Case Studies

• Significantly Reducing Rates Liabilities
• Adding value through Facilities Management
• Fast track development enables important European contract wins
• Adding value and saving money
• Securing future value and flexibility
• Houses in Multiple Occupation
• Value Enhancement and Removal of Planning Restriction
• Residential Development
• Office Block Management
• Industrial Property Sale
• Commercial Property Portfolio
• Meeting Clients Investment Objectives
• An Old Master Brought Up to Date
• Seeing What's Best for the Business
• Up to the Challenge
• Thinking Ahead of the Game Pays Dividends
• Maximising Potential and Value
• A Little Bit of Digging Can Pay Dividends
• Development, Sale and Lease Back
• Rapid Disposal and Rent Uplift after Fire
• An Unexpected Windfall for Car Giant
• A Refit Under Budget & A Smooth Relocation
• Resolving a Logistical Challenge
• Recognising the Alternatives to Relocation
• Reducing Rates Liabilities by over 10%
• Green Belt Planning Permission
• Warehouse Refurbishment for Vitacress
• New HQ for The Royal Yachting Association
• New Build for Hyland Edgar Driver
• New Premises for Fastener Stock
• Property Acquisition for Compass Group

A Refit Under Budget & A Smooth Relocation

Rapid growth and the acquisition of another practice locally, led to the UK’s fastest growing accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward seeking a prestigious new office that could accommodate an expanding workforce of nearly 200 people. Vail Williams acquired suitable premises, managed the fit out, brought the contract in under budget within a tight deadline and co-ordinated the relocation.

The Challenge
The main challenge was to refit and ideally relocate within 11 weeks, before the lease expired at one of the firm’s existing locations.

The Solution
Vail Williams acquired Arcadia House for BDO Stoy Hayward and, to meet the timescale, we recommended a management, contracting, procurement route. We prepared preliminary cost plans as benchmarks for contractor pricing and assembled the tender documentation.

Our Building Consultancy team advised on the appointment of design, procurement and implementation contractors and worked with BDO Stoy Hayward’s Facilities Management and IT teams to establish key performance criteria for the specification, quality, time and costs of the project.

We project managed the fit out and acted as planning supervisors in accordance with Health and Safety regulations.

During the acquisition, we identified defects in the building’s drainage and, to save time,we arranged replacement parts by the landlord concurrently with the fitout.

The final contract value was £708,284, which represented a 10% saving on the contract cost plan, and work was completed successfully within the 11-week construction period.

Vail Williams also procured competitive bids for removals, planned the moves with the winning contractor and managed BDO Stoy Hayward’s relocation into the new premises over a single weekend.

Business Benefits
The client integrated two businesses into a single location quickly, economically and with minimal disruption to its core operations

• building acquired and fitted out in 11weeks
• contract agreed at 10% under plan
• client could focus on core business
• acquisition integration has been accelerated

BDO Stoy Hayward is now undertaking further projects with Vail Williams and have become one of our regular clients.