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We have worked on new build and refurbishment schemes with projects ranging from single dwellings to estate regeneration schemes comprising in excess of 500 units. Our experience and expertise allow us to enhance any scheme through optimisation of value, income and the delivery process.
Our experience with developers is extensive, working with some of the key organisations in the sector. It is our ability to understand our Clients’ requirements and business needs that has contributed significantly to our ability to generate high levels of customer satisfaction.
These education projects have included teaching facilities, student/staff accommodation, auditoriums, sports, performing arts and music facilities. We are used to working in live school environments and understand the technical processes required to provide new facilities whilst retaining a functioning school community.
Marstan BDB is a construction consultancy specialising in Quantity Surveying, Employer’s Agent, Contract Administration, Project Management and CDM Advisor services.
We service projects across the United Kingdom from our offices in Cambridge and Oxford.
Our areas of expertise include education, offices, warehousing, infrastructure, residential, leisure and retail sectors.
Our quality policies are BSI accredited to ISO 9001:2015.
In 2018 the practice celebrated 40 years of business.
If you wish to be considered for any future positions at Marstan BDB, please send your CV and cover letter to:
+ 44 (0) 1223 675975
Cambridge Office Wakefield House High Street Sawston Cambridge CB22 3BG
+44 (0) 1865 592230
Oxford Office
A new build residential development at Coldhams Lane in Cambridge. The project consists of a mixture of houses and apartments, as well as off-street parking with electric car charging points.
An extension to and conversion of a Victorian school building into residential apartments.
On the busy High Street in Colchester an existing office building converted into 35 apartments.
A development in the heart of Cambridge to create apartments which meet the Passivhaus standard. One of the first developments of this type in the city centre.
A new build residential development on a corner plot in Cambridge. The project comprised the demolition of a house and construction of ten flats. Each flat has an off-street parking space and the residents benefit from a communal landscaped garden.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
Refurbishment and extension to a regional shopping centre comprising 121 retail units, 15 restaurants and a 10-screen cinema.
A flagship small business centre including 14 industrial units and an office building with small suites. Developed in partnership with the local authority, it features rainwater recycling, biomass heating, BREEAM “very good” rating for both office and commercial buildings.
Marstan BDB is delighted to have been Employer’s Agent and Cost Manager on the Cambridge South Phase 1 project in Sawston.
Built on the site of the old Marley roof tile factory, Cambridge South Phase 1 provides 68,000 ft 2 of light industrial space in thirteen units, built by Marbank Construction Ltd on behalf of developer Salmon Harvester Properties Ltd.
The project incorporates a Quiet Revolution wind turbine providing on-site energy generation.
An estate wide upgrade comprising nine separate work areas providing classrooms, laboratories, art facilities and an innovation centre.
Working with the Girls’ Day School Trust the majority of the roof coverings were replaced or repaired which included slate roofing, lead flat roofs, copper roofs and various stone detailing.
The project also included extensive window and stonework repairs whilst the scaffolding was in place.
The project was split into four separate phases to ensure no buildings were out of action during term times.
The project involved the complete refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed timber framed and clad cricket pavilion constructed in the early 1930s.
The building was in a poor state of affairs prior to the works. The timbers and cladding were decaying, it had no insulation and suffered from water ingress and a few holes. The facilities it provided no longer met the School’s needs either as the changing rooms in each wing contained bare benches, no showers and very limited toilet facilities.
Not only were all of the above addressed we added in a disabled platform lift to enable the facility to be used by disabled guests.
The project was located on split level ground with the main car park at one level and the sports pitches at a lower level. The Architect created a two-storey building with the lower ground floor set into the sloping site to the car park side and open to the sports pitches side.
The lower ground floor area provides eight team changing rooms, two officials changing rooms and an accessible changing room. The upper ground floor provides a large multi-purpose social room with floor to ceiling glazing, kitchen servery, bar, staff/meeting room, toilets, a store and external terraces to three sides. The terrace provides far reaching views across the school as a whole and to the landscape beyond.
The project involved the infilling of an existing space between two existing buildings – one being the main school Swimming Pool and the other being the Sports Hall.
The infill provided a central focus to the sports facilities as well as renewing changing facilities (both dry and wet change), new shower and toilet facilities, creation of new classrooms and a dance studio/space and an entrance foyer/atrium with trophy cabinets.
The project comprises the phased construction of a new primary school with extensive external works including wildlife areas, recreation facilities and external teaching environments.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
A new sports centre, swimming pool and associated external works.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Forum is the new 70,000ft2 headquarters building for Dacorum Borough Council, built by R G Carter on behalf of developer Endurance Estates.
It provides an opportunity for co-location of local services including a library and register office for Hertfordshire County Council and voluntary organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
The Potting Shed formed part of a larger series of projects involving a new maintenance store and two glasshouses. It resembles an upturned flower pot and is formed of Corten cladding on a steel frame. It was built off-site at a factory in Kent and craned into place on to a brick plinth.
A quirky yet functional design which encapsulates the Client’s appreciation for simplicity, form and function.
A new build residential development on a corner plot in Cambridge. The project comprised the demolition of a house and construction of ten flats. Each flat has an off-street parking space and the residents benefit from a communal landscaped garden.
