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AESSEAL Factory of the Future - Outstandingly Sustainable
Jul 24: The South Yorkshire Property Dinner is Thursday the 11th of July and we are extremly proud to have been shortlisted for Outstanding Development of the Year and Sustainable Development of the year for our work on AESSEAL Global Technology Centre - Factory of the Future. The awards celebrate the...
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Congratulations to Asu and Charlie
Jul 24: A huge congratulations to Asu Amca and Charlie Fletcher who have secured places on the University of Sheffield's two year master’s degree, Architecture: Collaborative Practice. Asu and Charlie secured there places through their amazing talent and hard work. Beating out many other students for the...
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Insider Property Dinner South Yorkshire Awards Shortlist!
Jun 24: We are excited to announce that our landmark building, AESSEAL Plc Factory for the Future has been shortlisted for Outstanding Development of the Year and Sustainable Development of the Year. The project includes a 60,000 sq ft extension to the existing factory that will almost double the site capacity. The...
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Constructing Excellence Awards Finalists!
May 24: We are pleased to announce that Race Cottam Associates has been Shortlisted for two awards at the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber awards. Our landmark building AESSEAL Global Technology Centre - Factory of the Future has been nominated for Building of the Year at the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and...
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Welcome Back Jess!
Apr 24: After 10 months away, our Associate Jess Wilkinson is back from maternity leave, and we couldn't be happier! Jess has been with us since 2019, where she began as a Project Architect. In that time her key projects include project lead on the New Main Entrance & Paediatrics’...
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Model Making Workshop
Mar 24: A big thank you to David Riley who came along to Race Cottam to host a fantastic model making workshop for our staff. Architectural models are a great tool for expressing a buildings design. David took our staff through the early stages of building a model from the initial planning...
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Welcome Back Mollie!
Feb 24: Race Cottam is happy to welcome back Mollie Dale-Collen following her maternity leave. We are delighted to have Mollie back and continuing her stellar work assisting Lauire Cottam and Pauline lake in a number of high profile projects and taking charge of the new SCC Transformational Health Hub...
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New Year, New Starters
Jan 24: A big, warm, welcome to Richard Eady and Kirsty Pearson. Richard joins us as our newest Architectural Designer, bringing with him comprehensive expertise in designing, planning applications, and technical specification for building regulations drawings. He has extensive history working with large bespoke residential projects, hotels, restaurants and grade II...
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Constructing Excellence Awards Winners! Modern Methods of Construction
Dec 23: Race Cottam Associates are proud to announce we are the winners of the Modern Methods of Construction Award for our work on the University of York Energy Centre at the Constructing Excellence Awards. The New Energy Centre is a true success story, directly addresses many of the...
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Highly Commended in Building Better Healthcare Awards!
Nov 23: We are delighted to have had our Leengate Outpatients refurbishment scheme highly commended at the Building Better Healthcare Awards, a great achievement with such strong competition! We were also finalists in three categories; our new main entrance and paediatrics project at Hull Royal Infirmary for...
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Education Estates Award Winners! Project of the Year - Schools
Oct 23: We are thrilled to have won the Education Estates Award in the 'Project of the Year - Schools' category for St Anne's School and Sixth Form Centre and Appleton Court. Congratulations to Mark Eden and the whole team for such a fantastic job on this valuable scheme for...
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RCA Building Top 150 Consultants 2023
Oct 23: We are delighted to have been listed in the Building Top 150 Consultants 2023 for a consecutive year. Ranking 147 in the top 150 Firms and gaining a new listing of 50 in the top 50 Architects, we are thrilled with the result and proud of our success as an SME amongst some of...
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Happy 30th RCA!
Oct 23: We had a fantastic evening celebrating 30 years of RCA! It was great to see so many of our valued clients and colleagues attend to mark the occasion.
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Directors Promotions for Future Growth
Sep 23: Our board of directors has been reorganised to lead the next phase of growth as Race Cottam Associates celebrates its 30th anniversary. Paul Foster has been promoted from associate director to director while Laurie Cottam has become the practice’s MD after its current incumbent, David Speddings stepped...
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Two Education Estates Shortlistings!
Sep 23: We are so pleased to have had two of our recent education sector projects shorlisted in the national Education Estates Awards. CAPA College is shortlisted in the Project of the Year - Colleges category and St Anne's Specialist School in the Project of the Year - Schools...
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Designing for Future Generations of Students
Aug 23: Looking Back: I think it’s fair to say that since the millennium, technology’s had the biggest impact on our designs. Twenty years ago, the first tablet had only just been invented, smart phones and social media weren’t anywhere near as prevalent as they...
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IHEEM Awards Finalists!
Aug 23: We are thrilled to announce our Hull Royal Infirmary New Main Entrance scheme is shortlisted for an IHEEM Award in the 'New Build Project of the Year' category. To reach the shortlist is an amazing achievement and we are so proud of the healthcare team who worked on this...
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St Anne’s Specialist School and Appleton Court Highly Commended
Aug 23: Our two projects St Anne's Specialist School and Appleton Court Supported Housing have been highly commended in the Building Project of the Year category at the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards. St Anne’s School, Sixth Form College & Residence is a purpose-built school for...
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NOE CPC Awarded Supplier 2023 - 2027
Jul 23: We are delighted to have re-secured a place on the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Framework, which renewed in June and runs for four years until May 2027. NHS Trusts and public sector organisations can use the framework flexibly to appoint RCA by direct award or...
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Stuart is Promoted to Senior Architect
Jul 23: Five years with Race Cottam has seen Stuart Taylor progress from Project Architect to Senior Architect. With his main focus in the Education sector, Stuart has lead major DfE and SEN schemes, developing his expertise and a successful track record of schools...