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On behalf of the Directors, thank you for all the commitment and hard work that has resulted in an encouragingly positive performance for the company in 2009 and a promising start to 2010. A very Happy Christmas to you and your families.

Lecture Theatre, Queen’s College A new 120 seat lecture theatre, plus enabling works. Start Date February 2010 Client Queens College, Oxford Contract Value £2.3m Architect BGS Contracts Manager Paul Hardy Quantity Surveyor Ian Hawtin Site Manager Chris Smith

Amersham Adult Learning Centre Demolition of existing and construction of new centre within existing school complex Start Date Early in the New Year Client Buckinghamshire County Council Contract Value £550k Architect Integrated Design Consultants Contracts Manager Mike Clelland Quantity Surveyor John Bailey Site Manager Mike Pearce

Christmas 2009

Completed Projects

Substation, Pembroke College, Oxford Substation and enabling works for kitchen refurbishment and development, Start Date November 2009 Client Pembroke College, Oxford Contract Value £140k Architect BGS Contracts Manager Bob Jackson Quantity Surveyor Colin Botton Site Manager Steve Worley

Two Houses at Sutton Courtney Development of three homes and conversion of a listed barn with dovecote. Start Date Early in the New Year Client Kingerlee Homes Contract Value £600k Architect Oxford Architects Contracts Manager Mike Clelland Quantity Surveyor John Burbage Site Manager Carl Heep

Once again the last few months have been a busy time with the completion and handover of the following contracts: North Oxford Academy, Banbury (£11m) - The refurbishment of existing classrooms and construction of a new classroom block (pictured right) Maplewood School, Downley, Buckinghamshire (£1.6m) - A new hydrotherapy pool (pictured far right) at a Special Needs School. Well done to all the teams involved in the successful completion of these projects.

Following a thorough and detailed tender process we are pleased to have secured a £2.3m contract to build a new 120 seat lecture theatre for Queen’s College with its enabling works commencing in February 2010. The main contract is due to start in June. The tender process included two interviews to finally select Kingerlee as the preferred contractor ahead of the five other bidders. The project is on a very restricted site within the college. The building is constructed within tow existing garden walls which will form the walls of the theatre. Most of the materials for the project will be delivered via a passageway from the High Street measuring just 1.2m wide by 1.8m high. The building consists of a basement formed by contiguous piles, some of which will be sunk within 600mm of the existing walls, lined with a waterproof concrete basement structure, ground beams and a suspended ground floor slab. The superstructure has a concrete core and an architectural/structural steel frame which is clad in glass with integrated, electrically operated louvres. The timber roof is covered with traditional Stonesfield slates. The internal finish will be of a very high standard. The finishes will incorporate oak flooring, wall linings, door sets and acoustic ceiling panels, with a seating system imported from Finland. The mechanical, electrical and I.T. systems are also very high specification and fully integrated within the finishes for minimal visual impact.

Construction Division — New Projects

Special Projects Division — New Projects

Queen’s College Lecture Theatre

Above - Computer generated image of the Queen’s College Lecture Theatre.

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News from the Kendrew site

Apprentice Awards

Double glazed heat soaked panels (pictured left) have been installed at the £35m St John’s College project in Oxford’s city centre as the building’s external envelope is nearing completion. The largest of the 45mm thick glazed units were sized at 6.00m x 3.00m and weighed in at just less than 1 tonne per unit. Sub-contractor Solaglas installed the units with the assistance of one of the site’s luffing jib tower cranes and a “Glass Boy” vacuum lifting set. The panels were carefully inserted between architectural pre-cast concrete panels to form the main entrance of the new Kendrew Quadrangle Building. A Room With a View... Eighty prefabricated glazed wall units (pictured right) have also recently been installed at Kendrew. The design of each module has been developed with the client team and carefully integrated into a sample bedroom unit in the yard at Thomas House.

Each unit, weighing in at 1.6 tonnes, is a composite structure built around a galvanized steel chassis. Externally, the unit is clad with Cumaru, a sustainable hardwood. The windows are double glazed with aluminium frames shaded with a stainless steel canopy. The units are bolted back to the concrete frame of the building on pre-fixed threaded anchors which allow rapid installation. Internally, each bedroom has a large amount of oak joinery, all of which is being manufactured by Kingerlee Joinery. The project is due for completion next summer.

