SOL Starts On New Homes For Old In Sheffield.SOL Construction has been appointed to design and construct a new 62 bed residential care home for SheffCare, the older person's care provider for Sheffield. The [pounds sterling]3.4 million project started in February 2006 with the demolition Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. of the existing Cotleigh Home prior to the construction of the new care home which will be handed over complete with internal fittings, furniture and fabrics. "As soon the demolition is complete, SOL will start on the new building which we look forward to moving in to early in 2007," said SheffCare's chief executive Mike Vickers Michael Vickers (born 18 April, 1940 - not 1941, as is often stated - in Southampton, England), was a guitarist and saxophonist with the 1960s band, Manfred Mann. He originally played flute and saxophone but with the increasing popularity of guitars in bands it was decided that . The new home will have much improved facilities with each bedroom having en suite toilet and shower. There will be four wings, each with its own dining and sitting rooms and a variety of community facilities, including a cafe, laundry, hairdresser's salon Salon, annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. and rooms that can be used by, and provide care for, up to 20 people from the local community. Adrian Whiteside, SOL's managing director, says, "We're delighted to be involved with this important development. SOL has an established track record of providing high quality facilities of this nature. I am confident this scheme will be a successful addition to the care needs of the elderly people of South Yorkshire South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan districts: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield. ." Funding for the scheme has been negotiated with Barclays bank. James Sparling spar·ling n. 1. The common European smelt (Osperus eperlanus). 2. A young or immature herring. [Middle English sperlinge, from Old French esperlinge, , Barclays healthcare and business services relationship director for the region, says, "The Cotleigh project potentially represents the start of a well thought out plan of regeneration Regeneration (biology) The process by which an animal restores a lost part of its body. Broadly defined, the term can include wound healing, tissue repair, and many kinds of restorative activities. for SheffCare's long term care estate. The scheme is based on high quality and attention to detail which have become synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as their name." Please Note: The views expressed by our contributors are not necessarily those of CJ Connect, Contract Journal or Mondaq Ltd. SOL Construction Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM Click Here for related articles (c) Mondaq Ltd, 2006 - Tel. +44 (0)20 8544 8300 - http://www.mondaq.com |
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