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At JG Hale Construction we have a vast amount of experience in providing first-class residential, leisure, and commercial developments. By fostering valued relationships with clients, local supply chains, and neighbouring communities across each stage of our projects; from inception, to design, construction, and completion, we are able to successfully deliver our projects to a high standard, on programme, and within budget.

Bluestone, Pembrokeshire

Bluestone National Park Resort

Contract Value: 8.9 million
Project Type: Commercial or Leisure

Constructed between 2011 and 2016, this two-phase development consisted of the construction of one hundred and fifteen accommodation lodges. The Lodges are of timber frame construction including timber floor cassettes, timber cladding and timber roof shingles, and are finished to a high specification to meet the resort’s 5-star credentials.

Category 2 Modern Methods of Construction (2D primary structural systems) were used. Offsite manufacture was utilised to pre-clad the timber frame panels for the development. Each panel was injected with the thermally efficient BBA approved Trisowarm system.

Point(s) of Interest:
Works were carried out adjacent to the existing resort and undertaken in a sympathetic and considerate way to minimise disruption to the resort users. Lodges were delivered in phases and handed over in accordance with agreed completion dates to suit the resorts holiday periods.

Garwnant Visitors Centre

Forestry Commission (Wales)

Contract Value: 1.5 million
Project Type: Commercial or Leisure

The Garwnant Visitors Centre redevelopment included the partial demolition and refurbishment of the existing buildings to provide improved facilities within the visitor centre. The new development provided external seating, a cafeteria, modern kitchens, and amenities with a new education block.

The existing stone structure was maintained and extended using timber frame alongside timber and insulation cladding ‘wrap’ over the original solid stone walls. The external paving was supplied from a local quarry whilst all timber was sourced from a local forest and machined locally.

Point(s) of Interest:
The project’s approach was to create a building that fitted in naturally with its surroundings without having any major impact on the surrounding wildlife. Robust construction detailing allowed for the use of natural daylight, as well as the integration of renewable energy technologies. The property was constructed with low-embodied energy materials and with high levels of insulation. All windows and joinery were manufacturer from Welsh timber from our JCG factory yard.

JCG Building, Neath

Sevenoaks Modular

Contract Value: 6.5 million
Project Type: Commercial or leisure

The office and manufacturing facilities were completely renovated prior to moving in in 2021. The 350,000 sqft office and manufacturing facility underwent a complete renovation, including raising and replacing the old roof, upgrading to double glazed windows, and fully insulating and refinishing the internal building fabric.

Point(s) of Interest:
The building is serviced with over 200sqm of roof-mounted PV, and a biomass boiler for heating and hot water. This is run on waste timber from the factory and capable of annually generating 140,000 MWh of energy.

Albert Town, Haverfordwest

ATEB Housing Association

Contract Value: 9.5 million
Project Type: Residential

The Albert Town development involved the design and build of an eighty-seven unit development consisting of one-bedroom flats, and two, three and four-bedroom houses and bungalows, with four of the bungalows being built for disabled access. The site was built over four phases, completing in November 2020.

Point(s) of Interest:
The development comprised of three open grass fields and a number of single-storey agricultural storage sheds. Ecology played a major part on site with two hundred and thirty-seven slow worms being relocated within the vicinity of the site.

Former Blue Dragon Hotel, Cardiff

Wales & West Housing Association

Contract Value: 6.3 million
Project Type: Residential

The Former Blue Dragon Hotel scheme involved the transformation of the former landmark Blue Dragon Hotel in Cardiff in to over 55s apartment living. The development consists of forty-nine apartments across three storeys, and includes a mobility scooter store, refuse store, and landscaped communal garden.

Point(s) of Interest:
The homes were designed to provide a community feel by incorporating a high-quality outdoor space. Each apartment is accessible with wide doorways, open plan living and wet rooms, which help to support long term independent living.

Chiltern Avenue, Cardiff

Wales & West Housing Association

Contract Value: 8 million
Project Type: Residential

The Chiltern avenue project consisted of eighty-two affordable units for the over 55s, comprising of one and two bedroomed flats spanning across five blocks. The flats were designed to provide much needed homes for people aged 55 and over with the purpose of tackling social isolation as residents get older. This is achieved through the inclusion of shared social space and the inter-relationship of buildings to establish a sense of place and a neighbourhood for wellbeing.

