
Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Reviewer role for 2 Aldermanbury Square, a redevelopment of the existing City Place House located at 55 Basinghall Street.
A preliminary review was undertaken at Stage 2 allowing the design team to implement the recommendations at Stages 3 and 4. A formal review was conducted at Stage 4 with the design successfully achieving a Design Reviewed Target Rating of 5.0 Stars.

The successful refurbishment and fit-out of the lower ground and ground floors.

The building has been transformed to provide a 133 bedroom hotel including car and cycle parking on site.

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.

Michael Faraday House IET, Stevenage. A Sustainable Building Refurbishment.

The office building is targeting Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A.