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'Westminster City Council chose Gillespies for this prestigious commission as we were overwhelmed by their enthusiasm and excited by their considerable expertise. The practice’s approach to the re-design of Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street has been entirely appropriate for a project of this scale and importance and the new designs represent an inspirational benchmark for the future. '
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 Farrah Hassan-Hardwick, Westminster City Council
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'Gillespies' design was inspirational and had a real 'wow factor'. The quality of their approach and a solid track record of innovative designs for public spaces elsewhere meant we simply had to choose them to design a new St George's Square in Luton.'
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Luton Borough Council
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'The vision for St Andrew Square represents a triumph for partnership working in Edinburgh City Centre. Many thanks go to Gillespies and other members of the design team, who’s approach to this sensitive commission within Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site has been exemplary.'
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Gordon Reid, Chief Executive, Edinburgh City Centre Management Company
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'The Royal William Yard project presented a major challenge to the consultant team to design and implement a new contemporary public realm within the constraints of one of the highest status groups of Grade 1 Georgian naval buildings in the country. Gillespies (in partnership with engineers Mott MacDonald) has provided an excellent service at all stages throughout the course of this project and have retained a strong focus on the physical delivery of the project above all else. I therefore have no hesitation in recommending the consultancy to design and implement major complex public realm schemes.'
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Alastair Godfrey, Professional Services Manager, South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
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'The Weston Area Development Framework is an essential piece of work which will drive forward the sustainable regeneration of Weston-super-Mare and assist in the delivery of the town's economic growth. We can now concentrate on attracting new businesses and creating new jobs for local people.'
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David Warburton, Area Director Southern England (West), English Partnerships
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'The quality of materials and the simple detailing [of Buchanan Street and Grainger Town] provide a fitting backdrop to the civic life of the city rather than competing for attention as many streetscapes do.'
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David Rudland, Director of the Urban and Economic Development Group
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'On behalf of GMPTE, I wish to convey our sincere appreciation to Gillespies for the contribution to a successful and timely delivery [of the Ashton Canal Corridor in time for the Commonwealth Games]. While accolades have deservedly abounded for the Commonwealth Games, the delivery of the Ashton Canal Corridor works played a significant part in that triumph and of course has helped pioneer the refreshing transformation of this area of our city.'
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Geoff Inskip, Deputy Director General, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
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'On behalf of Merseytravel, I would like to thank Gillespies most sincerely for the support given to us during the recent public inquiry. Merseytravel was greatly assisted by Gillespies’ professional approach and attention to detail, particularly when giving evidence….It is very easy to underestimate the level of effort required to sustain a Public Inquiry and react to the various proofs submitted by objectors and I thought that Gillespies’ input in this area was very valuable. '
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Neil Scales, Acting Director General, Merseytravel
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'The task set by the client body was a challenging one without obvious precedent in the UK. The Eastern Approaches masterplan included the key planks of urban planning and transportation in a challenging area with difficult social, economic and transportation problems. It is testament to the work of the team (Gillespies, Robert McGuire, Hyder, RLF and MVA) that many of the concepts forming the adopted masterplan, now form the basis of what is being implemented...my thanks on your vision and foresight, which is on the verge of being realised.'
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Graham Pink, Project Director, Liverpool Land Development Company
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'I can say without hesitation that my experience of working with Gillespies in terms of project delivery was by far the most productive arrangement of any that we have entered into within our extensive public realm programme. The initial conceptual design was of a very high standard….What also makes the service delivered by Gillespies stand apart however is their ability to deliver very high quality implementation on the ground...the attention to detail in terms of laying out, ensuring the paving was designed to the very last detail and the ability to integrate clusters of high quality street furniture have set the benchmark for the town.'
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Les Southerton, Chief Executive, Middlesbrough Town Centre Company
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'The Sheffield Urban Design Compendium is something that we are extremely proud of and consider to be of the highest quality. The Compendium matches the aspirations that we have had since the beginning of the project – something we don’t often say – so thank you. We realise this has been down to Gillespies' commitment to the process and the high calibre of staff that have been employed on this project.'
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Les Sturch, Head of Planning Division, Sheffield City Council
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'A vibrant Tees Valley is essential for a dynamic North East. The Stockton-Middlesbrough Initiative has huge potential to lead the way in regenerating the area over the next 20 years.'
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One North East
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'We are excited by the way that Gillespies has very practically addressed the constraints on the [Bradford Mirror Pool City Park] site whilst at the same time coming forward with design proposals which we, and our regeneration partners Bradford City Council, feel will deliver a truly landmark development.'
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Maud Marshall, Chief Executive, Bradford Centre Regeneration
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'Gillespies was able to deliver a quality design on programme and initiated cost engineering exercises to keep within the budget [for the Paddington Basin project]. Gillespies’ experience, commitment and deliverables will stand them in good stead and indeed the practice would be considered for other landscaping schemes by Mace and the clients, Chelsfield and Pearcroft.'
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Dick Woods, MACE
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