Watson Batty become a Green World Ambassador

Following our success at the Green Apple Awards held in Swindon earlier this year, where we won the Green Apple Built Environment Award for Medway Mail Centre, Watson Batty  have become a Green World Ambassador.

Paul Ryan from Watson Batty Architects together with Alan Smith-Hill and Keith Tomlinson from Royal Mail Group Property attended an Awards Ceremony  at  the House of Commons on 11th November 2013, where they were presented with an plaque in recognition of their status as a Green World Ambassador, demonstrating environmental best practice to others.

The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation, an independent, non-political environment group and supported by the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Chartered Institution for Wastes Management and other independent bodies.

The award is the culmination of over 20 years of working together with Royal Mail as one of our longstanding clients.

Sheffield Mail Centre Automation Works Complete

Following several years working closely with Royal Mail a key stage has been reached on the North East Mail Centre Strategy.

The installation phase of new intelligent letter sorting machines at Sheffield Mail Centre is now complete. This was the last phase of the extension and alteration works that began in January 2012.

The completion of works at Sheffield Mail Centre is the final piece of the jigsaw on the Mail Centre section of Royal Mail’s North East Strategy. Works are still progressing on Delivery Offices at York, Teesside and Darlington.

Each of the Mail Centres required careful phasing of the work to maintain Royal Mail’s operation. Watson Batty are lead consultant on all the above projects.

Official Opening Ceremony of Sheffield Hallam University’s Sports Centre

In tribute to the late Graham Solley, Sheffield Hallam University's new 22-acre Sports Centre was officially launched on Wednesday by the university's vice-chancellor Professor Philip Jones.

Watson Batty's specialist sports and leisure team worked on this exciting project from inception to completion liaising closely with the University's Estates and Sports Departments to design and detail the facility. Watson Batty were subsequently novated to Henry Boot Construction to complete the project. 

The facilities were completed on time to kick start an intensive programme of sports activities including Football, Rugby and Cricket. The facility will be ‘home’ to both the university and neighbouring community sports teams.

The Graham Solley Centre is the second sporting facility recently completed by Watson Batty on behalf of higher education clients with a number of other projects currently under consideration or being progressed.