Knight Frank, said: “The complexity and scope of this project made it a major undertaking, with many difficult elements.

“We carried out initial site surveys and found that the roof was in a much worse state than the client was able to assess, with the main sub-structure so corroded that it was unstable.

“The roof has been reinstated with high-performance coverings and all elements of the project have now been signed off according to budget and within allocated time-frames.

“In order to maintain operations for ROM, we had to relocate staff across the factory, moving them from bay to bay as we progressed the project in order that the roofing work could be carried out without risk to them.

“No other projects of this kind have required us to manage such large-scale works. ROM tasked us with managing all aspects of the project, which ran over three phases for 12 months, and it was completed with no disruption to the company’s operations.”

Robert Holton, managing director at Rom Ltd, said: “Undertaking the re-roofing project for our Brightside Lane Factory was a major landmark for us and the primary consideration was for the safety of our employees as we continued production activities during the roof works phase.

“There were no accidents and minimal operational disruption during the project thanks to the collaborative approach of Knight Frank, Mitie and Rom.”

Knight Frank appointed Mitie Ltd as the main contractor for the ROM re-roof.