Design & Build Contractor London 3 - Westferry Circus

The University is seeking to appoint a Design & Build contractor who will appoint suitably qualified and experienced consultants to complete the design, manage and undertake the proposed works, within the Universities demise at One Westferry Circus, to provide their new London Academic Campus.

The University's demise is located on 3 floors of the building.

Approximately, 11,000 sq ft on the Ground Floor, 25,234 sq ft on the First Floor and 10,000 sq ft on the Second Floor.

The extent of the Ground-Floor demise currently houses a vacant Conference & Cafeteria Facility, a Service area, Nursery and Sanitary Accommodation.

The Ground Floor is accessed through an independent, glass frontage entrance into the Nursery, then though the Service area to the Conference Centre and Sanitary Accommodation.

There is an access into the Conference Facility directly off the main building atrium that would not be suitable for construction access and also via a goods lift from the under-croft service area.

The works associated with the Ground Floor generally consist of removal of existing partitions, fixtures, fittings, and finishes, including associated services, and providing a tenant's fitout as indicated on the proposed plans and accommodation schedule.

There is a requirement to form a new independent staircase, within the demise, from the Ground Floor to the First Floor levels, the provisional location and extent of this is indicated on the proposed plans and requires further investigation.

The extent of the First-Floor demise covers the whole floor outside of the Landlords Core facilities, and currently houses a vacant Conference Facility.

The First Floor is accessed through an independent staircase within the main building atrium and via the main building lift core, neither would be suitable for construction access.

There are also several Means of Escape stairs, one of which is linked to the glass frontage entrance of the ground floor Nursery.

Access is also via the goods lift from the under-croft service area.

The works associated with the First Floor generally consist of removal of existing partitions, fixtures, fittings, and finishes, including associated services, and providing a tenant's fitout as indicated on the proposed plans.

The First-Floor has recently been fitted out to CAT A standard.

The First-Floor demise is accessed through the main building atrium and the main building lift core, this would not be suitable for construction access.

Access would generally be via the goods lift from the under-croft service area.

The works associated with the First Floor generally consist of providing a tenant's fitout as indicated on the proposed plans.