Lower Street, Burslem

Key Features

• Establishing a clear Client Brief. This was particularly important as this development was one of the first of its kind.
• Offering freedom of resident movement/containment.
• Providing hygiene/durability.
• Offering homely environment.
• Providing personal dignity/personal safety.
• Identifying risks to the project, innovating and mitigating risks. For example, installation of a lift pit through a mining raft required innovative working.
• Establishing a pragmatic, sustainable and solutions focused fire strategy for the core and cluster model. This lead to developing a new fire strategy concept for this type of building.
• Delivering less carbon emissions and less waste. Care homes in the past have not been 'green' buildings and have been expensive to heat.
• Supporting the local authority to realise the benefits of quality residential care.
• Low maintenance and low life cycle costs.