SeaSpace, Porth, Newquay
- Client: SeaSpace
- Project Value: £12.5m
- Duration: 12 months
- Location: SeaSpace, Porth, Newquay, Cornwall
- Client: SeaSpace
- Project Value: £12.5m
- Duration: 12 months
- Location: SeaSpace, Porth, Newquay, Cornwall
Overview
Following Ease’s successful delivery of projects for sister hotels Watergate Bay and Another Place The Lakes, Ease were appointed to deliver the hotelier’s most ambitious challenge to date: the transformation of the large and tired previous Sands Resort into Cornwall’s first ‘aparthotel’, blending self-catering of the 58 modern studios and apartments with the luxurious offerings this client’s hotels offer, including café, bar, restaurant, a health club with a 19m classic Miami-style inspired swimming pool, gum and fitness classes studio, all within 12 months.
Ease was initially able to demonstrate the value for money construction management brings to large a complex construction like this, by competing against other main contractors pricing a traditional tender process. There then followed a fast paced value engineering exercise, to allow the client to prioritise important areas of the scope, and in some scenarios increase scope, and not to the detriment of the programme.
Due to the fast-paced programme, Ease had to draw upon its very best trade contractors from our expanding supply chain, to ensure we had a required daily attendance of generally well over 100 operatives. Despite the constraints and challenges, Ease met milestones and targets and concluded the project in time for the hotels successful soft opening. We are confident and looking forward to taking other projects forward with them in the future.
Key Project Stages
✓ Exceptionally fast paced programme
✓ High quality product and finishes
✓ Coordination of a considerable number of specialist consultants
✓ CM delivery allowed for client involvement throughout the project
✓ Ongoing Value Engineering ensuring project delivery within the budget constraints
✓ WAE extensive supply chain assisted with resolution of issues presented from a complicated refurbishment project
✓ High quality Gym, Spa and Pool installation with AHU, BMS controls and access controls
Will Ashworth, Executive Director/Founder
SeaSpace was a very large project by Cornish standards. The complexity of totally renovating an existing building required significant expertise, diplomacy and perseverance by We Are Ease. Using a main contractor on the project would have proved challenging and therefore the Construction Management was the right choice. The outcome speaks for itself!
