Specifications

Design criteria

Finished ceiling and void heights
  • Office ceiling heights 4030mm at its highest and 2900mm at its lowest
  • Raised floor void of 105mm

 

Occupancy standards
  • WC’s 1:10
  • Fresh-air 1:10
  • Means of escape 1:10

 

Acoustics performance
  • Office areas NR 38
  • WCs NR 45

 

Structure and building fabric
  • Insitu concrete frame construction
  • Insitu concrete floor slabs
  • Brick exterior – ‘Wienerberger Marziale’ with white mortar
  • Loading of slab in office areas 3.5kN per sqm

 

Cycle and changing facilities
  • Office areas NR 38
  • WCs NR 45

 

Acoustics performance
  • 8 spaces for cycles in secure courtyard store
  • Numerous additional bike stands in gated courtyard
  • Shower located in the DDA compliant WC
  • Separate male and female changing rooms

 

Mechanical and electrical services

Heating
  • SP Coil Mini/Metropolitan trench convectors with stainless steel grilles line the perimeter of the office
  • Heat source – gas fired boiler
  • Trench convectors are controlled via zoned wall mounted thermostatic controls
  • WCs are heated via wall mounted ‘Kompakt Plan’ radiators in a RAL 9010 Warm White powder coat finish and towel warmers

 

Ventilation
  • Fresh air mechanical ventilation is provided to all office space and WCs via a galvanised steel duct distribution system
  • Fresh air is tempered to design room condition via electric heater battery. This prevents cold draughts in winter and limits overheating in summer
  • Exhaust air from office is removed by displacement

 

Office areas lighting
  • Surface mounted Zumtobel Tecton lighting runs provide lighting to all office areas
  • Adaptors have been provided for tenant flexibility, should they wish to install pendant lighting

 

Office flooring
  • Fully accessible metal encased raised floors
  • 105mm services void to allow tenant flexibility
  • Level transition on all floors

 

Power supply
  • 65kVa three phase incoming electricity supply floors
  • Main switchgear in the basement feeds the tenant’s lighting and small power MCB distribution board located in the store cupboard adjacent to the main reception
  • Tenant’s electrical meter is located in the ground floor store cupboard adjacent to the main reception
  • Distribution boards are provided with spare capacity for tenant fit-out
  • Raised floor gives tenant flexibility when it comes to arranging office layout

 

Telecoms and data
  • Incoming BT fibre cable has been ordered

 

Access control and security
  • Proximity fob operated secure access control system serving the entrance into the office
  • CCTV system covering the lobby and outside the main entrance
  • Security shuttering provided to all doors and windows

 

Fire alarm
  • The building is provided with an analogue addressable fire detection and alarm system
  • The system supplies L2 coverage in compliance with BS5839 parts 1-8
  • All escape routes, stairwells, office spaces and high risk areas are provided with fire detection
  • The fire alarm system is linked with the security roller shutters covering exits

 

WC, wash rooms and shower facilities
  • 3 unisex WCs
  • Additional DDA compliant WC
  • Shower room located within DDA complaint WC
  • Water booster unit to provide adequate pressure to WCs and kitchenette
  • Potable water storage tank located in the basement serves WCs and kitchenette
  • Dyson Airblade H02 hand dryers in all WCs

 

Finishes

Offices
  • Lobby: raised floor with ‘Nuway Tuffguard Classic’ entrance carpet
  • Office: raised floor with ‘Bolon woven vinyl carpet’
  • Ceiling: exposed concrete soffit
  • Walls: Predominantly ‘board-marked concrete’, concrete columns and painted plasterboard in parts
  • Doors: solid core timber doors paint finished
  • Windows: large ‘Uniform Architectural uni-one’ inward opening tilt and turn windows finished in solid oak (internally)
  • Window linings: oak veneer timber board linings
  • Ironmongery: ‘Eisenware’ in a stainless-steel finish

 

Toilets and showers
  • Floors: ‘Domus Uniseries’ 96mm x 96mm tiles in a plain DTU15 finish
  • Ceiling: plasterboard
  • Walls: moisture resistant plasterboard and ‘Solus Ceramics’ 100 x 100mm tiles in a white gloss finish
  • Doors: solid core timber doors paint finished
  • Basins: wall mounted ‘Duravit Vero’ hand basin
  • WC: ‘Armitage Shanks’ wall hung, concealed cistern in white vitreous china finish

 

Sustainability features

  • Green roof – Five species of Sedum
  • Brown roof / PV panels
  • High efficiency LED lighting with PIR sensors
  • BREEAM Offices 2014 target rating of ‘Excellent’
  • Target EPC rating of ‘A/B’
  • Low water use appliances
  • Cycle facilities
  • DDA compliant