Independent Care
Independent Care’s partners bring together one of the UK’s most experienced healthcare development and operational teams, with a proven track record in the successful delivery and operation of more than 50 privately funded community hospitals and primary healthcare facilities across both the private and publicly funded healthcare sectors.
Encompassing award winning architects, construction and project management experts, consulting engineers, environmental and low carbon delivery experts, and healthcare sector infrastructure and medical equipment design and supply specialists, we provide end-to-end expertise from original concept to fully operational facility for state of the art healthcare provision.
P+HS Architects
A talented, creative team of 105 with a shared ambition, to work collaboratively to make healthcare better. Our knowledge and expertise is founded on over 40 years experience and we understand the challenges and special requirements within the healthcare sector.
Healthcare represents around 75% of our workload and as such is a major part of our business: over 95% of our technical staff have detailed healthcare experience. Our teams work nationally and internationally in every aspect of healthcare design for both the NHS and private providers. Services include architecture, interior design, estates rationalisation, masterplanning and project management.
At the forefront of sustainable design we have won several awards for our work in healthcare including the Leaders in Sustainability award for building design in 2012. We have extensive experience of BREEAM and our Primary Care development at Houghton Le Spring is the first, and currently only, UK healthcare building to achieve BREEAM Outstanding.
JAMES ALMOND Design & Delivery Director
James is a Director who brings a wealth of project delivery experience which will enable the pipeline to be developed to international standards of healthcare design. James’s extensive client focused project management experience spans a range of sectors, including Healthcare.
MESH Construction Consultancy
An independent consultancy specialising in cost and project management of construction projects. Specialists in the delivery of healthcare projects. MESH are committed to delivering professional excellence on construction projects of all sizes and complexities throughout the Healthcare, Commercial and Leisure sectors. MESH have a highly experienced team with a proven track record within the industry that assures clients that their projects will be delivered successfully and efficiently.
TIM MOULDEN, Commercial Director
Tim has over 34 years of experience as a cost consultant, predominately in the Healthcare sector. Tim adds real value at inception when considering a scheme at high level.
His experience enables him to draw from multiple past experiences on risks, discovering unknowns, procurement issues, etc.
Tim will drive the ability to make the project happen regardless of size or value along with taking overall responsibility for cost and project management.
3e Consulting Engineers
Offers professional engineering services to clients from project inception to completion. The principal services provided are:
Geo-Environmental - offering a full service covering ground investigation, environmental appraisal, remediation strategies and foundation design, working in tandem with the structural/civil engineering designers.
Structural - 3e’s skills and experience cover substructure and superstructure design, in all types of traditional and contemporary materials, for an extensive range of building types, including steel frame, reinforcement concrete frame and steel modular structures.
Civil - providing engineering design for major road and sewerage infrastructure works, earthworks, flood risk assessments and flood defence works.
STEVE WATSON, Civil & Structural Engineering Director
Steve is a Director with over 35 years experience as a Civil and Structural Engineer.
Having worked on healthcare projects for both NHS and private clients, Steve has a deep understanding of the complexities and challenges of delivering projects via a wide range of construction methodologies.
Leading a team within the business they fully understand the complexities of modern healthcare, alongside the structural requirements of the design.
One-Environments
Is a collective of expert landscape architects, designers and technologists dedicated to making the physical world around us better, designing infinite opportunities for all. ONE-Environments draws from over 20 years’ direct experience in leading innovative design and delivery of inspirational landscapes and contemporary urban design. Based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne’s creative quarter, their studio in the Ouseburn Valley is where they come together to create high-quality designs – from integrated, world class healthcare, learning and workplaces across the UK embracing community settings and active lifestyles, to cutting edge low carbon growth projects. The team believes that everyone’s quality of life and the quality of their environment are intrinsically linked.
JOHN EACHUS, Wellbeing Environment Director
Jon has an innate ability to think differently and translate ideas into impactful outcomes. He is a Chartered Landscape Architect (CMLI); with a landscape architectural career stretching over 20 years he takes the lead on strategic and concept landscape design.
He has extensive community engagement and integrated design experience. One of his key skills is in unlocking maximum project value and embedding physical activity and wellbeing into every design.
Jon is committed to collaborative working and creative dialogue, an ethos which underpins the continuing success of One Environments.
CAD21
CAD21 offers comprehensive building design services across the healthcare, life sciences, commercial, living, education, custody and justice,
leisure and retail sectors. CAD21 have more than 20 years’ experience in acute and mental healthcare building delivery. This unparalleled experience
has equipped us with a detailed understanding of this specialised sector where experience, quality and knowledge is critical. The CAD21 team understand health design – compliant, resilient, robust and quality-driven, and we thrive on engaging with people and organisations who share these values. An enviable track record in acute healthcare across NHS trusts. CAD21 have delivered an enviable amount of healthcare construction projects and have worked with multiple Trusts since we were formed in 1998. We are equipped with a thorough understanding of the latest guidelines, Health Building Notes (HBN) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) and the knowledge to add value when we consult fully with stakeholders to gain a detailed understanding of both clinical and Estates requirements.
GARRY CHARLTON, Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Director
Garry leads a strong delivery team with a track record in both acute and mental health services to successfully deliver fast paced healthcare programmes such as the hospital pipeline.
Garry provides over 30 years’ experience in M+E design and strategic leadership throughout CAD21 to ensure the successful pipeline delivery.