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Atkins Realis Manchester

Client: Atkins Realis UK Project Type: Internal Commercial Office Refurbishment of 3 floors Project Value: £2.8 million Project Overview: CAT B Fit-out of Levels 8, 9 and 10 at their new head office. Works included full design and build to create meeting rooms, open plan office space, welfare rooms, IT comms rooms, kitchens (Teapoints), dining areas and FM facilities. All new fixtures and fittings in line with the businesses new branding and specifications. Main packages included; MEP remodelling and new installations, acoustic partitions and wall finishes, feature ceilings, flooring and bespoke Joinery including a new reception area. This project was delivered within an extremely tight timeframe in a high rise building in Manchester city centre. There were significant logistical and coordination challenges due to the nature of the buildings location and works taking place on high floors in a live environment, however the team delivered successfully on time and within budget under an extremely pressured scenario....

PWC East Midlands – Derby, Donnington

Client: Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP Project Type: Internal Commercial Office Refurbishment of 1 floor Project Value: £200,000 Project Overview: General refurbishment of office space at their Donnington Park site including space planning and new fixtures and fittings throughout. Main packages included, remodelling of office layout, upgraded M&E, new Teapoints, flooring, decorations, ceiling modifications, bespoke wall coverings inc. acoustic panelling and bespoke joinery. The project was completed in phases so that staff could be moved around and the business remained live throughout....

Gisbert Kapp Building, University of Birmingham

Project Name: Gisbert Kapp Building Client: UOB Project Type: Internal Education Refurbishment of 5 floors Project Value: £6 million Contract: Design and Build Project Overview: Full Strip out and refurb of 5 floors at the Gisbert Kapp Building on the UOB campus, this entailed fitting out new labourites for the Psychology department, New Teaching Rooms and Meeting/Conference rooms with all acoustic panelling installed, New tea points on all floors with high quality finishes and feature green walls. A gym area was installed, massage along with treatment rooms for the sports science department. Also included the refurbishment of the toilets on the top floors and fully new Unisex toilets installed on the 1st and 2nd Floors. We also created new Fire holding lobbies to comply with the new Fire strategy for the building which included all Firestopping throughout the building which was undertaken to full certification to BMTRADA standards....

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, various Angiology suites and X Ray rooms

Client: NHS Trust & Equans Project Type: Healthcare, Specialist Medical Projects Value: Multiple projects done in multiple phases - £1.5 million Project Overview: We completed the tender negotiation to deliver numerous projects over a 2 year period including CT and MRI Scanners, Angiology Suites and X Ray facility refurbishments. Works included the full strip out of existing facilities and installation of new fixtures and fittings throughout. These were designed to IPC standards and were delivered through required gateway stages to ensure compliance with NHS requirements/standards. Works included structural designs and installations to house specialist medical scanning equipment, new MEP, furniture, radiology screens, flooring, ceilings, decorations and other medical equipment to suit the specific room type. All were delivered in live Hospital environments so significant coordination and H&S needs were incorporated. Sometimes the more intrusive works had to be carried out in the very early hours or between certain times which had to be pre-approved with the NHS. All have been delivered on time and within budget and more projects are being planned with start on site in the next few months....

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Pick & Pack

Project Type: Healthcare, Hospital Services Project Value: £750,000 Project Overview: Works package was to install new freezers and cold rooms for the main Hospital. These rooms are for storage of foods and the main prep areas that supply all catering facilities to the entire estate – the QEH is one of the biggest Hospitals in the Country. The works were completed in phases so that the existing facilities could be retained and remain in use whilst new ones were constructed. Works included strip out and demolitions of various areas to house the new cold rooms. It also included significant M&E works associated with new freezer equipment and chillers installed on the Hospital roofs, a long way away from where the Catering Dept is sited. This involved major coordination works and working evenings for 4 months non-stop. The old cold storage areas and freezers were decommissioned and all food swapped over in a short period of time to avoid loss of stock. There were significant builders works involved in creating these new facilities along with enhanced life saving systems and fire stopping throughout the length of the basement within the Hospital. The project was completed on time and on budget without any loss...

University of Birmingham Bioscience Building

Client: University of Birmingham Project Type: Educational Laboratory fit out Project Value: £700,000 Project Overview: Project planning and co-ordination were key to the success of this project. The end goal was to accommodate the students return and be able to occupy the teaching laboratory on the 2nd floor that is connected, via a bridge link to the New CLS Building. In order to achieve this, some enabling works had to occur as follows; The I.T. room on the 8th Floor was converted to a laboratory that moved from the 5th floor housing a Mass spectrometer, extremely sensitive to temperature change and therefore three new air-conditioning and ventilation units were installed along with full refurbishment of floors, walls, electrics and laboratory grade benching. The 5th floor was converted to house the autoclave machines and fly food mixers that were on the second floor, again as a full refurbishment incorporating the creation of two new rooms and altering all electrical and mechanical ventilation. A new electrical cable to support the capacity of four autoclaves from a new distribution board was pulled in to the main distribution board. Once the 5th floor refurbishment was completed it allowed us to strip out the 2nd floor and work on the main...

University of Birmingham Mechanical Engineering Building

Client: University of Birmingham Project Type: Educational fit out Project Value: £530,000 Project Overview: A general refurbishment of an Engineering teaching area with logistical difficulties. Valuable heavy equipment that carries out repetitive testing to destruction of joint replacement components needed to be moved from a basement room to the first floor of, one of the oldest buildings at the University. The room needed to be fitted out with upgraded electrics, data and fire detection systems. A new steel platform to take the weight was introduced and new floor coverings and decoration were carried out prior to the roof being removed and the equipment craned in through the opening. The equipment was put in position and the roof was closed and decorated....

University of Birmingham Research Park

Client: University of Birmingham Project Type: Commercial Office fit-out of 1 floor offices Project Value: £285,000 Project Overview: The project involved the comprehensive refurbishment of office space for the Research Park Management team, including modifications to the office layout and upgrades to lighting, small power, data, and fire detection systems. The installation of a new, modern tea point and breakout area were introduced and acoustic wall panels, fixtures and fitting were strategically placed to create different zones that would not negatively impact other working areas, whilst maintaining an “open plan” feel. This was a standard contract with contractor design elements....

TESCO Broad Street, Birmingham

Client: Regal Property Group Uk Ltd Project Type: Internal fit-out of retail store Project Value: £400,000 Project Overview: Project scope involved the shell fit-out and services infrastructure of the ground floor retail unit to a 40 storey resi tower in the centre of Birmingham. Works included the Installation of curtain walling 2 storeys high (glazing) to 3 elevations, multiple retail entrances (in steel / high security ratings), shop front and auto doors, new slab to retail unit, M&E services mods inc life saving systems, new steel staircase, major structural support works for curtain walling installs, suspended ceilings, plasterboard wall linings, foundations for new extension, external plant works for refrigeration, civils and trenches for service runs, new landscaping areas and external street/pathway lighting, security fencing and footpath reprofiling along Broad Street & Sheepcote Street. Also involved design development for S.278 Layby highway works for street widening and vehicle / goods delivery proposals to suit store requirements....

LBS Solihull

Client: Leeds Building Society Project Type: Internal fit-out of Building Society Branch Project Value: £450,000 Project Overview: Strip-out and complete retail fit-out of existing branch. Works included new lift, MEP modifications and new installations, shop front glazing, new bespoke joinery, ceilings, flooring, toilets, kitchen and decorations. The scope also included new front of house customer services facilities in line with corporate standards and specifications. This was a design and build project delivered in an extremely tight timeframe to minimise reduction of branch services....