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Heritage

Expert heritage refurbishment, preserving historic buildings, restoring and maintaining listed historic buildings for future generations.

Heritage Specialists

Historic building renovation and restoration

Heritage Specialists

Providing heritage building maintenance through traditional craftsmanship and historically appropriate materials, finishes, and treatments to conserve and protect the original look.

Retain & Restore

Our heritage experts include specialist treatments to clean, repair, retain and restore heritage buildings.

Planned Heritage Works

Delivering planned heritage repairs, our team works effectively around occupants, keeping historic buildings operational and safe.

Evolving Heritage

Adapting and evolving historic buildings to modernise it, so that buildings remain operational and safe to use.

Expert Craftsmanship

Concept’s skilled heritage teams protect historic and architectural value through expert craftsmanship while introducing modern improvements.

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From small projects to large contracts, we work with our clients to deliver a personal service that meets their needs and exceeds their expectations.

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Defence

Education

Education

Blue Light

Blue Light

Utilities & Industrial

Utilities & Industrial

Heritage

Heritage

Retail & Commercial

Retail & Commercial

Hotel & Leisure

Hotel & Leisure

Social Housing

Social Housing

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Healthcare

Healthcare

Hospitals and healthcare estates cannot simply close for fire safety works, so Fieldway plans every project around live clinical environments, working within NHS Health Technical Memoranda and Firecode guidance. From fire risk assessments to full compartmentation programmes, patients and staff stay safe without disruption to care.

Our sectors

Defence

Defence

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, brings fire safety expertise to defence estates through the group’s work with the Ministry of Defence. Axis has delivered fire safety upgrades including 277 fire door replacements for VIVO Defence, protecting barracks, training centres and Service Families homes across the UK.

Our sectors

Education

Education

Schools, colleges and universities need fire safety work fitted around the academic calendar, not the other way round. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and compliance programmes to DfE Good Estate Management standards, scheduling disruptive works for holidays wherever possible so learning continues uninterrupted.

Our sectors

Blue Light

Blue Light

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, supports police, fire and ambulance services through the group’s fire safety work across the UK’s blue light estate. Axis has delivered fire safety works to police and fire stations nationwide, including securing all three lots of a £300m regional Fire Safety Works Framework.

Our sectors

Utilities & Industrial

Utilities & Industrial

Utilities and industrial sites bring their own fire safety demands: complex plant, high-risk processes and strict operational continuity requirements. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and electrical compliance work engineered around live operational environments, keeping essential infrastructure running safely and compliantly.

Our sectors

Heritage

Heritage

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, brings fire safety expertise to listed and historic buildings through the group’s award-winning heritage teams. Axis has delivered fire safety upgrades to Grade II listed properties, protecting historic fabric and architectural character while meeting modern compliance standards.

Our sectors

Retail & Commercial

Retail & Commercial

In retail and commercial premises, fire safety work has to fit around trading hours and footfall. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and electrical compliance services that keep shops, offices and commercial units open, safe and fully compliant, whatever the trading pattern.

Our sectors

Hotel & Leisure

Hotel & Leisure

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, supports hotels and leisure facilities through the group’s work maintaining building regulation, fire safety and accessibility compliance. Axis has delivered refurbishment and compliance work across the hotel and leisure sector, including a 184-bedroom hotel upgrade, keeping venues safe and welcoming.

Our sectors

Social Housing

Social Housing

Fieldway has delivered fire safety programmes across social housing for over 25 years, including a £4m upgrade to seven high-rise blocks for Wigan Council and an £11m scheme across nine blocks for Pendleton Together. Every project is planned around residents, keeping homes safe and habitable throughout the work.

Healthcare

Healthcare

Hospitals and healthcare estates cannot simply close for fire safety works, so Fieldway plans every project around live clinical environments, working within NHS Health Technical Memoranda and Firecode guidance. From fire risk assessments to full compartmentation programmes, patients and staff stay safe without disruption to care.

