What we do
| We produce materials for technical communication such as: | In a variety of media: |
| - case studies - marketing copy - exhibitions - newsletters - reports - manuals - editing and ghost writing - training. |
- print - web - CD-ROM - DVD - video - animation. |
Examples
Case study
Report
Web
Toolkit - paper
Toolkit - online
Video
Case study
Off-site construction
doesn’t just mean transferring processes to a factory, as Armstrong Integrated
Systems (AIS) discovered the hard way.
Fitters instinctively carried on as they did on site. Looking to manufacturing, AIS discovered the 5S tool that helped to change employees’ attitudes to factory jobs and instil a new sense of pride in the modules they were building. 3D modelling, also borrowed from manufacturing, has propelled step changes in productivity and customer service.
Author - Adrian Young
Designer - Stables Studio
Print manager - Citrus.
Report
Information overload is a
common complaint among professionals grappling with seemingly endless initiatives.
Building Best Value Schools is a guide for everyone involved in building schools to pause, draw breath and decide what to do. It brings together best practice and points readers to publications that will help them to get the best value.
There are many stunning schools that could have been used to illustrate the booklet, but we thought bright, happy children would best grab the reader's attention and remind them what it's all about.
Author - Adrian Young
Designer - Stables Studio
Print manager - Citrus.
Web
Think
‘contracts’ (yawn…) but forget dull!
Turn on your PC's sound system, go to PPC2000.co.uk and then imagine a contract that takes the mystery out of project partnering.
PPC2000.co.uk is a new website from the Association of Consultant Architects (ACA). It shows how the ACA’s innovative partnering contracts give clients the best chance of realising their ambitions. And yield better outcomes for constructors, consultants and specialists.
Look here for hard facts and guidance on using ACA’s partnering contracts. Fiona Griffiths, ACA’s Secretary General, says: “Our market testing of the website confirmed what contract users wanted. We offer tasters, case studies, answers to common questions and other free downloads. Follow the links to the PPC2000 User Groups, accredited Partnering Advisers and training providers; there is no need to just believe what we say.”
Besides the radical multi-party project partnering contract PPC2000, you can also learn about the companion contract for specialists (SPC2000) and the GUIDE to effective partnering. A whole section is dedicated to TPC2005, the ACA’s new multi-party contract for term partnering.
“I congratulate the production team on the look and impact of this website,” says David Mosey, Head of the Projects and Construction Group at Trowers & Hamlins, authors of ACA’s family of partnering contracts. “The cartoon introduction is not what the construction industry expects of a legal topic, but the accessible content written in plain English certainly is.”
Author – Adrian Young
Web pages – Ivisual
Cartoon introduction – Simon Walker
Graphics – Stables Studio
Toolkit - paper version
Respect for People is
sadly lacking in many work situations: how bosses treat employees, how workers behave
towards colleagues and how customers' interests are neglected.
The construction industry has a particularly poor reputation as an unpleasant and unsafe environment, and this is affecting recruitment.
The Respect for People Toolkits were published in October 2002, following a two-year trial by construction organisations wanting to recruit and retain the best possible workforce, and reprinted to meet demand in May 2003.
We designed the toolkits with ease of use and sustainability in mind. The checklists include performance charts to see how an organisation measures up against the criteria concluded from the trial, together with pointers to help in dealing with particular issues. The whole kit, including the 'toolbox', is made of paper and card; there is no plastic.
Authors - various in-house
Editor - Adrian Young
Designer - Stables Studio
Print manager - Citrus.
Toolkit - online version
Local government is under sustained pressure to lift its game. Delivering
‘best value’ is the mantra, but ‘how’ is the question.
This toolkit gives step-by-step guidance on how to set up and run framework
agreements. Although this toolkit was prepared with construction and maintenance
work for local government in mind, the principles apply to procurement of any goods,
services or works in the public sector and utilities generally. Users will need to check
where variations from local government rules and procedures arise.
Go
to the Frameworking Toolkit.
Author - Adrian Young
Web designer - Ivisual.
Video
Buildoffsite campaigns for the take up of off-site
techniques in UK construction.
BROLGA made video 'adverts' for their exhibition stand, showing five compelling reasons to move construction away from chaotic sites to controlled conditions in factories.
See example: "On time and budget" (wmv file).
Research and script - Adrian Young
Video editor - Simon Walker