GYM AND SPA DESIGN CONSULTANCY FROM CONCEPT THROUGH TO THE FULL EXPERIENCE
About Us Leisure Club Consultancy Design Consultancy Gym Equipment Gyn and Spa Management The Education Sector The Hotel Sector Private Home Gyms The Residential Sector
ABOUT US RCH provide effective consultancy, gym equipment supply and management solutions to the specialist on-site gym and spa market. Our clients range from residential gyms in apartment blocks, to corporate fitness centres, to hotel gyms and spas, to schools and colleges and even high-quality personal home gyms. Our aim is to ensure our clients have the highest quality, most cost-effective facilities imaginable, without losing the wow factor. Our services are comprehensive. Designed with care to create the very best health and fitness and Spa facility to your own bespoke brief, our expertise includes: Detailed and thorough operational expertise provided during design consultancy Professional layouts, plans and concept design Highly competitive gym equipment supply Efficient plug-and-play installation On-going industry leading and proven management contracts and operations Our experience is substantial with over 20 years in the sector and an enviable track record of success across an impressive portfolio of projects. Our commitment is to provide the wow factor to your facility. RCH directors manage each project personally, giving you the highest possible levels of care and experience available in the bespoke fitness facilities sector.
THE TEAM Phillippa Hardman Managing Director and Lead Design Consultant Raw Corporate Health Ltd, Unit 9, Earlsfield Business Centre 9 Lydden Road, London, SW18 4LT Tel: +44 (0)20 8789 9600 Email: ph@rawcorporatehealth.com Following a highly successful career in dance originally as a ballet dancer and then three years dancing all over the world with Hot Gossip, Phillippa qualified as a personal trainer and one of the first Pilates teachers in London in 1990, becoming one of the original, and most successful sole trader trainers in central London in the early 1990s. In 2001 she formed Raw Corporate Health (RCH) with Mick Rolton. As joint owner of RCH and Managing Director Phillippa leads the development and consultancy side of RCH and works closely with all clients from conception though to opening. Mick Rolton Operations Director Raw Corporate Health Ltd, Unit 9, Earlsfield Business Centre 9 Lydden Road, London, SW18 4LT Tel: +44 (0)20 8789 9600 Email: mr@rawcorporatehealth.com Mick s degree in Sports Science and Business Studies led him in the early 90s to a role as Fitness Professional and Personal Trainer at the Broadgate Club in the City, at the time regarded as one of the top clubs in the country. He then went on to become a sole trader Personal Trainer, building up a top-end client base. In 2001 he joined with Phillippa Hardman to form RCH where he is joint owner and Operations Director. Mick has developed a successful SOP for all aspects of Gyms and Spas and has a coaching and personal development-focused strategy for recruiting, hiring, training and retaining all of RCH s management staff, fitness professionals, personal trainers and therapists.
OUTSTANDING HEALTH AND FITNESS SOLUTIONS FOR UNIQUE LOCATIONS
LEISURE CLUB CONSULTANCY RCH know what mix and range of facilities will work for every environment from a standalone gym to a full facility with a gym, pool, spa, screening room, lounge and much more. With a wealth of experience our Consultancy Work will use a tried and tested range of design and market knowledge to make experience driven recommendations for your site. RCH work alongside architects providing operational know how to ensure maximum utilisation of the available space, the optimum flow to enhance the users experience and ultimately, the service optimisation as well as the aesthetics of the facility. The detailed information and plans will provide you with a practical and comprehensive template for moving your Leisure Club forwards effectively, competitively and safely. RCH CLUB PLANNING AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS Profile of Membership Secondary Spend Facilitation Staffing Options Range of Equipment OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS Accessibility Inductions Footfall and Member Flow Desired Ambiance Health and Safety ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION Sustainability Use of Environmentally Friendly Fixtures and Fittings Use of Natural Light and Energy Energy Efficiency Health and Safety
DESIGN CONSULTANCY Our aim is to create a facility that will make a lasting impression, ensuring the facility will operate to its optimum when open. From lighting advice and flooring, to colour choices and equipment layout, we illustrate every area of your facility to the very last detail. RCH Design services will create an environment that is welcoming to your customers and practical to use. Typically our design services include: Gym equipment layouts Full Leisure facility plans Visualisation using 2D artists impressions 3D graphics and fly through presentations Health & safety advice
RCH have always been a pleasure to work with. They are punctual with their work thrive on the detail required for these top-end consultancy projects. They are a great asset to any project and have added real value to both projects I have appointed them on. I thoroughly recommend them to prospective client and look forward to working with them again in the future. John McDonald Residential Director at Stanhope PLC and Former EC Harris Partner
Gym Design and Layout Gym Equipment RCH embraces the very latest planning and design principles and techniques. We use our in-house team to deliver 2D and 3D gym plans. We have global knowledge of all products. With your brand at the forefront of our mind, we focus on the creation of varied and stimulating environments to give the member the best experience possible. We make best use of the spaces available. With 20 years of experience in the fitness market and our long term partnerships with the leading equipment suppliers, RCH are perfectly placed to offer the best, most suitable range of equipment at the most competitive price. And, to make life easier for our clients, we manage the entire process on your behalf from layouts, to upholstery specifications, to installation.
