Murray & Willis

The client is very happy with the finished result and as a
consequence we are looking at several other new projects
for the client and associated design team around the UK.

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We created a temporary changing room facility for the male
changing room, allowing the ladies to remain in their own
changing room, whilst we completed the gents and then swapped
over, also completing a new sauna and refurbished the baby
changing facility at the same time.

Within the changing rooms, there was an array of finishes
including Italian ceramic tiles, glass lockers and leather
bench seating.

The project was undertaken over a fifteen week program to
the complete satisfaction of the client.

The overhaul will be carried out whilst the hotel is still occupied
and the work will commence one floor at a time, culminating in the
refurbishment of all the public areas.

We will carefully complete the refurbishment of the building within a twelve month period, starting on site in the middle of August 2010.

It is our objective to carry out all measures reasonably practicable
to meet, exceed or develop all necessary or desirable requirements
to continually improve environmental performance.

This flagship branch will introduce HSBC's design standards,
whilst also meeting the design constraints and parameters of the
new shopping centre, as a result creating a unique proposition for
both customers & staff.

Murray & Willis chose the highly acclaimed Business Design Centre
as it is a vibrant central London location only one stop from
Kings Cross, two from Euston. It attracts half a million visitors
a year and hosts many lively exhibitions attracting many
hundreds of thousands of business professionals each year
includingsome of our key clients such as architects, designers,
surveyors & many thousands of 'blue chip' clients.

We also chose the 'Business Design Centre' as it has recently become
the UK's first Carbon Neutral venue supporting our commitment to the environment.

Within the scheme we were responsible for the installation of all
mechanical & electrical services together with internal finishes such
as decorating, flooring, ceilings, lighting & the manufacture and
installation of a new bespoke bar & the erecting of a large bi-folding wall.

At the successful handover of the project the client commented:

Just a quick note to thank you and all your teams efforts in completing the Cottons project on time and to your usual high standard (despite our best efforts to delay you!). The success of the job is in no small way due to your commitment, enthusiasm and eagerness to please. Once again it has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to more projects in 2010.

Could you also please pass on our appreciation to Pete - another key member of your team.

Kind Regards,

STEVE SHAW
Company Property & Development Manager

We strive for continuous improvement across all areas of our
business in order to;

• Comply with all applicable statutory laws and regulations
• Make best use of our management resources
• Communicate our objectives and performance requirements
  throughout the company
• Ensure our activities are safe for employees, clients, sub
  contractors and those that come into contact with our work
• Work closely with our clients and suppliers to establish the
  highest quality standards
• Adopt a forward thinking view on all business decision

The team of 15, from Rising Brook Baptist Church in Stafford, spent
month's beforehand fundraising to purchase the building materials
with the aim of building the classroom up to roof plate. It was then left
to the expert Ugandan builders to put the roof on.

Murray & Willis as part of the fundraising gave a £1000 pound
donation to help Steve & his team to build the classroom.

Steve and his family plan to return to Cherish Uganda in 2012.

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Murray & Willis were appointed on a design and build basis to
undertake the excavation & subsequent refurbishment of the
basement of the hotel, thus creating a venue which can
accommodate a multitude of functions including weddings etc.
all within an overall twenty week program.

The project is due to complete Christmas 2010 when we will update
our web site with completed photographs.

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Vince has undertaken a 12 month programme of fundraising which
commenced in June 2009 when he completed the 24hr Relay for
Life. Along with colleagues from Murray and Willis, (nicknamed
The Night Crawlers) Vince aims to beat the target of £1800 for
2009 with the addition of a Donation Station (Charity shop finds
from the back of the wardrobe, garage or garden shed).

The 24hr Relay for Life takes place during the weekend of 26th &
27th June and is an action packed day of walking, dancing, It's a
Knockout, Fancy Dress, Disco, Live Entertainment, Tombola's, Raffles etc.

Murray and Willis have this year so far donated a fund matched £200 following a raffle at the 21st Birthday celebrations and the fundraising is set to continue.

If you would like to take part or donate funds or charity shop finds please contact Vince Handley on 01543 426811.

From a football perspective the 2009/2010 season has been a
great success. Playing a year above them and at 11-a-side for the
first time the boys have played some wonderful football throughout.
Importantly also they have played fairly and with a great deal of
respect. In the end they lost only one league game all season and
finished as runners-up in the league only losing out on goal
difference despite conceding the lowest number of goals. The
team also made it through to the League Cup Semi-finals beating
teams a year older than themselves throughout the competition. Although they lost in the first round of the South Staffs Cup they did so against older opposition and only 2-1 after extra time. Most of their games including friendlies have been against older opposition and they have acquitted themselves admirably and gained many plaudits from all over including professional clubs who continue to monitor their progress.

All in all the boys in the team are a great credit to themselves, their parents and their club. It has been a fantastic start to 11-a-side and a stunning transition from mini football where they also enjoyed great success. We are grateful to Murray and Willis for their support and in helping us all turn out looking good and feeling great in our team colours both for games and training as well."

Murray & Willis is a new prize-giver for New Designers. The judges
were impressed by 'the appropriate re-use of an existing building,
with minimum intervention and minimum use of new material, to
form a new central transport hub that will facilitate and promote
sustainable transport alternatives.'

Lois already has a job offer, so will use the prize to pay off some of her student debt. She said, 'being at New Designers and winning this prize has increased my self confidence in my work and has reinforced my excitement to work within the industry.'

The scope of works includes strip out, minor electrics, new
decoration throughout and new FF & E finishes.

In addition, we are refurbishing the fourteen bathrooms which
entail new marble tops to vanity units, new sanitary ware & finish
off with a deep clean and re-mastic.

It also included the refurbishment of a standalone self dependency
suite, allowing the individuals concerned to develop life skills
required to live independently.

In addition to the internal works, we have re developed the new
garden and car parking facilities.

This internal refurbishment was undertaking four phases over an
eight week program and the external works completed in two.

We started out at 3am and the crystal clear moonless sky was
awash with billions upon billions of stars. The only visible light
came from the head torches that we were all wearing and there
wasn’t a single sound to break the silence apart from one of our
guides Buddhist chanting.  After breakfast at 6am at Gorak Shep
(5100M) we made the final push to the top of Kala Pattar” Steve said.

Throughout the year Steve has raised funds for Hawthorns Resource Centre in Burton upon Trent & for Cherish Uganda, so far raising £1000 by auctioning off items that have very kindly been donated by local companies along with selling items at a local car boot sale.

Murray and Willis have already donated £200 from the proceeds of a raffle at their 21st Birthday celebrations.

The Hawthorns Centre in Burton caters for children with learning difficulties and they are hoping to buy a property in the Peak District that can be converted to use as a holiday home so that the children can have a break from their day to day routine. Steve managed the recent refurbishment works of the centre, on behalf of Murray & Willis, and he was particularly touched by the service users of the facility.

 Cherish Uganda are based in Entebbe in Uganda and they take in and look after orphans with HIV/AIDS and they are trying to purchase some more chickens so that they can be more self sufficient. To find out more information about Cherish Uganda please go to www.cherishuganda.org Steve and his family visited Cherish Uganda in 2010 to help with the building of another classroom within the on site school.

If you would like to sponsor Steve please contact him on 01543 426811.