All posts by Neil Fordyce

Sharkey helps Red Carnation blossom

This exciting £6m development, for luxury hotel operator Red Carnation Hotel Collection, is located at 100 Princes Street in Edinburgh and entails the extensive restoration and remodelling of the elegant Category B listed building, previously home to The Royal Over-Seas League.

The project, which will include the creation of 29 bedrooms and an executive lounge overlooking the iconic Edinburgh Castle, carefully blends the boutique atmosphere of the group’s prestigious Hotel 41 in London with the building’s valued heritage and historic importance.  It is a transformational project in a stunning location and one we are delighted to have been entrusted with.

Sharkey Speed to Support the NHS

The transformational project will entail the comprehensive refurbishment and fit-out of the Community Health Partnerships Ltd town centre facility. Remodelling works will incorporate adaptations to the building’s M&E services, including a new plant installation at roof level and the project will be progressed with all of the other floors of the centre occupied as normal but appropriately secured and protected to ensure they remain fully operational at all times.

Sharkey returns to Home of Golf

Our appointment is testament to the excellent relationship we enjoyed with our client in delivering the hotel bedroom upgrade and leisure extension project completed for them in December 2017 and the expertise we demonstrate consistently in this sector.

The £13m multi-phase project will be completed in 2021 and form a new, exciting part of the Old Course Hotel’s unique hospitality offering for the historic 150th Open championship taking place in 2022 on the world famous links immediately adjacent to the hotel. The works, which commenced on site on 6 January 2020, include the adaptation and expansion of the existing west wing to provide 13 additional guest bedrooms. Also involved is the modification of the iconic ‘Green Sheds’ to allow expansion and upgrade of the ‘Hall of Champions’.

We are thrilled to be partnering with Kohler Co. once again on this exciting project in such an iconic property.

Sharkey Invests in the Future

Our in-house team, working in partnership with industry-leading providers and supported by significant investment in both infrastructure and resource, has completed an intensive 36-month project to review, improve and modernise our IT and business systems. Our bespoke information management system – SIMOn – designed and constructed to align fully with our business culture, has comprehensively enhanced the service we offer our clients through added agility, improved efficiency and upgraded project data management and reporting.

This digital transformation, which our business team likened to changing a car’s engine whilst speeding down the motorway, has also accelerated our company-wide flexible working capability that has enabled greater team collaboration, enhanced staff wellbeing and improved overall business performance.

Roxburghe return for Sharkey

We are delighted that the hotel’s owners, 12.18. Investment Management GmbH, have entrusted us to continue our excellent working relationship with them and their design team to deliver an exciting and challenging project at the historic 5-star venue in the Scottish Borders.

Substructure works are already underway on the construction of a 3-storey modern addition to the stunning B-listed property.  The steel-framed, stone-clad extension will provide a further 58 bedrooms, high-tech conference and event facilities and a new restaurant and bar. The £17m project also includes a luxury spa and wellness centre, featuring an external swimming pool with new terraces, remodelled landscaping and enhanced car parking provision.

Click on this link for a fly-through tour of the initial phase of enhancement works to the original 20-bedroom Victorian-era property.