Refurbishment & Renovation
Listed Buildings
Our refurbishment services for listed buildings combine respect for heritage with modern construction expertise, carefully preserving historic elements while upgrading structures for contemporary use. We are skilled in navigating the complexities of working within heritage constraints, ensuring that all work complies with conservation regulations and maintains the building’s character and integrity.
Our experienced team collaborates with conservation officers, architects, and heritage consultants to ensure that all materials, finishes and methods are appropriate for each project. From restoring intricate architectural details to installing modern utilities and systems, we balance preservation with functionality, creating spaces that honour the history while supporting present-day needs.
Industrial
Our industrial refurbishment services are designed to revitalise and repurpose industrial spaces, enhancing functionality and efficiency while ensuring compliance with modern standards. We understand the unique requirements of industrial settings, including the need for robust structural upgrades, optimised workflows and adherence to current health and safety regulations.
Our team specialises in transforming ageing facilities through improvements in HVAC, climate control, energy efficiency and workspace layout, ensuring the space meets the evolving demands of industrial operations. We assess and implement upgrades to key infrastructure such as racking systems, storage solutions and machinery integration, creating a streamlined environment that maximises productivity and operational ease.
Commercial
We’re experts in refurbishing commercial spaces, aligning them with contemporary business needs and brand identity. We specialise in transforming commercial environments to enhance aesthetics, functionality and efficiency, creating workspaces that inspire productivity and client engagement.
Our approach includes upgrading interiors, optimising layouts, improving energy efficiency and ensuring compliance with current building standards. We address all aspects of the space, from HVAC and lighting systems to safety and accessibility features, ensuring a comfortable and compliant environment for employees and customers alike.
Our work with Bruntwood over the last 20 years
For over 20 years, we have maintained a strong, collaborative relationship with Bruntwood, a leading property management company. Our partnership has involved a wide range of refurbishment and fit-out projects across their portfolio, from dynamic office spaces to specialised commercial and laboratory environments.
Together, we have transformed spaces to meet evolving tenant needs, aligning each project with Bruntwood’s commitment to quality, functionality and sustainability. Our shared focus on excellence and innovation has enabled us to deliver projects that enhance the value and appeal of Bruntwood’s properties across the North West and beyond. We are proud to continue working alongside Bruntwood, delivering solutions that support their vision and the needs of their clients.
How we cost our projects
Our Estimating team are on hand throughout the project, helping our clients get the best value for money.
Using our Eque2 software, we can provide a ‘shopping list’ for clients to choose from to ensure we stay within a given budget. Having a great relationship with our suppliers ensures our clients get the best value for money and we will always provide value engineer options where possible.
If required, Amspec are able to offer a Pre Construction Services Agreement (PCSA).
A PCSA is used to appoint a design and build contractor to carry out services before entering into a formal building contract. A PCSA is used in two-stage tendering to obtain further design input, buildability advice, technical advice and detailed costs information from us as a prospective contractor.
Our inhouse skills - Design
We have a talented inhouse design team consisting of two Interior Designers, a Solidworks Joinery Designer and an Architectural Technician.
Our Design team not only create inspirational concept designs, they also work closely with our joinery team to design completely bespoke joinery products.
The team can create moodboards, concept designs, furniture/FF&E schedules, technical drawings (using solidworks/Swood, AutoCad & Revit) and 3D visuals to help our client’s design come to life.
From project award our designers will meet with key suppliers and the client to develop the design brief and plan the works, taking into consideration any existing site restrictions that might impact the overall design phase and planning of the works during the construction phase.
Amspec, with the support of our M&E Partners, can provide detailed drawings from concept to stage 5 technical- with the key elements taken into consideration such as cost-effective solutions, practicalities of the build, H&S integration into our design packages, careful consideration on material & equipment selection based on the current volatile market. Amspec will oversee the following:
- General M&E co-ordination.
- Stage 4-5 Architectural design - Partition performance specs, ceiling types, floor finishes
- Compliance requirements- lighting levels, building control, fire strategy, occupancy levels incorporating future expansion.
- Employers requirements- Acoustics, phasing considerations (IT, Power, Mechanical)
- Validation of existing services.
Bespoke Joinery
Our USP is we can provide a full turnkey service. This includes manufacturing bespoke joinery products at our on-site joinery shop.
Having an inhouse manufacturing facility allows us to ensure each and every one of our products have a high-quality finish. As a smaller company, we have a greater level of control over our supply chain. We understand the importance of quality control and are able to manage our supply chain to suit.
With materials being chosen, purchased and manufactured by the Amspec team, we can ensure the use of sustainable materials throughout the process.