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8
Mar 2017

M+C bags a brace at Chelmer Valley

Munday + Cramer have secured a pair of design schemes at Chelmer Valley High School for the coming year. These projects continue the Broomfield school’s long relationship with the Essex architectural and building surveying practice. Firstly, M+C will design a new bespoke canopy to provide an outdoor dining area of some 70m2. The outdoor space will provide additional space for students during break and lunchtime. Thus, timeliness and speed of service will be improved for the busy kitchen. The second scheme comprises a more complex project. M+C will undertake a feasibility study and preliminary designs for a new dedicated pastoral centre […]

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7
Feb 2017

UK Property and Housing Market Review

The UK property market has again today been given a clean bill of health, despite the doom-mongers. According to the Halifax House Price Index, prices have risen by 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Against the last quarter, they have risen 2.4%. Month-on-month, a slow-down has been seen of -0.9%. Today the price of the average UK house is £220,260. General consensus of the UK property market is one of underlying strength. The UK has undergone major upheaval in the past twelve months; Stamp Duty changes, Brexit, the global economy but growth is still on an upward curve. […]

UK Property Market Review
30
Jan 2017

More than breaking ground… A new swimming pool!

Works at Green Street Green Primary School in Orpington, Kent recently begun to provide a new swimming pool, library and music room. Funded via the EFA‘s Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), the scheme will provide dedicated, modern facilities in keeping with the rest of the school. The existing swimming pool facilities were in poor condition, not fit for purpose and requiring an urgent upgrade. The adjacent music room and library were housed in a dilapidated demountable building. This scheme will provide a single building, designed to accommodate the split levels posed by the site. A new music room and library will be provided […]

Green Street Green Swimming Pool
17
Jan 2017

New Year, new starters!

As part of Munday + Cramer’s continued growth, the New Year sees several new faces within the business. New starters Chris Coomber and Amee Fox have joined the business to further enhance the property management offering, supporting residential and commercial properties throughout Essex. Chris Coomber Chris is a qualified property manager and associate member of RICS. He joins Munday + Cramer to bring additional experience across residential and commercial property management in both the private and public sector. Chris’s role will serve to develop our provision to clients in this field, as well as progress our supply chain management activities […]

15
Dec 2016

Tinsel-tastic Christmas tree decorations

Joining in the festive spirit, Munday + Cramer recently held a competition for primary schools to show off their decorated Christmas trees in exchange for book tokens. Surveying took a different, fun turn as the team enjoyed looking at all of the schools’ efforts. A range of schools sent us photos of their festively decorated trees, and will all be receiving tokens soon to help bolster their libraries! Let us know what you think of them…

Munday + Cramer Christmas Greetings
22
Sep 2016

Professional services for Southend shop-fit

Munday + Cramer are providing a range of professional services to support a major shop-fit scheme in Southend’s busy High Street. Working for Cube Developments, M+C are providing surveying and structural services to facilitate the shop-fit for a leading international brand. Requiring expansive retail areas, a number of key structural procedures are required, including: Moving of stair from retail area to back office Levelling of floors throughout retail area Raising ceiling heights Creation of new steel structure to enable removal of existing structural columns The work is currently on-site.

21
Sep 2016

Gas Safety – A Tenant’s Perspective

Munday + Cramer are proud to support Gas Safety Week this September. This article looks at the implications of gas safety from the tenant’s perspective; how to stay safe, and where to keep your landlord in line. The event is an annual safety week to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your appliances. It’s coordinated by Gas Safe Register, the official list of accredited gas engineers. Badly fitted and poorly serviced appliances can cause leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Every year thousands of people across the UK are diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. It is […]

Gas Hob
19
Sep 2016

Gas Safety Week – 19th – 25th September

Munday + Cramer are proud to be supporting Gas Safety Week 2016, taking place 19th – 25th September. Gas Safety Week is an annual safety week to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your gas appliances. It is coordinated by Gas Safe Register, the official list of gas engineers who are legally allowed to work on gas. Badly fitted and poorly serviced gas appliances can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Every year thousands of people across the UK are diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. It is a highly poisonous gas. You […]

Gas Safety hero Doug
16
Sep 2016

Multi-Use Games Area for Avenue Primary School

Avenue Primary School are the latest school to commission Munday + Cramer for a new Multi-Use Games Area. The East London school, located in Manor Park are looking to improve their flexibility in inclement weather. M+C have provided all design and planning work, and are now project managing the scheme. ETC Sports Surfaces are currently delivering the scheme on-site. The new Multi-Use Games Area will replace an underused grass area to the rear of the school. Being an urban, London school; space remains at a premium. With minimal outdoor space, poor weather conditions place significant pressure on teachers’ ability to teach PE. The new MUGA will […]

Avenue Primary School MUGA Area Development
9
Sep 2016

New term, new kitchen!

With the start of the new school year, the students at Aldborough E-Act Free School in Redbridge are now enjoying delicious school meals produced on-site. Thanks to a scheme funded through the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) by the EFA, a brand new kitchen facility has been created at the school. As part of the wider Loxford School’s Trust, the free school had previously had hot meals delivered from another of the Multi-Academy Trust’s school for lunchtime. However, the continued success and growth of the trust was placing increasing pressures on the existing production kitchen. The recent introduction of the Universal […]

Aldborough E-Act Free School - New kitchen