Find out more

Defence

Defence

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, brings fire safety expertise to defence estates through the group’s work with the Ministry of Defence. Axis has delivered fire safety upgrades including 277 fire door replacements for VIVO Defence, protecting barracks, training centres and Service Families homes across the UK.

Find out more

Education

Education

Schools, colleges and universities need fire safety work fitted around the academic calendar, not the other way round. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and compliance programmes to DfE Good Estate Management standards, scheduling disruptive works for holidays wherever possible so learning continues uninterrupted.

Find out more

Blue Light

Blue Light

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, supports police, fire and ambulance services through the group’s fire safety work across the UK’s blue light estate. Axis has delivered fire safety works to police and fire stations nationwide, including securing all three lots of a £300m regional Fire Safety Works Framework.

Find out more

Utilities & Industrial

Utilities & Industrial

Utilities and industrial sites bring their own fire safety demands: complex plant, high-risk processes and strict operational continuity requirements. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and electrical compliance work engineered around live operational environments, keeping essential infrastructure running safely and compliantly.

Find out more

Heritage

Heritage

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, brings fire safety expertise to listed and historic buildings through the group’s award-winning heritage teams. Axis has delivered fire safety upgrades to Grade II listed properties, protecting historic fabric and architectural character while meeting modern compliance standards.

Find out more

Retail & Commercial

Retail & Commercial

In retail and commercial premises, fire safety work has to fit around trading hours and footfall. Fieldway delivers active fire, passive fire and electrical compliance services that keep shops, offices and commercial units open, safe and fully compliant, whatever the trading pattern.

Find out more

Hotel & Leisure

Hotel & Leisure

Fieldway, part of the Axis CLC group, supports hotels and leisure facilities through the group’s work maintaining building regulation, fire safety and accessibility compliance. Axis has delivered refurbishment and compliance work across the hotel and leisure sector, including a 184-bedroom hotel upgrade, keeping venues safe and welcoming.

Find out more

Social Housing

Social Housing

Fieldway has delivered fire safety programmes across social housing for over 25 years, including a £4m upgrade to seven high-rise blocks for Wigan Council and an £11m scheme across nine blocks for Pendleton Together. Every project is planned around residents, keeping homes safe and habitable throughout the work.

Find out more

Heritage FAQs

What heritage property maintenance services does Concept provide?

As a leading provider of heritage property maintenance services, Concept provides:

  • Building Compliance
  • DDA-compliant adaptations
  • Decarbonisation services
  • Decorative works
  • Facade restoration
  • Fire safety upgrades
  • Gold leafing
  • Historic building restoration
  • M&E
  • Masonry repairs
  • Plastering
  • Period-appropriate materials
  • Refurbishment
  • Restoration
  • Planned Preventive Maintenance
  • Roof repairs
  • Space reconfiguration
  • Specialist treatments
  • Stone conservation
  • Structural repairs
  • Timber preservation and joinery repair
  • Window restoration

What does heritage building conservation mean?

Heritage building conservation is the careful repair, maintenance, and protection of historic buildings to retain their architectural and cultural significance. It focuses on preserving the building’s original features, using traditional or compatible materials, while modernising and upgrading the building so that it can remain functional.

What specialist treatments do you need in heritage building conservation projects?

In heritage building conservation projects, Concept combines traditional craftsmanship with modern best practices to ensure the protection and restoration of a building’s appearance.

Techniques and treatments include golf leafing, careful cleaning, stone and timber restoration as well as bespoke, period appropriate paints to match the building’s original colour to ensure historical accuracy in all projects.

What are the main challenges facing heritage property maintenance providers?

Heritage property maintenance providers face unique challenges due to the fragile, historic fabric they work with. Repairs must preserve original features using traditional or compatible materials., often revealing hidden defects and requiring specialist and expert skills that are in short supply. Sourcing authentic materials and managing time-sensitive techniques adds complexity and can increase costs.

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