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Edmond Shipway - Doing it in style for Habitat

Construction consultants Edmond Shipway in Cambridge have won a major contract to oversee the fit out and refurbishment of both new and existing Habitat stores.
The contract has begun with the fit out of Habitat’s newly relocated store in Cambridge, moving into a prime position on Cambridge Retail Park from its previous premises in Fitzroy Street.
The new store has an oblong interior with a mezzanine first floor with a design concept that makes it easy to change the look of the store according to seasonal and merchandising requirements.
Edmond Shipway Associate Darren Lee, who heads up the Habitat account and is part of the practice’s national team of retail experts, oversaw the fitting out of the Cambridge store, said it was the beginning of a fit out programme that the retailer is undertaking.
“New Habitat stores include the fit-out of a 20,000 sq ft shell development, typically over a nine week period. The Habitat concept for all new stores and refurbishment schemes promotes the use of natural materials such as stone, timber or rubber-based floor finishes,” he said.
“To add value Edmond Shipway has developed and implemented the use of change control to Habitat’s capital expenditure process, which has aided in the successful delivery of recent projects within budget and ahead of timetable.”
Habitat's Head of UK Property and Procurement Len Robertson said that the choice of Edmond Shipway as cost managers had already borne dividends.
“Habitat has recently embarked on a large property portfolio assessment of our existing stores together with pin pointing the UK locations where we intend to open new stores.
“Our aim is to refresh our existing stores, prevent brand damage, address health and safety issues and introduce conceptual cohesion across our stores. For new stores we have evolved our existing concept, introducing more natural materials, a flexible fixture package that can easily refresh the store layout / seasonal change and a more customer friendly colour finishes palette
“To aid in this large capital expenditure programme I was keen to introduce greater financial controls for every project Habitat undertake. I have introduced a six stage project process plan that gives our business greater cost certainty and financial control through all stages of the build from scheme conception to completion.
“For this process to work it was essential that I develop and expand the role of our consulting quantity surveyor, Darren Lee of Edmond Shipway.
“With Darren's enthusiastic help, knowledge and understanding of our business we have delivered a working process that Habitat’s in-house teams and outside suppliers have bought into and feel comfortable with. Using this process model our first two projects have been delivered on time and under budget
“Edmond Shipway's expertise in financial projections, control of budgets, robust cost reporting and project management has enabled Habitat to have greater cost certainty and confidence. The service that Edmond Shipway has provided for Habitat has greatly assisted us to expand our retail offer within our UK market place.”

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