Later Living & Carec. £18.0mHallmark Luxury Care Homes

Melrose Grange, Cardiff

The first all-electric care home in the Hallmark Luxury Care Homes portfolio: an 85-bed home at St Mellons, Cardiff, providing residential, dementia and nursing care within a sustainable development ethos.

Hallmark
Luxury Care Homes
c. £18.0m
Construction value
85
Bed care home
All-electric
First in the portfolio
AD Part O
Dynamic thermal assessment

The project

Melrose Grange, Cardiff represents the first all-electric care home in the Hallmark Luxury Care Homes’ portfolio.

An 85-bed care home providing residential, dementia and nursing care, designed to deliver Hallmark’s signature homely, relationship-centred luxury care within a sustainable development ethos.

Rubix MEP’s consultancy duties ran from the Energy and Sustainability Strategy and overheating assessment through performance specification and post-contract design reviews, to clerk of works inspections, commissioning witnessing and project close-out including Practical Completion reporting.

CGI of the landscaped courtyard garden at Melrose Grange: red brick and timber-clad wings with balconies around lawns and plantingCGI of the residents’ bistro and lounge at Melrose Grange, with a cafe counter, fireplace and feature lighting

What we delivered

Energy & sustainability

Development of the Energy and Sustainability Strategy for an all-electric home, and Dynamic Thermal Assessment for compliance with AD Part O (Overheating) of the Building Regulations.

Infrastructure & specification

Infrastructure design including redundant supplies, diversions and new connections, plus the MEP Performance Specification and design strategies.

Post-contract & close-out

Post-contract detailed design reviews, clerk of works duties including valuation support and inspection and reporting of MEP installations, commissioning support and witnessing, and Practical Completion reporting.

Appointment highlights All-electric care homeEnergy & Sustainability StrategyAD Part O assessmentPerformance specificationClerk of worksPractical Completion reporting

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