Cardinal Place

London, UK

Project outline

A mixed use development comprising three new buildings providing over 500,000ft² of high quality office accommodation and 200,000ft² of retail units including Marks and Spencer, Topshop, Zara, Boots, wagamamas, etc.

The new development shares a common basement with two existing buildings.  These five buildings are combined to provide underground access to each building on the site, retail delivery loading bay and parking for 372 cars.

Whilst the construction took place access to the retained building had to be maintained.  Also the District and Circle line runs directly under the building, therefore extensive safety precautions were in place to ensure no damage was caused to the tunnel during the construction process.

Contract value

£202,000,000

Key features

• Achieved a “Very Good” BREEAM Rating
• Unique external cleaning cradle equipment with design incorporated into overall architectural solution
• The entire roof plant areas have a louvred roof to obscure the plant room view from higher surrounding buildings
• Additional column mounted uplights added to meet LG7 requirements
• Development includes six atriums
• A central fire control room allows monitoring of potential fire risks and due to the size of development a phased evacuation can be controlled if necessary
• 189 camera site wide CCTV system to monitor all areas of the development
• Complex site requiring extensive demolition & enabling works
• Shallow LUL underground tunnels below buildings
• Use of prefabrication on major Mechanical and Electrical plant
• Dealer Facility

Appointment

• Building Services
• BREEAM
• CFD