Transformation of Former Police HQ, Cheltenham
Back in 2018 work started on the site of one of Cheltenham’s landmark buildings, the former Police Headquarters on Princess Elizabeth Way on outskirts of the city. UKCSA Full Member Amber Valley Stone was selected by Cala Homes to supply over 19,200 cast stone units for the project.
This was a significant development for Amber Valley Stone, CALA and locals, bringing quality villas and apartments to this highly regarding area of Cheltenham.
With the Constabulary moving to Holland House, construction was able to start on the three vacant buildings, transforming them into 67 new homes.
The planning specification for this project was natural stone, with the cost of this product making the development a non-starter Cala engaged with AVS who tirelessly along side Cala’s planning team to show the Planning officer that reconstituted cast stone is a cost effective yet complementary to the surrounding buildings.
Sabrina Hassell, from Cala Homes said “With such a complex project such as Cheltenham we really had to plan every aspect of the stone deliveries, we started planning almost a year before site start with Amber and after countless meetings and deliberation on how to manage this project we agreed on a strategy.”
“Amber worked with our payment system to ensure that the process was as smooth as possible and the schedules matched our purchase orders and with such complex deliveries this was not a small task. We had our own project manager who knew every aspect of the project and was always able to answer any questions we had alongside Joe who kept very close to the project.”
With dedicated Project Managers, in-house teams of CAD technicians, joiners and casting operatives, Amber Valley Stone produced, delivered and installed over 665 tonnes of precast stone, which met the designs down to the last detail.
Sabrina continues “The best part of using Amber was they completely owned the project and managed the whole package from the start, nothing was ever too much trouble.”.
