CAPITA SYMONDS ARCHITECTURE

Architects, Engineers, Urban Designers, Health Planners

Norman + Dawbarn was established in 1934 as a partnership including Architects, Consulting Engineers and Planners. The practice was registered as a company in 1988 and continues to provide the broad spectrum of professional expertise necessary for multi-disciplinary building and engineering projects on an international scale, augmented by specialist consultants from a wide network of contacts.

There are two offices in Great Britain including the head office in London (see address shown at head of page), and one in Guildford. Both operate a Quality Assurance System to BS EN ISO 9001:1994


ACTIVITIES

The practice specialises in international projects, including Project Management of teams carrying out broad based studies and analysis of existing or proposed institutions covering management, finance, training, equipment or other topics as required as well as pure architectural and engineering services.

In areas where the logistics of project management and construction are difficult, the company has established a reputation for anticipating these difficulties and guiding projects through to successful completion, providing value for money invested.

Architecture:
As leaders of the professional building team, architects undertake project management, feasibility studies, design, production drawings, contract documentation, supervision and administration. These services are provided as traditional client/consultant commissions or as part of design and build packages or for turnkey contracts.

Specialised experience in recent years has been in the fields of education (particularly universities), health (from the sophisticated to the simplest of facilities), defence, residential and leisure facilities, television studios, agriculture, government and other office buildings and hotels and commercial development schemes. Rehabilitation and refurbishment of older buildings, and space planning are a major part of the practice's work load, both in the UK and overseas.

Structural and Civil Engineering:
Full support to architectural and multi-disciplinary commissions is provided. Expert knowledge and experience is available for building in earthquake and hurricane regions. Specialist services include structural condition surveys of existing buildings with reports and recommendations for repair and restoration, infrastructure, including roads, drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal, water supply and distribution. Other work undertaken includes geotechnical studies, tropical rural roads, water resources and environmental impact studies.

Building Services Engineering:
Feasibility studies, design, detailing and supervision of electrical and mechanical services and systems, including heating, ventilation, air conditioning and public health engineering are undertaken.


TYPICAL PROJECTS

Health and Education Projects:
KUWAIT - 500 bed Care Centre for mentally handicapped; Commercial Institute for 2,500 students at Ardiya.
TANZANIA - New referral hospital at Mbeya; Development of Muhimbili Teaching Hospital; University of Dar es Salaam campus; Colleges and schools funded by the IDA.
INDIA - Eye hospital at Bhopal.
QATAR - Major Oncology Centre with QEA.
GREAT BRITAIN - Community Hospital at Wembley: RAF Hospital at Ely; M Extensions to Royal Marsden Hospital; Magnetic Imaging Centres; Imperial College of Science and Technology; National Institute for Conductive Education; College of Media Arts and Management, University of London; Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology; Morpeth School, London.
ABU DHABI - Private Hospital in Al Ain.
NIGERIA - 282 bed referral hospital at Gombe; Upgrading of 22 district hospitals in Northern States; masterplanning and implementaton of University of Sokoto.
FALKLAND ISLANDS - New Stanley Senior School for 200 pupils.
UGANDA - Mulago Teaching Hospital, Kampala; Department of Surgery and Obstetrics at Mbarara Teaching Hospital.
KAZAKHSTAN - Dzhezkazgan Consultant Hospital.
ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa University; Science Faculty and Social Science Centre. International Livestock Centre, Addis; Mizan Teferi Hospital (EC).
COSTA RICA - Library for Agricultural Institute funded by ODA.
MALAWI - University of Malawi Master Plan and Implementation; School of Nursing, Lilongwe. Bunda Agricultural College.
JAMAICA - Students village, University of W.Indies, Mona Campus.
ZANZIBAR - College of Health Sciences, Technical School Pemba (IDB).
THE GAMBIA - Schools of Nursing and Public Health (ADB).
OMAN - Condition survey of 110 schools, Specialist maternity hospital.
MALTA - New 800 bed Teaching Hospital & Institute of Health.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - District Health Facilities.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Sanfernando General Hospital

Residential and Leisure Projects:
OMAN - Ruwi Hotel, Muscat and motel at Sohar.
GIBRALTAR - Waterside/marina development of flats and houses.
GREAT BRITAIN - Luxury flats and housing in Kensington and docklands; Major hotels leisure centres; Golf Clubhouses, Tennis Centres & Health Club. Projects for DWS.Extensive Institutional Housing Projects.
WESTERN EUROPE - Hotel, leisure and sports centres in Vichy France, Dublin Ireland, Hamburg West Germany.
ANGOLA - British Embassy staff housing and consular facilities.
NIGERIA: Staff housing at Sokoto University
UKRAINE - Flats for British Embassy in Kiev. 5 Star Hotel.
TANZANIA - Townships for Cement Company.
ALGERIA - Hotel at Hassi Messaoud.
YEMEN - Master Plan mini - City Alarish.