Point(s) of Interest:
Our Chiltern Avenue development won the Best Social Housing Development award in 2019 alongside Site Manager, Matthew Hall, being awarded the LABC National Site Manager of the year award.

Clive Lane, Cardiff

Wales & West Housing Association/Taff Housing Association

Contract Value: 12.8 million
Project Type: Residential

The scheme at Clive Lane was part of a four phase design and build contract in the heart of Cardiff City centre. The development comprises of one hundred and one two, three and four bedroom homes for Wales and West Housing Association, and twelve apartments for Taff Housing Association – inclusive of supported accommodation for young people.

Point(s) of Interest:
The development was built on the site of a former railway embankment. Our client’s vision was to reduce fuel poverty for future tenants, consequently, the properties were fitted with PV solar panels, and battery storage.

Neyland, Pembrokeshire

ATEB Housing Association

Contract Value: 4.3 million
Project Type: Residential

The development at Neyland involved the design and build of thirty-three dwellings on the site of a former school. The scheme was delivered across three phases, comprising of eight one-bed flats, two bungalows and a combination of two, three and four-bedroom homes. The scheme also included car parking, landscaping, retaining structures, drainage and associated engineering highways works.

Point(s) of Interest:
Each property was built using timber frame construction, pre-insulated in our sister company’s factory, Sevenoaks Modular, thus adding the benefits of using offsite MMC. Each property has a PV roof, made using reconstituted slate. In addition to these sustainable methods, the retaining walls within the scheme were designed to be living walls.

Treberth, Newport

Pobl Housing Association

Contract Value: 8.4 million
Project Type: Residential

The Treberth scheme for Pobl Housing Association provided forty-five older persons homes alongside a community hub for tenants from the wider surrounding area. The residential element of the scheme comprises of two apartment blocks, one containing eighteen one-bedroom apartments, and the other twenty-seven two-bedroom apartments.

The blocks are linked via a three-storey atrium space, forming an entrance to the residents’ apartments. The external space of the development includes raised planting beds for residents to grow their own fruit and vegetables. The addition of a winding path and rest points provides residents with plenty of outdoor space in support of their wellbeing. A south facing residents’ garden and sunroom was constructed to provide residents with views of the existing parkland.

Point(s) of Interest:
The development utilised a range of sustainable technologies within its’ innovative and eco-friendly design, including green roofs, living walls, and PV solar panels. Careful care and attention was given to maximise the sustainable features within the development to not only benefit the environment but to minimise fuel poverty for the occupants.

County Flats, Port Talbot

Tai Tarian Housing Association

Contract Value: 13.6 million
Project Type: Residential

The IHP (Innovative Housing Programme) and Welsh Government Funded project at County Flats will see the energy-efficient redevelopment of seventy-two existing flats, with the further creation of fifty-five new apartments. Forming an extension to the existing buildings, each of the new flats are being constructed at J.G Hale’s JCG Modular factory, from a fully volumetric panellised system, by sister company, Sevenoaks Modular.

PV panels will be added to the roofs, and batteries installed to store excess energy. Five electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be installed to the development. The collective of energy efficient principles applied to County Flats will enhance each of the flats’ energy efficiency to EPC A.

Point(s) of Interest:
The scheme is being used to research and develop a new and sustainable form of insulation, utilising waste by-products. In addition to the natural forms of insulation being used, all flats will be fitted with an Intelligent Energy Management System, monitoring energy usage within the home, flagging areas of excess usage. This process will allow tenants to assess their energy usage, reducing operational energy wherever possible, and lower energy bills. Consequently, by making energy savings, fuel poverty will be reduced for tenants.

Gwynfaen, Swansea

Pobl Housing Association

Contract Value: 31 million
Project Type: Residential

Utilising Innovative Housing Programme (IHP) funding, the Gwynfaen development will deliver one hundred and forty-four zero-carbon homes comprising of a range of technologies including solar panels, mechanical heat recovery (MVHR), air source heat pumps and battery storage to producing green heat and energy for the end user.

The development will utilise OSM (offsite manufacture) to create closed-panel timber frame homes, insulated with factory blown wood fibre, utilising our in-house X-floc machinery. The project will capture best practice approaches around the delivery of low carbon developments, utilising full integrated renewable technologies; subsequently becoming a benchmark for future projects that share a similar scope and objectives.

