Principal Design, Construction
& Site Management

for the

Agriculture & Commercial Horticulture Sectors

We are an experienced & passionate team with a collaborative approach  based on openness, trust and communication.

We offer a tested Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 compliant model, which enables the client to deliver construction projects cost-effectively whilst mitigating risk.

Cabbage Store: Commercial Agriculture Project by Collaborative Construction

Skills &
Experience

Collaborative Construction Sefter South Commercial Agriculture Project

Collaborative
Management
Model

We are able to secure
savings of up to 15%
on construction projects above £1m

Jump to a case study to see the offer in action…

We bring our experience to three key offers throughout the construction project lifecyle:

  • Commercial Agriculture Project by Collaborative Construction

    Strategic Advice

    Principal Design
    Project brief, approach options, outline costs
    Project reviews and trouble-shooting

  • Construction Management in Progress by Collaborative Construction

    Construction Management

    Principal Design
    Budget and cost control
    Project planning & scheduling
    Quality management
    Procurement & supply management
    Risk management
    Compliance
    Contract Administration

  • Site Management in progress by Collaborative Construction

    Site Management

    Construction health & safety
    Security

We provide strategic advice, project, construction and site management for all stages of the project lifecycle.

  • Pre-Project

  • Initiation

  • Planning & Design

  • Pre-Construction

  • Procurement

  • Construction

  • Post-Construction

  • Post Project

  • Julian Marks, Group CEO Barfoots of Botley Ltd, 2024

    “Keith Jamieson has been integral to delivery of our >£14M development of facilities and infrastructure at Barfoots’ Sefter Farm over the last ten years. Sefter Farm is our main UK site, vital to our provision of sustainable, exceptionally fresh sweetcorn and premium produce to the UK market. Working responsively to our strategic and operational requirements, Keith has provided Barfoots with trusted principal design and construction management oversight, and consistently delivered quality, integrated and cost-effective design solutions. I would wholeheartedly recommend Keith to any business looking for a smart and genuinely collaborative construction approach.”

  • Nathan Dellicott, Farm Director, 2022

    “I’m very happy to recommend Keith Jamieson, who met our urgent requirement for construction of a refrigerated crop store to facilitate our rapidly growing business.

    Keith designed a value-engineered solution under significant time-pressure and, despite global restrictions on supply of sheet-steel, delivered the product store to time, cost and quality - thank you, Keith!”

Specialisms

  • Surveying, foundations, slab, drainage, access, water

  • Steel frame, cladding, storage, pack house, processing, office facilities

  • Grading, SuDS

  • Refrigeration

    Heat main and transfer

    Water and air process systems

  • RO systems and UV filtration

  • HV/LV electrical, LED lighting, battery and generator back up, private networks

  • Ground/air source heat pumps, biogas, CHP, heat recovery, solar

  • Fibre Optic Infrastructure

    CCTV

Case Study:
Barfoots of Botley

Meet the Team

  • Keith Jamieson Collaborative Construction

    Keith Jamieson

    Collaborative Construction is led by Keith Jamieson, who brings 35 years of design and management experience across the full range of engineering and construction disciplines.

     Raised in coastal and rural communities in West Sussex, Keith began his working life as a gamekeeper before developing an electrical contracting business. He co-founded RJ Power to provide electrical technical design and installation of HV feeder cables for Network Rail’s ‘contractor of choice’, BCM. Keith went on to establish 1stinpower securing key contracts for maintenance, signal, track, electrical, fibre and comms installation for the Hitachi Ashford, Siemens Hornsey and Three Bridges railway depots.

     Keith returned to the West Sussex countryside in 2009 to deliver design and construction projects for the agricultural and horticultural sector. Since then he has delivered >£16M construction projects including a £13M food processing plant, and further £2M across water treatment, solar and drainage solutions for Barfoots of Botley as well as design and build of £1.4M cabbage store for Langmead Farms.

     Keith now leads Collaborative Construction, which continues to deliver cost-effective projects for clients in the agricultural and horticultural sectors.

  • Jack Jamieson

    Jack Jamieson

    Jack is a 26-year-old mechanical engineer specialising in thermodynamics and heat recovery. He obtained a first-class Mechanical Engineering degree (BEng) from the University of Hull and a Distincton in Advanced Mechanical Engineering (MSc) from the University of Leeds. Jack’s undergraduate dissertation discussed the feasibility of using magnetic gearboxes in multimegawatt wind turbines.

    Jack worked in Technical Sales and Project Procurement for a leading heat exchanger manufacturer. Since then, he has provided project management for Collaborative Construction and delivering specialised civil and process engineering projects, including in-depth thermodynamic heat survey to optimise the efficiency of Barfoots Energy’s Anerobic Digesting Plant.

  • Amy Jamieson

    Amy was a key part of the team who established Collaborative Construction, alongside Keith and Jack. She now manages the administration & back office operations, including banking & bookkeeping, marketing, materials purchasing and more.

    She is also regularly to be found on site, where she operates plant and machinery.

  • Grow Partners

    We partner with strategic and planning advisor, John Hall and project management expert, Rebecca Beveridge of Grow Partners to resource and deliver value through the entire development project lifecycle, from outline design to operational handover.

    Grow Partners

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