birdjohnson associates Chartered Architects & Surveyors
Hull-based birdjohnson associates is one of the regions leading architects, offering an experienced and professional service that guarantees the highest standards of design. With clients spread across the United Kingdom, and the capacity to operate in Ireland and mainland Europe, birdjohnson is committed to meeting the requirements of clients to ensure that the designs become a reality, and that same assurance of quality and design excellence is something that Birdjohnson are ready to bring to Hull's Building Schools for the Future project.
The management and staff at birdjohnson possess a wealth of experience, having qualified from the architectural industry's most prestigious institutions and associations. Their services can be individually tailored to meet a client's needs, to cover everything from architecture and both interior and urban design, to project management, planning supervision and building surveying.
Joint managing directors at birdjohnson, William Bird and Gordon Johnson, are already preparing to possibly become a supply chain partner for Hull Esteem Consortium, including plans to expand and recruit more people to the company.
William Bird said: "Hull Esteem Consortium's commitment to business in Hull is amazing and to offer such a high level of work to companies in the HU postcode will have a huge impact on birdjohnson and other businesses across the city.
"Working with HU postcode companies has to be essential in the current recession, to keep as much of the investment that Hull Esteem Consortium is making in the city. This will bring great improvements to the standard of schools and education in Hull, whilst providing companies with the opportunity to improve and recover from the effects of the recession.
"The experience that birdjohnson has is wide-ranging across a number of sectors, having designed buildings across residential, commercial and industrial sectors. We have worked with clients across the country, particularly in the previous work we have undertaken to design schools in London, Lancashire, the Midlands and on the South Coast, so we can offer a wealth of school experience to what Hull Esteem Consortium are looking to achieve.
"In the last few years we have had to cut back slightly with the state of the financial climate, but our inclusion within the supply chain would allow us the opportunity to begin recruitment again, such is our optimism and commitment to achieving our goals at birdjohnson. If we did become a supply chain partner to Hull Esteem Consortium, recruitment would be one of the most important aspects to our plans, and we would look to set up a dedicated team of both existing staff and those who are newly recruited, including both qualified professionals and trainees who are fresh from completing university degrees.
"We have links with schools and children in the city that we are keen to continue and expand upon, and to be involved in the Building School for the Future project would allow us to do so. The school of architecture in Hull is now in its second year, and we can further develop our relationship to give young people in the city a focus in architecture and construction. We take on children from schools in Hull on work experience placements and you can see the difference in them from when they arrive to when they leave ? they become fully engaged and interested in what we do, so to be able to offer a future to those who are interested in architecture is an ideal situation to be in."