Watkins Payne played a pivotal role in the design of the brand new 1.2-acre Adventure Park at the Savill Garden in Windsor. With our expertise and dedication, we successfully completed various essential tasks to ensure the park’s development and its subsequent success as a popular attraction.
Comprehensive site assessments and surveys were conducted to identify the most suitable locations for the Adventure Park’s different features. We took into account factors like safety, accessibility, and aesthetic appeal, ensuring that the park would offer an engaging and enjoyable experience for visitors of all ages.
We were responsible for overseeing the installation of thrilling rides, such as zip lines, climbing walls, and obstacle courses.
Throughout the entire process, we remained committed to quality assurance and safety, ensuring that all structures met the required standards and specifications. Our attention to detail and commitment to excellence ensured that the Adventure Park in Windsor became a safe and exciting venue that continues to attract and delight families and adventure enthusiasts alike.
Saffron House was refurbished to provide 38,000ft² of high quality office accommodation. Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering which saw the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd floor including the ground floor reception of Saffron House converted into open plan office areas and reception.
The building Africa House along Kingsway near Holborn Station has been refurbished to offer 119,297ft² of high quality office accommodation, for which Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering, vertical transportation engineering, BREEAM duties and energy consultancy to achieve an EPC C rating.
Watkins Payne was commissioned to design a Cat A fit-out refurbishment across the existing 11,800sq.ft building. The ground floor was completely redeveloped with a new office entrance lobby and 1,300sq.ft new retail space.
The carbon neutral status was achieved by exemplary as-built air tightness facade solar and thermal performance significantly in excess of the Building Regulations requirements, highly energy efficient M&E systems, LED lighting and photovoltaic panel arrays on the roof of the warehouse.
Sustainability initiatives include LED lighting with occupancy detection and daylight dimming controls, solar thermal hot water heating, air source heat pumps and photovoltaic panels, resulting in an EPC rating of A and a Very Good rating under BREEAM New Construction (Industrial) 2014.
The project involved the refurbishment and extension of the existing building to deliver over 260,000sq ft of office space, achieving BREEAM ‘Outstanding’.