Training Health and Safety RCH usually provides a management contract but can also train your on-site team providing the operational procedures and expertise required to check the equipment and manage the gym safely. Staff training sessions normally last 2-3 hours, and cover elements such as equipment features and benefits, general maintenance and care, technical information, and how to obtain service support. In other words, all the practical considerations you need to begin operating your gym are taken care of by us. Finance Solutions Gym equipment can be purchased out right from RCH or can be leased. RCH understands that securing the correct funding is often crucial to a facility s commercial success. We take great care in ensuing that all of our facilities are designed and managed effectively and safely, ensuing we meet all current legislation. From trained staff to providing Standard Operating procedures and independent audits we provide a safe and effective facility for our clients from design through to operations and management. Maintenance and Warranty RCH supplies the service and warranty packages with top of the range engineers who are technically qualified and fully trained on our comprehensive range of products. For our managed facilities, our after-sales support provides thorough and comprehensive programmes of maintenance to keep your equipment in tip-top condition daily, weekly and monthly. Over the years RCH have developed partnerships with finance providers offering a range of solutions to meet most business needs. We are able to make recommendations. YOU RE IN SAFE HANDS
GYM AND SPA MANAGEMENT Delivering the vision day in, day out RCH delivers full operations procedures and on-going gym and spa management packages tailored to the requirements of each client, from full time staffing right though to inmanned solutions or inductions only. Our service includes sourcing and hiring all staff, ensuring compliance with all insurance and regulatory requirements and providing monthly usage and financial reporting and much more. We are profit driven with the customer experience foremost in our minds. Our management packages often include the following: Benchmarking Operations Qualified and Motivated Staff Facility Inductions and Programmes DYNAMIC TEAM TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR COMPANY
Benchmarking Operations Standard Operating Procedures Regular Site Audits Management Checklists Facility Inductions and Programmes Gym Equipment Consultancy and Supply Gym and Spa Supply and Management of Maintenance Contracts Gym Equipment Consultancy and Supply Recruitment Staff Training User Inductions Inductions for all before using the gym or spa Personal training Lifestyle one on one and seminars The latest web based fitness solutions
EDUCATION With experience within the education sector, we can provide advice and focus on facilities designed for the students or for dual use fitness facilities for both you and the local community. A dual use facility will provide both external membership and a significant income stream thereby off-setting the costs of setting up a new fitness gym for your students. We advise on maximum space utilization and service optimization and demonstrate how profits can be maximized. We then take care of every aspect of the project, to launch and beyond, including: Market research to understand the demographics and opportunities Feasibility studies to evaluate the potential and strategic and financial planning Full stakeholder engagement and gym design and equipment supply Facility management training and facility fitness programming Installation of equipment Providing quality staff that have an excellent approach to customer service Operation procedure setup and training with quality management systems (QMS). We have developed a complete range of QMS enabling facilities to operate effectively, efficiently and safely PROFESSIONALISM AND QUALITY ASSURED
HOTELS RCH provide design and management solutions to hotel Spas and Health Clubs. Working in association with both independents and groups, our objective is always to add value to your hotel, your guests and your brand. From additional secondary income to increasing fitness memberships, from adding value to a guests stay through to providing visually stunning hotel fitness facilities, our qualified team of experts are available. RCH provides: Hotel spa and health club design and operations consultancy Quality management systems Effective sales and marketing programmes A range of world leading fitness equipment and support systems Health and safety training and support Solutions and options for the management of the facility With RCH managing and proving all training and regular reporting the hotel management can concentrate on their core business.
PRIVATE HOME GYMS RCH understand that your home is personal to you. From design, colours and furniture, we will work with you to design a fully integrated fitness and lifestyle space that will deliver your health and fitness requirements. For all the family, with more or less available space, more or less time to work out and endless or limited budgets, we have dedicated directors that will support and guide you. We provide leading fitness programmes, fitness equipment, choice and support. We have supplied home gyms to some of the best addresses in London since 2001. We are discreet, very private and offer excellent customer service. We are here to find your best solution. We are exclusive and bespoke We understand elegance and attention to detail We provide practical and detailed market knowledge We understand space and gym plans All of our gym equipment is installed with on-going maintenance and warranty contracts
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS We provide an exclusive aspirational and lifestyle choice for your residents. Facilities which work to your advantage as your enticing luxury sales tool giving you added value for your properties and providing your residents with a lifestyle choice too to enhance their wellbeing. Hands on design support to your architects and technical team Operational flow facility plans to aid your architects Sales and Programming for profit with profit share options back into the estate The provision of dedicated and tailored on site quality manuals, audits and facility health checks Tested and proven design briefs with Immediate response providing professional 2D and 3D layouts and plans Dynamic solutions for your gym and spa facility enticing your customers to live in your development. Space efficient designs, cost saving and sustainable, modern and in line with current legislation Safety, results and smiling faces! The re-assurance of health & safety and insurance cover
WE UNDERSTAND CORPORATE RCH understand the concerns and needs of the corporate sector from human resources, occupational health, welfare demands, facility challenges and to you, the employer: Employee morale, motivation and health & safety Reduced absenteeism, better lifestyle and improved performance Space issues and therefore cost effective solutions Quality and brand synergy with your business and your mission statements Costs and therefore tailored solutions on finance options and lease arrangements A better, fitter, happier team with measurable benefits From initial meetings with our experienced and hands-on directors to providing you with a care free service and team of experienced and employee friendly trainers, RCH know the corporate health and fitness sector and ensure that our specialist services comply with your needs and those in line with current legislation. We ensure that we continue to support you with flexible packages that can be changed as will your business.
What our clients say... We have worked with RCH for 4 years now after initially viewing their website. We tendered to other companies but were unable to find any other options who were able to provide the required bespoke service we needed. RCH were able to supply us with a completely bespoke wellness and gym management contract with a selection of flexible services. Corporate gym, Oxford.
Raw Corporate Health Ltd trading as RCH Unit 9, Earlsfield Business Centre 9 Lydden Road, London, SW18 4LT Tel: 020 8789 9600 www.rawcorporatehealth.com