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Future Health & Care Expo
September 9th, 2011
The NHS is undergoing the most radical period of change since it was established in 1948. This will have a profound effect on the kind of healthcare buildings we will see in the future, with a massive shift away from the general hospital model of provision likely. A revolution in building design, the procurement process [...]
CPW projects recognised for excellence at the ‘Oscars’ of the construction industry
July 14th, 2011
Three major projects for which Couch Perry & Wilkes provided vital environmental engineering and consultancy services have won four awards at the “Oscars” of the construction industry. The 13th annual Celebrating Construction 2011, which featured the Built in Quality and Construction Excellence Awards, saw the prestigious Project of the Year award go to The Queen [...]
CPW wins ‘Employer of the Year 2011′ award
July 8th, 2011
Birmingham-based environmental services consultancy Couch Perry & Wilkes has won the prestigious 2011 Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Employer of the Year Award. CPW scooped the title, which was previously known as the YEN Champions Award, at the glittering awards ceremony at Millbank Tower, in London, yesterday (July 7, 2011). The title rewards employers [...]
Success for work on specialist healthcare facility
June 22nd, 2011
Couch Perry & Wilkes played a vital role in one of the largest neo-classical properties to be built in the UK for 50 years. William Wake House in Northampton is a £46 million flagship development by St Andrew’s Healthcare, with 132 en-suite bedrooms over eight ward units, and therapy areas with central recreational courtyard, swimming [...]
CPW Shortlisted for National Employer Award
June 15th, 2011
Birmingham-based Couch Perry & Wilkes has been shortlisted for the 2011 Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Employer of the Year Awards. The leading environmental services consultancy is one of just two companies shortlisted in the medium-sized business category for the award, which is presented by the CIBSE and the Young Engineers’ Network. Previously named [...]
CPW create low carbon campus at Stafford College
June 1st, 2011
Stafford College will become a low carbon campus as part of its multi-million pound redevelopment, thanks to the expertise of one of the UK’s largest environmental services consultancies. Couch Perry & Wilkes (CPW) will be responsible for the building services scheme design at the new college in Stafford town centre. The £13 million redevelopment of [...]
CPW gallops into the lead at BCO Awards
May 27th, 2011
Environmental building consultancy Couch Perry & Wilkes is celebrating again after winning an BCO award for its work on the British Horse Society’s stunning new Warwickshire headquarters. In addition to the recently recieved International Green Apple Awards for the Built Environment, CPW have secured a second prestigious award from the British Council of Offices (BCO) for Best [...]
Civic Trust Praises CPW for its work on St Giles Hospice
May 13th, 2011
Leading environmental building services consultants’ Couch Perry & Wilkes (CPW) has been commended for its work at St Giles Hospice in Lichfield, Staffordshire, by the prestigious Civic Trust. The Civic Trust Awards recognised the work carried out by all the project partners at the Hospice’s new £8.5 million Compassus Centre, which was designed by KKE [...]
Environmental Award Boost for CPW
May 13th, 2011
Environmental building consultancy Couch Perry & Wilkes is celebrating after winning an international ecological award for its work on the British Horse Society’s stunning new Warwickshire headquarters. CPW, which is one of the largest dedicated environmental building services consultancies in the UK, has been acknowledged at the prestigious International Green Apple Awards for the Built [...]
CPW revolutionise new office complex using PassivHaus eco-design principals
April 1st, 2011
Leading environmental building services consultants’ Couch, Perry & Wilkes (CPW) are using some of the world’s most advanced eco design techniques on Interserve’s new £1.5 million regional office in Leicestershire. Interserve is one of the world’s leading construction companies, and is building the new complex in partnership with Raynsway Properties. As one of the first [...]
CPW attend Royal opening
March 5th, 2011
The new Warwickshire justice centre was officially opened by HRH The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Leamington Spa on 4th March 2011, and Couch Perry & Wilkes, the leading environmental building services consultancy attended the exclusive event after playing an influential role in the building’s development. When Warwickshire Police Authority was planning its £30 [...]
CPW starts work on new Indoor Sports Arena in Worcester
January 22nd, 2011
Couch Perry & Wilkes, one of the UK’s largest dedicated environmental building services consultancies, will start work this month on the construction of the new multi-purpose sports facility and multi-use events resource in Worcester. The new state-of-the-art indoor sports arena, specifically designed for disability sports, is being built on the currently derelict former fruit and [...]
NHS Gloucestershire award ‘Hospital in the Park’ contract to Couch Perry & Wilkes
December 16th, 2010
Couch Perry & Wilkes (CPW), one of the UK’s leading consultants in sustainability and low energy technology, has won the contract for a new 2500m2 Community Hospital for NHS Gloucestershire which will serve Moreton-in-Marsh, one of the principle market towns in the northern Cotswolds. The project, due for completion early 2012, is to be built [...]
Couch Perry & Wilkes launch new website
September 23rd, 2010
Couch Perry & Wilkes, one of the UK’s largest environmental building services consultancies and experts in sustainability and low energy building has launched an exciting new website. www.cpwp.com has been designed to demonstrate the breadth of Couch Perry & Wilkes’ experience and highlight the company’s expertise on a wide range of specialist areas including sustainability, [...]
The lucky 13: Couch Perry & Wilkes’ trainee engineers for the future
September 15th, 2010
Apprenticeship and training & development thrives at M&E consultancy In the current economic climate many companies are pulling the plug on apprenticeship schemes and reducing training budgets, but thankfully, Couch Perry & Wilkes (CPW) is continuing to develop and support the next generation of electrical and mechanical engineers. Couch Perry & Wilkes is one of [...]
University of Leeds appoint CPW for new showcase energy research building
September 7th, 2010
The University of Leeds is building a new state-of-the-art 3400 m2 Energy Research Building and has awarded sustainability experts, Couch Perry & Wilkes a contract for the complete design of the £2.8m mechanical and electrical, and above ground services. The overall project is valued at £7.9 million and will be completed by July 2011. The [...]
Alder Hey choose CPW for UK’s first health park
August 31st, 2010
Couch Perry & Wilkes has been appointed by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to support the procurement of a PFI partner for a new world-class inpatient and acute treatment children’s hospital. Being built as phase 1 of the Europe’s first Children’s Health Park, the new 330-bed hospital, due to be completed in June 2014, [...]
Diocese of Worcester turn to CPW for eco-vicarages
June 14th, 2010
The current emphasis on energy conservation and the use of Low and Zero Carbon (LZC) technologies for new builds is being embraced by the Church of England. Birmingham-based Couch Perry & Wilkes has been appointed to provide environmental building services design advice for three new Eco-vicarages by The Diocese of Worcester. These environmentally responsible new [...]
CPW qualify in PassivHaus
April 23rd, 2010
Two sustainable technology specialists at one of the UK’s leading dedicated M&E consultancies have qualified as PassivHaus consultants. Dr Stephen Ball and Neil Foster received accreditation by PassivHaus in March 2010 and join just a handful of consultants in the UK who have been certified on this energy efficient construction principle. PassivHaus buildings are a [...]
Civic Trust Awards commendation
April 20th, 2010
Couch Perry & Wilkes, one of the UK’s largest dedicated environmental building services consultancies has celebrated with architects, Nicholas Hare and the wider team in receiving a ‘Commendation’ in the Civic Trust Awards 2010. Nicholas Hare nominated the new Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in Birmingham. Couch Perry & Wilkes was responsible for the mechanical [...]
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