Temple End Vets, Stokenchurch

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Client: LIFE Build

Sector: Commercial

Scope: Drylining | Partitions | Tape & Joint | Plastering | Insulation | Fire Stopping | Suspended Ceilings | MF Ceilings

Location: Unit 8, Stokenchurch Business Park, Ibstone Road, Stokenchurch, HP14 3FE

Project overview

GA Interiors Ltd worked with LIFE Build Solutions Ltd to convert an open-plan office unit at Stokenchurch Business Park into a new veterinary hospital for Temple End Vets. The sub-contract was let under the JCT Intermediate Form with Contractor’s Design 2016.

The hospital, now fully operational, is equipped with laboratory analysers, digital radiography and ultrasound. It includes a dedicated orthopaedic theatre for fracture and knee surgery, two soft tissue operating theatres and a specialist dentistry suite. Separate waiting areas for dogs and cats and species-specific wards for overnight stays help keep patients calm.

Our scope

GA Interiors delivered the ceilings and partitions package, including skimming:

• Internal stud partitions and drylining
• Closing of partitions with insulation, tape and joint and skim finish
• MF and suspended ceilings
• Fire stopping

Works were programmed in three stages from January 2023: internal partitions, then closing and skimming, then suspended ceilings, each sequenced with the LIFE Build site manager.

Challenges and solutions

• Live services: some existing services in the former office were retained, so all work around them was checked before starting.
• Limited space: storage within the work areas was restricted, so all deliveries were confirmed in advance with LIFE Build, with 48 hours’ notice for large loads.

Outcome

The clinic is now open and treating patients, giving Temple End Vets a purpose-built hospital with theatres, diagnostics and wards under one roof.