84 Moorgate
Cat A Fit Out
84 Moorgate is a 1920s Grade II listed building within the City of London. Our works have required a diligent and sympathetic approach from our team to make sure that we do justice to the beautiful heritage construction of the building. The building services specification covers mechanical, electrical, and public health disciplines and includes for a total services infrastructure installation, as well as an exposed services Cat-A fit-out.
Our initial scope grew significantly when enhanced fire safety requirements emerged, demanding a complete redesign of the building’s service systems. The building’s unique clinker concrete construction presented additional hurdles, requiring innovative solutions for mounting essential services and equipment.
An accelerated project lead in was required to enable the various modifications to the rainwater drainage system throughout the building, enabling the main contractor to continue with their works. We designed and installed acoustic screens and baffles to prevent any plant noise from leaking into the local environment.
Our team developed several innovative approaches, including custom-engineered fixing systems to safely secure services to the historic structure and rapid-response modifications to the rainwater drainage system to keep the project on track. We implemented specially designed acoustic screening to protect the surrounding neighborhood from plant noise and installed sustainable technologies, such as solar thermal systems and heat pumps
Given the extent of the modern technology that we have co-ordinated within the building, we’re worked to ensure that services are aesthetically installed, and the final finish is in keeping with the modern open services design which forms the architectural design for the building. This has involved finding unique and innovative solutions to everyday services installations, coupled with an intense attention to detail, and a very close relationship with the professional team.
The building now features advanced climate control through the VRF systems, sophisticated lighting controls, modern ventilation services, and flexible power and data distribution designed specifically for teaching spaces, with the building due to be tenanted by the Fashion Retail Academy.
Other new services include a solar thermal system, heat pumps for secondary heating and cooling services, and new ELV services. On the ground floor of the building there are several shops and cafes which have remained open for the duration of the works, we’ve worked to ensure that their live services have been uninterrupted for the duration of the programme. Services within the retail spaces are due to be upgraded as part of the close-out phase of the works.
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