Congratulations to Kingerlee third year Bench Joinery Apprentice Jack Robson who was awarded the Merit Award at the Oxfordshire Construction Training Group Apprentice of the Year Awards ceremony held on Thurs 8th October. Jack is pictured right receiving his award from Jeremy Galpin, Chairman of the National Skills Academies Regional Partnership Network and Director of Costain plc. Nine Oxfordshire apprentices were recognised at the awards held at Bicester Golf and Country Club. The awards are designed to celebrate the exceptional achievements of local construction trainees. The ceremony rewards hard work and dedication across disciplines such a Joinery, Carpentry and Bricklaying. Certificates were awarded to 11 first year apprentices to recognise their commitment to the industry, the group included Kingerlee first year Bench Joinery Apprentice Ryan Cole. Kingerlee contributed to sponsoring the event.

The marketing of the four units at The Riverside, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay started in November with adverts in Country Life and the Oxford Times. The dwellings will sit on a three acre site adjoining the Manor House and the River Thames in the centre of Sutton Courtenay. The development once complete will consist of two 5 bedroom houses (pictured), a converted Listed barn, and a single storey house with approximately 5,000 square feet of accommodation. The latter unit, called The Pavilion, is a very modern single storey house based on the Barcelona Pavilion. Its elevations are fully glazed on two sides and afford stunning views of the Thames.

Sutton Courtney Update

Over 1200 hours of training were completed during the 2008/2009 training plan which ran from 1st August 2008 and expired on 31st July 2009. A new plan began on 1st August 2009, containing more than 1500 planned training hours, so far we’ve completed over 600 hours of training. Subjects covered in the last 4 months include CSCS preparation, First Aid, Environmental Legislation, Airtesting, JCT Forms of Contract, SMSTS, Forklift and Telehandler training. Congratulations to David Paul, Tim Partington and Michael Pearce who were awarded their MCIOB certificates at a ceremony at Englemere in November (pictured). This brings to total number of Kingerlee staff qualified through the direct membership exams, sponsored by Kingerlee, to 14. Well done also to Nathan Chilcott, Dariusz Pajdak, Bartosz Sankowski, Chris Jordon, Graham Baker, and Ashley Clements. All of whom have successfully achieved their NVQ level 2 certification. Also congratulations to apprentices Ryan Cole and Jack Robson who were both recognised at the recent Oxfordshire Apprentice of the Year Awards. Lastly, well done to the 36 employees who have passed their CSCS Health and Safety tests this year. As always, if anyone has any queries regarding training please contact me. Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2010. Sian

Training News

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Bruges... The Story Saturday the 26th of September saw a group of us set out on Kingerlee’s first overseas venture, a day trip to the historic city of Bruges. An early coach pick up and pre-dawn start meant most of us spent the journey to the Channel Tunnel dozing. The Tunnel train crossing was an exciting first experience for a few of us! We then headed out of Calais then on in to Belgium. Our tour organiser, who we called Keith, kindly provided us all with maps of the city. We reached the outskirts of Bruges, "Brugge" in Flemish just after 1 o'clock. As we headed on foot toward the old town the sun was at its best and we knew we were set for a great day out. Bruges is a picturesque city that unfolded its magnificent architecture and character as we ventured our ways thorough the streets and lanes of the old city toward the central market squares. As part of the day everyone was quick to take advantage of the small canal boats now used to ferry visitors around the town giving a delightful overview of the City. The many restaurants around the main squares allowed indulgence in the local “moules and frits” speciality, that’s mussels cooked in beer and served with thin chips and a mayonnaise sauce, washed down a plenty with very, very good, local beer. Visits to the cities historic buildings, churches, museums and breweries quickly filled the remainder of the time available. Sadly, the departure time, set at six o’clock, came too quickly and everyone meandered slowly back to the coach tired, foot weary and heavily laden with excellent, but expensive, Belgian chocolate and bottles of local beer! The day ended back in Oxfordshire at about eleven o’clock after a good journey home with everybody having thoroughly enjoyed a super day out. A big thank you goes out to the one we call Keith for putting a lot of hard work into organising what was a fantastic day. Where are we going next year Keith?

We have rolled out the facility for all sites to link back to Kidlington via a remote desktop connection. This also enables those with lap tops to connect back to the server from any remote location. Whilst there are many benefits with this, there have been a few teething issues, the main contender being connection speed. This is currently under review and will require an upgrade of the cable connecting Thomas House and the exchange in Kidlington. As a direct benefit of the remote facility and the IT Departments new project set up procedures the frequency of IT related site issues has dramatically reduced. David and Chris will continue to pursue any outstanding issues that you may have. Chris will be happy to field any of your initial queries on his hot line…07590 734358. A group wide review of the accounting and surveying systems and potential software providers has been undertaken and a report on the findings produced for consideration. Many business efficiencies will be drawn from this process but given the current market conditions it is likely to be some time before a new system is instigated. Sian Clifford has been busy working on the web site behind the scenes to provide a more up to date and informative browse. Kingerlee Joinery’s web page has been improved with Special Projects and Main Contracts shortly to follow the New Year. We are always looking for contributions for the news section and would be very happy to receive any interesting articles that you may have.

