Construction Magazine November 2018 | Page 29

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29 many Premier Inn sites . We ’ ve done a number of hub hotels for them featuring significant tech . For example , when you go into a room you can use the app on your phone so the room remembers how you like your settings for heating , light etc . Most of what we do is design and build so we ’ re still pushing the boundaries with a BIM-enabled team of ten architects . We ’ re at the front end of developments in that sphere which allows us to set ourselves apart from our competitors with a portfolio of work demonstrating our diverse capabilities .”
These capabilities have recently been recognised with a RIBA award for a new swimming pool at the City of London Freemen ’ s School . “ The swimming pool itself is set in a natural environment amongst the trees and made with an entirely timber frame – whitewashed glulam frames and CLT panels - which are very carefully detailed and arranged . Effectively the pools users are swimming among the trees ,” says a proud Hutchinson .
Making a difference to communities while wowing awards panels is par for the course for Gilbert-Ash . Due to complete this November the company
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