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The Office Group designed their newest location at Victoria Station for their design-led workplace offer. Shed, who were tasked with designing the art-deco space, approached us to supply the flooring, and had a strong idea of what they wanted from the beginning. Ground and mezzanine floors provide linked drop-in work space, particularly suited to The Office Group’s members arriving or departing from Victoria Station. Darwin, with its tight grain and warm tone, was ultimately specified in a herringbone format, and has been paired with rich jewel-toned velvet upholstery for a warm and sophisticated space.

The successful travel search site and app Skyscanner is used by 80 million people every month. Available in 30 languages, Skyscanner allows for instant comparisons for flights, car hire and hotels, worldwide. In the open plan office, the Tonge Suspended was used as the main office lighting. Combined with the custom joinery detail and green plants, the matte black luminaires with soft curved edge add a strong visual interest to the space. In the auditorium, the disk shaped Talla Suspended were used. The minimalist design of the Talla works well in spaces with exposed ceilings.

In September 2003, the Met Office moved its headquarters from Berkshire to the purpose-built £80 million structure designed, built and managed by a G4S-led consortium. When a number of louvres on the east and west elevations of the 57,000m2 headquarters began to show signs of failure, G4S appointed BriggsAmasco to supply and fit a new system that would combine airflow efficiency and rain defence.

Launched in 2003 by Olly Olsen and Charlie Green, The Office Group pioneered the concept of shared workspace in response to a fast-changing commercial world. Today the company boasts 17,000 members and over 40 locations, 31 of which are in London. Beautiful workspaces and vibrant communal areas foster creativity and collaboration among members, from app creators and entrepreneurs, all the way to financiers and architects.

New Purpose Built Premises For Acticare. This new build site offers Acticare facilities three times larger than they enjoyed before. 2596m2 of offices, workshops, product display and ancillary areas in the Hereford Enterprise Zone. Bathgate Flooring were pleased to be a part of this project. The Project – Raised Access Hereford Raised Access Flooring for this Hereford project included supply and install of 687m² of Flooring. This building features Raised Access Flooring Panels supplied and installed by Bathgate Flooring Ltd Contracts Division. These panels are manufactured in our own facility in Hereford under the brand of Permaflor.

City: Hoofddorp; Country: The Netherlands; Architect: Paul de Ruiter; Products: NRG+ Tourniket, Speedlane 900; Segment: Corporate Offices; Year: 2009.

The re-development by Liveman Properties has converted the Dock Office into a mixture of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, with an additional 14 new duplex apartments constructed on the existing building roof. DV Architects, Liverpool, specified Technal’s MX Toggle Glazing curtain walling for the steel frame extension and Technal FY65 windows. Architect Billy Hodge commented, “The Dock Office is a local heritage asset and great care has been taken to make sure that the character of the building is not altered.

A refurbishment at Amtico’s Coventry Office, which is home to its design team and specialist manufacturing facility, provided the perfect opportunity to showcase the company’s flooring expertise and product variety.

The roof area of this government office building was complex due to expansion joints, air conditioning units and intricate detailing requirements. Work hours had to be agreed with the client to keep disruption to other ongoing work at the site to a minimum.

The REHAU AWADUKT Thermo ground – air heat exchanger & GENEO® windows and doors have been installed in only the third office in the UK to be fully certified to Passivhaus standard. 27 windows and four doors from the GENEO® system were installed in the £1.5m, 680m² Passivhaus office, the majority were across its south facing aspect to increase solar gain in winter and minimise the requirement to generate additional heat. The 86mm REHAU GENEO® window is manufactured using 100% recyclable RAU-FIPRO® fibre composite material. This material enables the six chambered REHAU GENEO® system to perform without requirement for steel.

Requiring a professional yet comfortable breakout area to welcome distinguished guests including civil servants and senior politicians, the Customer Experience Suite at Cassidian needed a bold and contemporary scheme to reflect the company’s principles of encouraging collaboration and innovation. The creative design solution provided by Paramount Interiors transformed the interiors into an open and well-lit environment with sleek features such as glass partitions and a plane tail rogue column nodding to Cassidian’s aeronautical connections and adding to a futuristic feel.

This extremely specific design of the wall panels with each slat being different thickness and depth as well and being chamfered. On the returns these are mitred, with each mitre being different to take into consideration the slat thickness and depth

This exciting installation designed by Sheppard Robson incorporated a bespoke Laudescher LINEA (aw 0.85, Absorption Class B, NRC 0.9) slatted panel with the purpose of managing the reflective nature of the walls within this main entrance area.

The Louvre Post Office is an iconic building in the 1st Arrondissement, in the heart of Paris. The purpose of the project is really to keep postal activities in the heart of Paris. It aims also to enhance the spatial qualities of this building with a mixed-use program. Effisus Ecofacade P-Fix and Effisus Pre-Fab TrueSeal were integrated at this project. Effisus Ecofacade P-Fix is a solution for waterproofing facade connections. Effisus Pre-Fab TrueSeal is a pre-fabricated bespoke sealing solution.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) collects and supplies data to the Royal Navy and merchant shipping to help protect lives at sea. Designed by AHR Architects, the new headquarters in Taunton took inspiration from the theme of ‘Seabed to Surface’ with strata and water currents heavily influencing the aesthetic design. To maintain the high level of finish and linear aesthetic, the architect specified INTRAflex XT at each of the five entrances with a varying combination of INTRAlux Elite in Anthracite and ribbed rubber. Read more in our online case study

