New North West Design Centre Signage.

Here is the new sign for the North West Design Centre. It has large cut out distressed brass lettering with an orange glow from the rear. 


Many thanks to Absolute Signs for a job well done.

Westfield Stratford City shopping centre open!

Europe's largest urban shopping centre is due to open in east London later.

Westfield Stratford City is located next to the Olympic Park and will provide the only access to the site for the Games in 2012.

The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 stores, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino.

Dawnvale were pleased to be involved with this project, creating the 50^th TGI Friday’s in the UK. In keeping with its Olympic location, the restaurant and bar are designed in a circular stadium style allowing guests to enjoy the entertainment from Friday’s world-class bartenders.

So far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.

The complex will provide the only access to the Olympic Park and large screens will be displayed along the centre's walkways to show the main sporting events.

Bill Giouroukos, director of operations at Westfield, said: "The retail mix we are putting in place at Stratford will be the next chapter in retail development for London."

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who will help cut the ribbon at the official launch, said the project was "setting the pace for the transformation of east London".

He said: "It is one of the most important legacies of the 2012 Olympics.

Dawnvale - InDesign Magazine Article

Dawnvale's achievements at Yee Rah, Liverpool, are well documented in the latest edition of InDesign magazine. View the latest E-Mag below.

http://emag.indesignmagazine.c​o.uk/?utm_source=Sign-Up.to&ut​m_medium=email&utm_campaign=23​6615-InDesign+eMag+eShot+Augus​t+2011

University of Sheffield

Dawnvale have been awarded the £500,000 refurbishment contract for the University of Sheffield, due to commence at the end of the month.

Watch this space for more information.

www.dawnvale.com

Gastro-pub Pointing Dog opens this month

Dawnvale's bespoke bar division have designed and manufactured the latest bar at Pointing Dog, part of the Felicini chain of restaurants.

The duo who own The Grinch bar in central Manchester and the Felicini chain of Italian restaurants are pumping £1.5m into a new gastropub in Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport.

Ged Lynch and Neil Lawrence, whose Sheffield-based business The Nose owns Felicini sites in Manchester city centre, Didsbury and Wilmslow as well as The Grinch, are creating 50 jobs through their latest investment.

The Grove Lane site formerly occupied by The Smithy pub will open as Pointing Dog later this month.

Mr Lynch, who grew up across the road from The Smithy, said: “Pubs are the heart and soul of every community so I was delighted when the opportunity came along for us to build on this site.

“It's a long-term commitment and we are dedicated to making it succeed.”

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/jobs/s/1425612_gastro-pub-pointing-dog-opens-this-month-?newsletter=business%2520bulletin-20110705

Frigomeccanica and Dawnvale

Dawnvale have now been appointed the UK's agent for Frigomeccanica, Italian counter & bar specialists.

Feel free to contact us regarding a new bespoke counter or bar, to any shape and size.

See them here www.frigomeccanica.com

Yee Rah Liverpool

FAST TRACK REFURBISHMENT

Following the success of Chaobaby in the Trafford Centre, the group appointed Dawnvale as Principal Contractor for the Refurbishment of Yeerah Liverpool One.

Working directly with both Designer and Client, the brief was to refurbish the entire Bar & Restaurant along with Back of house services all spread over 2 floors. As with all the Group’s venues, they like to have an element of the Chaobaby touch, there is always some element of truly bespoke and unusual statement piece so we expect the unexpected. However the half a million pound project was only allocated a 7 day program and had to be operational on the 8^th day... no problem!

Despite having specific requirements to deliver on and a programme that was to say the least tight, the Dawnvale Projects and Furniture team spent several weeks planning the fast track program to ensure it ran smoothly despite working round the clock.

Following initial meetings, the program commenced swiftly and full contracts team managed by Senior Project Manager John Berry took hold of the site. All existing fittings and interior finishes were removed to make way for the new scheme, this included floors, kitchen and bars, the infamous 7 metre water fountain and all electrical and mechanical fittings. Working around the clock, the shift teams carried out a full interior build of new ceilings, electrics and ventilation, new floors and wall finishes.

Commenting John Berry added “We managed all aspects of the complete project from start to finish, the key to the success of this fast track project was in the planning, we knew it would it was a big ask

but we spent weeks planning every single detail to ensure the handover date was on time and everything finished perfectly”.

The project was testament to Dawnvales various divisions working together, all various trades and in-house manufacturing capabilities provided the complete design and fit-out job: adapting the existing layout; supplying the lighting, furnishings and fittings; manufacturing and installing bespoke bars and an 8 metre theatre kitchen, Fixed seating and bespoke loose furniture; all finished with bespoke colour schemes and wall finishes.

The finished refurbishment was unveiled within 24 hrs of completion and operational to full capacity. Regulars to the Unique Bar & Restaurant appeared confused when entering as the venue had been transformed to a new look since their last visit literally days ago. Ben Marshall from Chaophraya added “This is exactly the reaction we wanted and is the key reason we approached Dawnvale and their can do attitude regardless”.

www.dawnvale.com