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Mayor performs "topping out" ceremony at new £10m care home (From Yeovil Express)
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Mayor performs "topping out" ceremony at new £10m care home
10:00am Wednesday 21st October 2009
THE Yeovil Mayor, Cllr Wes Read, yesterday laid the final roof tile at a "topping out ceremony" at the new £10-million Hendford Care Home.
He performed the duty in front of invited guests from the local community to signal the next stage of the building work at the new care home being built at the top of Hendford Hill near the Quicksilver Mail pub.
The pioneering project, the first 21st century care facility in Yeovil designed and project managed by local chartered building surveyor Alan Young, is being constructed by Chard-based building contractors, award-winning R G Spiller, who has extensive experience in the healthcare sector on behalf of owners/developers Aurora Care Ltd.
Funding for the development was provided by Aurora Care’s existing bankers, The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Phase one of the £8–10-million development is expected to be completed in January 2010 with further care related buildings being constructed on the site following completion of the first nursing home.
Hendford Care Home will offer 40 beds for much needed nursing, palliative and dementia care to the elderly population of Yeovil and South Somerset with 24-hour registered nursing staffing.
Aurora Care already operates Hurst Manor Nursing Home based in Martock which won ‘The Caring Business Pinder Award for Best Development’ last year.
Aurora Care's managing director, Michael Lawson, said: “It was important for us to utilise a local contractor and consultant and we are delighted with how the project is progressing.
"We already run the award winning Hurst Manor in Martock and our aim is to create a state of the art care facility in Yeovil.
"Our website has a live webcam from the site which shows how the development is progressing and we are actively encouraging the local community to become involved and by leaving their comments."
When complete the full facility will create in excess of 100 jobs and anyone interested in this aspect should visit the website www.auroracare.co.uk or click on the link in our "related articles" section on this page of our website.
Andrew Howard, managing director of R G Spiller, added: "This is a very exciting development providing a much needed care facility in the region.
"The ecological credentials of the building will include solar panels for water heating, outstanding thermal insulation and hotel standard sound insulation.
"We are working closely with the client to ensure that this project meets all of their specific requirements and high standards.”
Alan Young, chartered building surveyor, said: “I am delighted to be entrusted with the design of this prestigious care facility in Yeovil."
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The Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Wes Read (right), is pictured with site manager Steve Bond, of R. G. Spiller, at the “topping out” ceremony at the Hendford Care Home
Managing director of R. G. Spiller, Andrew Howard (front left), is pictured with (from left) Aurora Care managing director Michael Lawson, Aurora Care’s clinical director Sue Aldworth, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Tony Kear and R. G. Spiller’s site
How the £10million Hendford Care Home in Yeovil will look once completed
An artist’s impression of how Hendford Care Home will look on completion
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