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Celebrating Promotions!

Nov 22: We’re thrilled to announce the promotions of Jess Wilkinson and Mark Eden from Senior Architect to Associate. Congratulations both!  The whole team wishes you the best of luck in your new roles.

Design for Disassembly: Takeaways from The Green Register Conference

Dec 22:   As part of our commitment to champion sustainable design, retrofit and an industry-wide acceleration towards Net Zero, we’re keen to share knowledge and collaborate. Our architect, certified Passive House designer and net zero carbon lead, Lilly Ingleby was a guest speaker at The Green Register Conference last...

RCA Christmas Video 2022

Dec 22:   The much anticipated RCA Chrismas video 2022 is out now!    Santa is coming.... Race Cottam Associates wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

Expansion Continues at Cardboard Packaging Park in Cheshire

Nov 22:   Our longstanding relationship with paper and packaging producer, Progroup continues as the firm has re-appointed us to deliver a second extension at its only UK-based factory.   At the 47-acre Ellesmore Port site in Cheshire, Progroup has created a new packaging park. In 2019, the firm opened its first mega-corrugated...

Designing for Net Zero Carbon?  Lilly Ingleby Presents Toolkit at Green Register Conference

Nov 22:   Net zero is widely discussed in construction, especially when it comes to building design, yet there is much upskilling still required across the sector. Our architect, certified Passive House designer and net zero carbon lead, Lilly Ingleby has been invited to give a presentation at the forthcoming Green Register...

Qualification Congratulations!

Nov 22: More celebrations for team RCA and this time we are congratulating Marie Braithwaite who has qualified as an architect!  We're so proud of Marie who successfully passed her Part 3 Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Practice Architecture, awarded by the University of Westminster. Marie is passionate about the...

RCA Ranked in Top 150 Consultants 2022!

Nov 22: We are delighted to have been ranked in this year's Building Magazine Top 150 Consultants!  This is a huge achievement and testiment to the hard work and collaborative nature of the whole team here at RCA.  Well done to all!

In Conversation:  Pauline Lake Discusses 20 Years of Education Projects

Oct 22: Our work in the education sector extends more than two decades, delivering approximately 25 schools, numerous HE and FE schemes as well as acting as Technical Advisor on over 30 schools and University Technical College (UTC) projects. Pauline Lake, our director for education and certified Passivhaus designer, discusses everything from how...

Race Cottam Associates Appointed to Design Smith+Nephew Facility

Sep 22:   Race Cottam Associates (RCA) has been appointed by Smith+Nephew to design the firm’s brand new R&D and manufacturing facility for Advanced Wound Management near Hull. Global medical technology business, Smith+Nephew, which was founded in Hull in 1856, confirmed it would be relocating to a 2...

Welcome our new Part 1s!

Sep 22: A warm welcome to Molly Neale and Meesha Mistry who, after a competitive recruitment process, were appointed this month as Part 1 Architectural Assistants.  We are very excited to have these brilliant young women join the RCA team.   

Turf Cutting Ceremony Marks Start on Site at £10.5M Bakewell Health Hub

Aug 22:   A turf cutting ceremony was held last week (24 August 2022) to mark the start of construction on the £10.5m NHS integrated health hub we designed in Bakewell. Set to be shared between Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust and East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the state-of-the-art hub...

Breaking Down Pre-Conceptions with an Introduction to Architecture

Aug 22:   Our Part II Architectural Assistant Marie Braithwaite took a break from the office to spend the summer holidays teaching the next generation of architects at Immerse Education in Cambridge.  The 'Introduction to Architecture' course introduces the basics of an undergraduate architecture course in an energetic and engaging...

Factory of the Future Takes Shape in Rotherham

Aug 22:   The steel frame for the centrepiece of AESSEAL’s new Factory of the Future is now under construction at the company’s global headquarters in Rotherham. The project, which includes the refurbishment and “greening” of AESSEAL’s existing plant as well as a state-of-the-art, 60,000...

In Conversation: Jacob Peplow on Student Work Placements

Aug 22:   As we’re in the midst of the summer holidays, students would be forgiven for enjoying the warm weather and pushing all thoughts of school, college or university to the back of the mind. However, with plenty of free time and even less deadlines, now is an ideal...

Passivhaus Designer Lilly Ingleby Joins Architects Declare Masterclass As Panellist

Aug 22:   Project Architect and Passivhaus Designer Lilly Ingleby, who leads RCA’s sustainability steering group, sat on the panel of a ‘Practice Action’ Masterclass held jointly by Architects Declare and ACAN in partnership with RIBA. The Masterclass ‘Collaboration and Learning within Practice’ aims to help...

Promotions for Nick Stables, Jess Wilkinson and Mark Eden

Aug 22: Join us in congratulating Jess Wilkinson, Mark Eden and Nick Stables in their promotions at RCA this week.  Their new roles as Senior Architect (Jess and Mark) and Senior Architectural Technologist (Nick) are very well deserved, and we are extremely proud of their achievements.  Well done to all,...

Two Day Hackathon Encourages Young Construction Leaders

Aug 22:   With statistics showing the construction sector struggles to attract and retain people in the early stages of their career, a steering group of young professionals has been established to try and identify the reasons for this, and how collectively the industry can make construction careers more diverse and appealing. ...

Welcome Chris and Ellis!

Jul 22:   A huge welcome to Chris Parke and Ellis Simpkin who have recently joined the Race Cottam team.  Both Chris and Ellis are Architectural Technologists having just graduated from Sheffield Hallam University.  We are so pleased to have them on board and look forward to seeing their careers...

Approval For £2m Medical Centre in Waverley

Jun 22:   Planning permission has been granted to construct a £2m medical centre in the expanding neighbourhood of Waverley, Rotherham. The newly approved health centre is expected to serve up to 6,000 residents at Olive Lane, which is currently being developed by land and property regeneration specialists, Harworth Estates. Our design...

RCA Summer Drinks 2022

Jun 22: On Tuesday evening we hosted our annual RCA Summer Drinks event at Tamper Coffee in Sheffield. Despite rail strikes, we were delighted to see so many of our valued friends and colleagues attend to catch up with the RCA team. We were fortunate to enjoy a fantastic summers evening, and...