Design Advice - Testimonials

 
 
 
 
 

"The service is excellent, prompt and professional"
Nicola Vitagiano, Associate, The Architecture & Planning Group, Bristol, Avon

"An excellent service"
Jamie Hartzell, Director, The Ethical Property Company, Oxford, Oxfordshire

"Design Advice gave us all the pointers to put an appropriate tender together"
Martin Cox, Design and Construct Manager, Kvaerner Construction

"It was a very good starting point in pursuit of my low running cost ideal"
Bill Keillor, Chartered Surveyor, Keillor Martin Laurie Partnership, Dundee

"Design Advice helped with modelling the heating to demonstrate that required comfort levels could be achieved"
Douglas McNicol, Wallace, Whittle & Partners, Glasgow

"One idea was to use surplus local wool to insulate the roof space"
Ray Licence, RG Licence Architect, Kelso

"It was life time cycle costs that mattered most and they gave us the answers"
Andrew Hunter, General Manager, Bury Physio, Bury St. Edmunds

"An excellent solution to meeting ISO14001"
Andrew Banks, Architect, Banks Design, Bicester

"We have used Design Advice twice, and twice it was excellent"
Ron Shanks, Architect, Ron Shanks Associates, Aberdeen

"Good building design helped us to avoid the need for air conditioning"
Paul Feast, Operations Manager, University of Sussex

"They told us we were right not to put in air conditioning"
Helen Barnes, Development Coordinator, West Pennine Housing Association, Oldham

"As most of the recommendations in the report have been integrated into the design, most, if not all of the predicted savings/performance should be achieved, comfort conditions are not compromised"
Martin White, Richard Roger Partnership, London

"The Design Advice assistance in funding allows for the extra costs to carry out specialist modelling to be reduced without excess fees to the project-Long may it continue!"
RW Breckon, Klimaat Ltd, London

"The information given has been a great help and very beneficial"
N Shields, BMH Construction Co. Ltd, Lipton

"Advice proved excellent"
Paul Duckett, Mason Gilliband Architects, Lancaster

"As an expert impartial service it is unequalled"
Christian Lang, Stoneham Housing Association, Stoneham

"Many thanks for your report, which seems to provide exactly the kind of recommendations that we have been searching for over the last two years or so"
Anthony New, FRIBA, St Mary Abchurch, Petersfield

"An excellent service, very helpful to me as a head and governors who are not experts"
Hilary Munro, Head, Forefield Community Infant School

"Probably the most exciting school design I have presented to the planning committee"
Gerry Crosley, Planning Officer, Kent County Council

"The process re-affirmed a lot of things we were already doing, but raised others we hadn't thought of, It was a very valuable exercise and certainly something we intend doing again"
Roger Fitzgerald, Architects Design Partnership, Sevenoaks

"The advice was very useful and informative. We took on board almost everything the consultant recommended. We're happy to recommend this service and plan to use it again"
Claude Maguire, Project Architect, Consarc Design Group, Northern Ireland

"The reports so far delivered have been excellent and will greatly assist in our endeavours to reduce energy consumption"
Barry McKean, Energy Conservation Manager, Knowsley Borough Council

"We used Design Advice to assist us in providing sustainable, energy efficient homes which minimise the running costs for the occupants. We found the report and recommendations very helpful and all the areas of advice have been incorporated into the documents for the design and build tender. If the opportunity arises, we will definitely use Design Advice again"
Simon Holmesmith, Partnerships Project Manager, Kirklees Metropolitan Council

"We found the results of Design Advice very informative. The report from the consultancy was very comprehensive and detailed many energy and environmental ideas which we intend to follow through. We will certainly use Design Advice again for other Council building projects"
Terry Bently, Energy Efficiency Officer, Lincoln City Council

"It was comforting to have an overview on the energy performance of our design and what we should aim to achieve"
Christopher Taylor, Christopher Taylor Design Limited, Stoke-on-Trent