Public and Commercial Buildings:
BANGLADESH - New British High Commission Dhaka.
MALAWI - Offices for EEC, & British Council, 10 storey office and retail development in Lilongwe; commercial development, Blantyre.
GREAT BRITAIN - Crown Court ,Wolverhampton; Arts Centre in Crawley Sussex; Iranian Consulate, S. Kensington; Royal Bank of Scotland, Pall Mall; BBC offices, London, Retail Complex Midlands.
NIGERIA - Government Secretariats for Bauchi and Benue States.
TANZANIA - Offices for Air Tanzania Corporation.
Defence/Industrial/Communications/Research:
ASCENSION ISLANDS - Military airfield and mess accommodation.
COTE D'IVOIRE - H.Q. and research laboratories for WARDA.
GREAT BRITAIN - TVS Studios; BBC, TSW Studios; British Telecom HQ, Stoke; Factory for Sonoco, Telford; Laboratories; Phillips, Surrey and Malmesbury; Terminals: Shell and BP, Hamble, Northfleet; Cement handling factory for Castle Cement at Avonmouth and processing plant, Thurrock.
SAUDI ARABIA - Port Facilities at Farasan. Airforce bases.
QATAR - Specialist secure defence establishment.
INDIA - Dry Docks Vishskhapatnan.
NIGERIA - Cement terminal & jetty - Port Harcourt, TV complex, Sokoto.
TANZANIA - Family Planning Centre (UNFPA), Fish processing plant & jetty Mwanza
UGANDA - HQ Building for Vodafone / Celtel Telecommunications.
ZAMBIA - Mass media Centre Lusaka.
TURKEY - Production and storage facility
IRAQ - Baghdad International Airport, second runway, taxiways, aprons, new international and domestic terminals, airport infrastructure and preparation of materplan report.

EXPERIENCE IN
EUROPE & CIS: Channel Islands, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

AFRICA: Angola, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

SOUTH ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka

NORTH AMERICA: USA

CARIBBEAN: Ascension Island, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica

SOUTH AMERICA: Falkland Islands

OFFICES ABROAD
Nigeria (Kaduna)
Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe)
Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
Uganda (Kampala)

ASSOCIATIONS
Altakamul Alhandasi, UAE
Archcon, Nigeria Ltd
Avanti Architects, Ghana
Building Design Consultants, Malta
Bomon Associates, The Gambia
CEP Ltd, Trinidad & Tobago
Context Limitada, Mozambique
Farah Architects, Ireland
MSEC Kuwait
Marvin D Goodman, Jamaica
Online Architects, Wolverhampton
Plan Systems, Kampala, Uganda
Palm Architectes, France
Qatari Engineer & Associates
Otieno + Kungu, Kenya
Zac Architects, Mauritius

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES
Agriculture: Rural infrastructure - access roads, irrigation & water supply
Agriculture: Storage & process design / supervision of construction
Architecture: Architects
Architecture: Building engineers
Architecture: Structural and building services
Construction: Architects
Construction: Civil & specialist engineering
Construction: Design & build
Construction: Housing
Construction: Mechanical & electrical
Construction: Project management
Construction: Structural engineering
Education: Schools / universities
Engineering: Civil
Engineering: Consulting
Engineering: Design
Engineering: Electrical
Engineering: Project
Healthcare: Building & design
Industry: Plant
Infrastructure: Airports
Infrastructure: Architects
Infrastructure: Broadcasting - TV & radio
Infrastructure: Buildings
Infrastructure: Engineers
Infrastructure: Hospitals
Infrastructure: Hotels & tourism
Infrastructure: Housing
Infrastructure: Leisure
Infrastructure: Ports & harbours
Infrastructure: Road
Infrastructure: Sewage
Maritime: Port construction
Tourism: Hotel & tourism infrastructure
Transport: Roads
Water: Urban / rural supply
Water: Wastewater
Tourism: Sport & leisure facilities

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES

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