Homebuilding and Renovating Show
Last weekend’s Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC provided visitors with a unique opportunity to receive tailored one-to-one advice on home improvements. With thousands of new and innovative products on display, attendees were able to browse a wide range of options to enhance their homes. From understanding planning regulations for extensions to managing renovation […]
Top Tips For Improving Your Work Space
Working from home became quite ‘the thing’ over the past couple of years due to the pandemic. From initially being an alien concept for a large proportion of the population, the video meeting setup and home office environment has become ‘the norm’ at an impressive pace – mainly because we had no other choice. Since […]
Asbestos Awareness
Director of Environmental Management Solutions, Jamie Perkins-Best, visited the team in our Gloucester Office to deliver a very informative Asbestos CPD presentation. Jamie highlighted some surprising figures and statistics regarding asbestos in the UK. We were shocked to learn that asbestos is still the UK’s highest occupational killer, although the good news is that there […]
Moving House or Office? How RRA Can Help
A move to a new home or office brings its own set of challenges. Here are a few ways in which we help you with the process of adapting a new property Moving House or Office?: How RRA Can Perfect Your New Challenge You have the vision. You have the ambition. And best of all, […]
WIN A FAMILY SKATING TICKET
The competition is now closed. Congratulation to winner, Faye Dewhurst, Cheltenham. To enter our competition to win a family ticket to skate at Cheltenham’s Christmas ice rink, simply post or share a photograph of the RRA advertising board (shown above) on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn, along with the hashtag #RRAArchitects. ❗️ Safety First ❗️ […]
Waggon and Horses Pass The Finishing Post
Our Waggon and Horses project has reached practical completion and, as a Thank You to the team and to show the scheme to prospective tenants, our client, CDMC Properties, held an Open House event at the project. The Inn dates back to the late 19th/early 20th Century, although it appears older as it was built […]
Failing Facade
RRA has been appointed to work on a Grade II Listed terraced building in Cheltenham’s central conservation area. Dating from the 1830s, the house is one of a pair of listed properties. Unfortunately, significant issues have compromised the integrity of the structure and specialist input is required to stabilise the house. Working with a regular […]
Glazing Up
Introducing our second project in two months with high end glazing packages being installed. It is an exciting time for any project to see all the windows and doors being fitted. Exciting, but also a ‘hold your breath’ critical moment as this is the point at which the envelope of the building is enclosed – […]
Marvelous Marble
Choosing the finish for any project is important and can be more difficult when working with natural materials rather than manmade, due to the natural variation which can differ significantly even across a single piece. Often we are working from small samples showing only a fraction of the desired material. So, to visit Bristol Marble […]
Killer, Karaoke and Kayaking at Center Parcs
The Covid pandemic meant RRA, just like almost all companies in the UK – and across the world – could not have a 2020 Christmas Party. So, when MD, Mark Powles, suggested a RRA company trip to Center Parcs in 2021 to make up for missing our much loved Christmas ‘do’, we jumped at the […]