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Premier Inn continues to expand its hotel portfolio across the UK with Artelia responsible for opening two further hotels in Horsham and Bridgwater. The two projects reflect the diversity of locations that Premier Inns have.  The new 92-bed Horsham Piries Place hotel forms part of a 50,000 sqft leisure-led, mixed use development. The hotel is…

Congratulations to Associate, Steph Le Couteur, who has been elected to the RICS’ East Midlands Regional Board. Steph will be representing the interests of the region’s property professionals, developing initiatives that have a positive impact on the industry and local communities and encouraging engagement in the surveying profession. Steph’s appointment stems from her passion for…

Our project to restore and repurpose for commercial letting, the vast 18th century Fitted Rigging House at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, was Highly Commended in the Preservation and Rejuvenation category at last night’s SECBE Awards in London. Just missing out to the Great Pagoda at Kew, the Fitted Rigging House was praised for its sensitive…

Chelmsford’s inspirational new Riverside Leisure Centre has been officially opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent. The Duke unveiled a commemorative plaque and toured the new facilities, meeting centre users, staff and members of the professional and construction teams, including Artelia Project Lead, Robert Marr and Director, Ian Bailey. His Royal Highness heard…

This week saw Toni Dalton and Paul Needham back on site at Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Wisley with various celebrities, for the official opening of the garden’s stunning new Visitor Welcome Centre. Alan Titchmarsh MBE, Vice President of the RHS and a founding RHS Ambassador, and Sue Biggs, Director General of the RHS, performed the…

Artelia is again delighted to be sponsoring the Association of Independent Museum’s 2019 Conference which, this year, is being held at the The National Civil War Centre in Newark. This year’s conference is focused on ‘How to be a great destination’ – what makes some organisations prosper and succeed whilst others flounder? Steve Prowse, our…

Artelia Cost Manager, Jenn Williams, has been working with Kew to deliver an amazing new family-friendly experience – The Children’s Garden – where kids can explore all the things plants need to grow; earth, air, sun and water in a fun, interactive way. This weekend, over 40 Artelia friends and family aged from eight months…

Artelia UK has co-hosted, with French colleagues from Sanae Architects, an NHS Study Tour of an innovative new Surgical Day Care Centre in Tours. Strategy and Estates Directors and Clinical Leads from the NHS met the Sanae design team and French clinical and theatre staff to discuss how, by rethinking adjacencies and space usage, the…

Four years in the delivery, the restoration and interpretation of HMS Caroline in Belfast, is a fascinating visitor attraction that brings alive the story of a British light cruiser ship from the First World War. Completed in 2018 and already one of Belfast’s top tourist destinations, it has been nominated for the prestigious Art Fund…

Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery has reopened to the public following a £12M, four-year long restoration funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Ealing Council and the Arts Council. Artelia’s cost management team, led by Simon Cash, has been with the project every step of the way. Pitzhanger is historically important because, along with Lincoln’s Inn Fields,…