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13th Mar 2019Planning Approval for a New Social at Radley College
We are pleased to announce that following a 12 month negotiated process that we have recently received planning consent from the Vale of White Horse for a new Social (Boarding House) for Radley College, located within the Oxfordshire Green Belt.
The new Social will provide the college with first class residential and communal facilities for 5-year groups totalling 70 boys and related pastoral staff accommodation. The design for the new Social follows the colleges centuries old boarding pattern, to fully integrate with the spirit and cultural ethos of the school. The buildings form...
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19th Dec 2018Congratulations Lisa
We are excited to announce that one of our surveyors Lisa Smith has recently passed all her exams and qualified with the CIOB, earning the title of Chartered Construction Manager! A massive achievement and very well deserved after all the work she has had to put in!
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16th Nov 2018Oxford Preservation Trust Award
Gray Baynes + Shew was awarded a certificate in the Small Projects category of the Oxford Preservation Trust for their replacement of the Matthews building zinc roof at St Peters College, Oxford. The award was presented on the 6th November 2018 at St John’s College, Oxford, in their recently refurbished Garden Quad...
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12th Nov 2018New Staff Member
We have appointed an apprentice building surveyor to join our busy surveying team! Dean Bass, who joined us late 2018, is working alongside Lisa Smith, our Chartered Construction Manager and Mark Norton, our Surveying Director. Dean's apprenticeship is a two-year RICS training course with the University College of...
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1st Aug 2018Architects of Their Own Destiny
Any long-term strategy that fails to include a healthy investment in the next generation of business leaders is missing a vital ingredient. Fortunately, this is not the case at Oxford based award winning, multi-disciplinary architectural practice Gray Baynes + Shew, following the completion of a succession planning...