A Grade II Listed Building in the St James’s conservation area, 8 Waterloo Place has been refurbished to offer 22,500ft² of high quality office accommodation and 8,700ft² of restaurant shell unit, for which Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering, BREEAM duties and energy consultancy to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and an EPC B rating.

All new building services were installed, using an underfloor air conditioning system, comprising conditioned air module (CAM) units which were connected to air source heat pumps (ASHP) for heating and cooling the office space. A new shower and cycle facilities were provided on the lower ground floor.

Lighting installations included profiled LED slot lighting installed between the structural bays to complement the exposed ceiling downstand beams.