The Practice was responsible for the design and monitoring of the refurbishment of the kitchen facilities. This covered all aspects of the mechanical, electrical and public health services, covering the full kitchen and dishwashing areas. The hotel catering operation had to be maintained during the course of the works, presenting a number of technical challenges that had to be overcome.
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.
The office building is targeting Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A.
The New Zealand House comprises over 200,000ft² of space over two basement levels, ground to level 18
The Practice was responsible for designing the complete refurbishment of the mechanical, electrical and public health services to all of the guest rooms, together with the penthouse units in The Claridge’s Hotel.
New build residential development providing 142 units over 3 blocks up to 16 storeys in height.
The project also involved the refurbishment of the reception space and improvement of the cycle store entrance and wayfinding at basement level.