IT Update

Windmill Hill Farm, Waddesdon, Site Update The Windmill Hill Farm scheme has been developed to meet the requirements of Lord [Jacob] Rothschild to provide a legacy for the current Rothschild generation. The project is located two miles into the grounds of the National Trust’s Waddesdon Manor Estate; each building is unique with bespoke detailing to each. The focal point of the site is the extremely high quality “furniture finish” Oak Grid Shell structure to the Reading room and Orangery with an outlook and views to the village of Upper Winchendon and Chiltern Hills. The Oak Grid Shell will be constructed within a fully enclosed temporary rolling roof structure [like a large bread bin]. The uniquely designed temporary structure is 14m high, 30m long and 22m wide. The temporary roof will be rolled open to allow access for the oak grid shell members along with what are reputedly the world’s largest sheets of plywood measuring in at 12m by 3m to form the structural stressed skin. The Archive storage to the West is constructed of high density masonry and concrete with a passive ventilation system. The design philosophy is to provide a stable environment for the storage of artwork and the Waddesdon family artefacts. The University College London is monitoring the curing process to ensure that the specific internal climatic conditions are achieved. We have also been busy with the external works and have now excavated in excess of 19000 m3 of soil which has been retained and distributed on the Estate. The central courtyard features two infinity pools which provide a splendid outlook from the buildings alongside water storage for potential fire fighting use. The East Archive is split between a retained farm building and a new build structure. The existing building houses a seminar room and services hub for the scheme and the new build providing the archivist an office and administration facility. The office block will provide a London trading business a “country retreat office” which we understand will also be occupied by members of the Waddesdon Estate team. The project’s duration is 74 weeks and anticipated completion is in the autumn of 2010.

Computer generated image of Windmill Hill Farm.

This is what the Kingerlee visitors thought sightseeing was all about!

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New Starters - Alexandra Makrygianni has joined the team at Oxford High School, Alex is on an industrial placement as part of her Construction Management degree at Oxford Brookes. Desmond Putt and Emmanuel Vanderkar have both joined the Joinery Workshop as Bench Joiners. Adam Wells has also joined Special Projects as a Site Operative. Get Well Soon! We all wish Bob Baird a speedy recovery after his recent back operation. Congratulations! To Robin Hambidge who became Dad to baby Riley in September.

Five minutes in the office... ...with Ian Hawtin Current Job Title: Managing Surveyor Current Projects: North Oxford Academy, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Stowe School, Queen’s College. How long have you been working in construction? 25 Years!

Why did you go into construction? No real reason that I can remember, by default! I saw a job advertised in the paper and I didn’t even really know what it was! It sounded good though so I thought I’d apply for it! What was your first job in construction? A Trainee QS with Northcroft when I was 17. I stayed there for 3 and a half years, I found working in a PQS office quite tedious. I then moved to a small builder in Oxford which suited me much better. How long have you been working for Kingerlee? 9 years. What’s the best thing about your current project? Stowe School is in a really lovely location. What's the best project you’ve ever worked on? That would be the Kingerlee development at Cheltenham, because it was an all round good project. And the worst? Glebe House, Bibury, only because we ended up in dispute. What is your funniest or most memorable moment in construction? Dave Paul being arrested on suspicion of theft (stealing wall tiles) and assault, luckily the charges were dropped! It wasn’t funny at the time though! Who makes the best tea on your current site? Sian makes the best tea in Head Office!

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Staff News

Caption Competition!

Jingle Bells Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way A risk assessment must be submitted before an open sleigh is considered safe for members of the public to travel on. The risk assessment must also consider whether it is appropriate to use only one horse for such a venture, particularly if passengers are of larger proportions. Please note, permission must be gained from landowners before entering their fields. To avoid offending those not participating in celebrations, we would request that laughter is moderate only and not loud enough to be considered a noise nuisance.

Health and Safety at Christmas!

Don’t sneak away Glynn!! He wants a hand with his box! (Mike Clelland)

Colin, hurry up and get that 3rd bat ready, my partner's only half the player he used to be! (Darran Gammon)

Come up with a caption for this photo of Captain Terry enjoying a days sailing with the Architect and site team after their hard work at Head-ington School! The best captions will be printed in the next newsletter!

Merry Christmas Everyone!