Commercial & institutional
Buildings where compliance
is not optional
Care settings, schools, clinics and workplaces are unforgiving of shortcuts: regulators inspect them, insurers scrutinise them and people depend on them. Our founder’s background is exactly these buildings — so we design and build them with the evidence trail institutional clients need, not just the finish they see.
One firm, whatever the sector
Design, approvals and construction — together
Design & approvals
Feasibility, planning applications, listed building consent, building regulations packages, fire strategy and licensing layouts — argued properly with the authorities.
Construction
Principal contractor delivery under CDM 2015 — refurbishment, extension, conversion and fit-out, including phased work in live, occupied settings.
Evidence
Open-book cost reporting against an agreed margin, priced scope you can interrogate line by line, building control certification, and the documentation your auditors, insurers and regulators expect.
Current appointment
A 23,616 sq ft whole-building conversion
We have been appointed design and build contractor for the conversion of a town-centre office building in Birkenhead into an educational facility, taking the whole building across all four storeys including the lower ground floor and basement.
- 23,616 sq ft (2,194 sq m) across four storeys
- Change of use to Use Class F1 — learning and non-residential institutions
- Planning consent APP/24/01717, Wirral Council — a matter of public record you are welcome to check
- Architectural design coordination as our own service, plus the full consultant team: structural, mechanical and electrical, fire, acoustic, access and energy modelling
- Every construction package, from groundworks and roofing to lifts, glazing and commissioning
- Principal Contractor under CDM 2015, Building Regulations submissions, and discharge of the outstanding planning conditions
The scheme is contracted and in pre-construction. Drawings and photographs will follow once we are on site. The client is not named here at their discretion; the planning reference identifies the building.
Sectors
Where we work
Care homes
New build, refurbishment and compliance upgrades — fire safety, accessibility and CQC-facing standards, planned around residents who cannot simply move out.
Medical & clinical
GP surgeries, dental practices, clinics and health centres — infection-control detailing, ventilation and the M&E intensity clinical space demands.
Schools & nurseries
Classroom extensions, refurbishments and SEN adaptations — safeguarding-aware site management and holiday-programmed delivery.
Offices & workplaces
Fit-out and refurbishment that keeps the business running while the work happens around it.
Restaurants & hospitality
Kitchens, front-of-house and guest accommodation — ventilation, fire separation and environmental health, done right first time.
Community & faith buildings
Halls, centres and places of worship — capacity, access and fire strategy for buildings that serve everyone.
HMO & rental property
Licensing layouts, fire compliance and conversions — the areas where landlords most often meet enforcement.
Heritage & listed
Listed building consent, heritage statements and conservation-area work, with respect for the fabric and the paperwork.
Named project figures are schemes our founder worked on in technical design and delivery roles; Blue Apple projects are identified as such. We are happy to walk through any of it in detail.
Procurement & due diligence
Ask us the hard questions
Tender packs, pre-qualification questionnaires, insurance details, method statements, references — send them over. Blue Apple Contracting Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 07715068, trading since 2011. We would rather be checked than taken on faith.
Residential instead?
Extensions, lofts and conversions have their own world, with fee and permission tools.