Point(s) of Interest:
To minimise embodied carbon, the design of the scheme has undergone a full carbon life-cycle assessment, prioritising locally sourced, low-VOC finishes. Each property aims to achieve an EPC A rating, and a SAP score of at least 96%, reducing whole-life carbon, and fuel costs for future occupants – mitigating the risk of fuel poverty within each home.

Pencefnarda

Pobl Housing Association

Contract Value: 8.2 million
Project Type: Residential

The Pencefnarda development will comprise of forty-four new homes in total, consisting of six one-bed flats, eighteen two-bedroom houses, eighteen three-bedroom houses and two four-bedroom houses.

Point(s) of Interest:
The site will feature many aspects to enhance the local environment.

Ithon Road, Llandridnodd Wells

Newydd Housing Association

Contract Value: 21 million
Project Type: Residential

Phase one and two of the Glan Yr Ithon development comprises of fifty-five homes. The properties include a selection of flats, bungalows, assisting living bungalows (suitable for additional learning needs), together with three-bedroom houses. Phases three and four will deliver an additional seventy-nine homes, valuing the completed project at £21million. The development adopted a Fabric First Approach. Energy efficient boilers were installed to each property. Air testing results were 66% better than current building regulations.

Point(s) of Interest:
The innovative design of the development resulted in no spoil being removed from site, it was repurposed within the development and used to form plateaus, levels and SUDs ponds.

Ladyhill Court, Newport

Pobl Housing Association

Contract Value: 9.2 million
Project Type: Residential

The Ladyhil Court development involves the construction of thirty-nine low-carbon homes in the Alway area of Newport. The project will host an array of sustainable technologies such as photovoltaic (PV) panels, ground source heat pumps, mechanical ventilation and heat recovery, and electrical vehicle charging ports.

Point(s) of Interest:
The PV panels will be installed to the roofs of the properties which will operate via an intelligent energy management battery storage system which will store excess solar energy, reducing the requirement for expensive metered energy during peak times. This combined approach will assist tenants with the reduction of energy costs, resulting in a positive impact on the reduction of fuel poverty.

Former Caerphilly Police Station

Linc Housing Association

Contract Value: 8.1 million
Project Type: Residential

The development at the Former Caerphilly Police Station consists of forty residential units over three blocks. Block D is a three floor, six flat, timber frame structure with a brickwork outer skin. The ground floor to Block C is a concrete structure with parking and plant rooms. Above a transfer slab are four floors constructed from timber frame with a mixture of brickwork and cladding to outer skin. Block ICF is also constructed from four floors of timber frame off the ground floor, additionally providing assisted living with an onsite carer. All properties have electric wall panel heaters and UPVC double glazing.

Point(s) of Interest:
The timber frame structure contains factory fitted windows and floor cassettes. The development also houses a green roof and PV panels on each property.

Gileston Road, St Athen

Wales and West Housing Association

Contract Value: 4.2 million
Project Type: Residential

The Gileston Road development comprises of eighteen properties – four flats and fourteen houses. The properties are constructed with timber frame, with a mixture of stone and render finishes, and bath stone cills to the facades. Roads throughout the site are made up of a mixture of permeable block paving and Tarmac. The structure consists of insulated timber frame with windows fitted in the yard. Air source heat pumps are supplied, a heat pump water cylinder and PV panels are laid on all roofs.

Point(s) of Interest:
Ground conditions difficult due to Rock. Archaeologist with watching brief during ground clearance. Ecologist to be in attendance when Hedge rows are moved.

Metal Street, Cardiff

Hafod Housing Association

Contract Value: 3 million
Project Type: Residential

The Metal street development is designed to be a 3 storey building comprising of twenty-two affordable flats – fifteen one bedroom and seven two bedroom. These dwellings will be divided in to communal, walk up and disabled flats. The ground floor level is to be finished in artificial stone, with the upper storeys being rendered. The development consists of a south westerly facing, AstroTurf small front terrace accessed by a rear footpath, an accessible refuse area, and cycle store.

Point(s) of Interest:
The window bays project forward of the walls and are to be finished in differing materials to external walls to ensure that the mass of the building does not create ‘block’ feel. The use of materials and their application is important in ensuring that the scheme harmonises with the local area and therefore, a proposal of ivory coloured render, stone cladding on the ground floor, with aluminium grey cladding for the window bays is considered to meet this expectation.

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