Two hundred modules of the VELUX Modular Skylight system were installed as part of an innovative lighting and ventilation strategy led by BAM Construction and AHR Architects for the Ministry of Defence’s new UK Hydrographic Office. Modularised and prefabricated, the modular skylights simplified a complex specification for natural daylight, first-class ventilation, and modern aesthetics in a central atrium area at the heart of the new development. The incorporation of natural daylight and ventilation were key design principles in creating a welcoming and pleasant environment for employees. Read the full case study

Conveniently located on the outskirts of Reading and set in the beautiful settings of an 80 acre nature reserve, the premier business park Thames Valley Park attracts the largest blue chip companies. The recent CAT B fitout for the pharmaceutical giant, Sanofi features 71,000 sq ft of high spec office space with fantastic views, cool breakout areas and fully serviced restaurant. The fifth largest drug manufacturer in the world, Sanofi appointed CBRE to find a new office space along the M4 corridor with the aim of merging the Guildford and Maidenhead offices into one.

Tired of their clunky old storage heaters Advantage House needed something better to keep their clients warm. Advantage house is a prestigious managed office space company in the centre of Lichfield. They have a three story building constructed in the late 1980s there are six offices, one meeting room, and a reception area. It is poorly insulated, though improvements have been made over the years. The overall internal floor area is around 300m².

At this major refurbishment of Sainsbury’s head offices in London, three ranges of burmatex® carpet tiles have been used in a tailored scheme across multiple floors

Access flooring once again was selected for this major £12 million building in Cheltenham. Bathgate Flooring manufactured and installed over 5600m2 of Panels to ensure that this Grade A office space offered the maximum flexibility. Products Used BGM 600 Steel Encapsulated Panels Constructing this Office Development is well recorded with a time lapse video of the entire project available through the Gloucestershire Live news story. Access Flooring is used in buildings like this to ensure that there is easy access to the services if needed. Simply lift up the floor panels and all the cabling is visible beneath.

A leading hotel chain approached The Window Film Company to incorporate branding throughout their premises. The project saw the office transformed to feature bright and engaging graphics throughout, giving the office a clear and striking sense of identity. Digital wallpaper was agreed the appropriate solution and using graphics supplied by the client, The Window Film Company’s in-house graphics and design team prepared and printed each panel on state of the art UV print equipment. The result was a space that looks and feels bright and vibrant, one befitting of one of the biggest companies in the leisure industry.

Situated in the heart of Birmingham’s commercial quarter, the Colmore Building has undergone a £3.5m enhancement project and now offers 310,000 sq ft of highly specified office space. A full glass, manual revolving door, manufactured and installed by TORMAX, delivers elegant and efficient access into tenanted office space. Adjacent to this, two TORMAX automatic swing doors have been installed either side of an existing revolving door, creating a comprehensive entrance into the spacious main reception. Concealed in steel casings set into the floorspace, TORMAX iMotion 1401 operators power the swing doors, delivering reliable yet invisible automation .

Mero were contracted to install 12000m2 of our type 5 woodcore panels to open plan offices then a further 1000m2 of our type 6 mineral panel with a factory applied engineered stone tile for the entrance Atria on ground floor.

Smart, lasting and functional are just some attributes of the stainless steel individual tactile indicators. For an upmarket office block in the CBD used by hundreds everyday, safety is the key concern, therefore Classic supplied and installed the stainless TGSI, because they’re serious about Enhancing Public Space!

Listone Giordano's 'blonde' Cabreuva km 31 flooring made its way into a fresh, new office concept in Toronto. With sixty-five per cent of the building dedicated to communal work spaces, the thousands of employees are encouraged to roam around and work wherever they like. Staff don’t even have designated desks: as such, the building had to use warm woods and natural materials to create a cosy yet stimulating environment.

The Regatta Group’s newly converted state-of-the-art headquarters has been recognised as the UK Project of 2015 at the FX International interior design awards. Originally built as an arms factory during WW1, the Regatta Group’s industrial warehouse was transformed into a corporate office with the intention of housing its three international brands (Regatta, Dare2b and Craghoppers) alongside retail businesses Hawkshead and Countryside. This award-winning £6.8m project inspires awe and evokes a sense of collaboration and community, as well as a feel for the great outdoors.

A property investment company based in a trendy part of London approached Loved Interiors with a request to design and project manage the fitout of their new office. To achieve a bold design scheme, the OKA SUSPENDED was used through the whole scheme in matt black finish. Suspended linear lighting which complemented the clean aesthetics with exposed services that would also work with retro pendants at the same time.

As part of a major refurbishment project, TORMAX was contracted to install a prestigious automatic revolving door with automatic swing door to a local authority’s Civic Offices in Surrey. The new entrance system provides clear and easy access for all staff and visitors whilst minimising heat loss from the building, making it a sustainable solution too. The impressive three-wing automatic revolving door is driven by the high torque 5201 operator. Precision engineered at the TORMAX Switzerland HQ, the 5201 is a technologically advanced drive that delivers exceptional reliability, thanks to impeccable design credentials that minimise maintenance requirements.

As part of a major refurbishment project, TORMAX was contracted to install a prestigious automatic revolving door with automatic swing door to a local authority’s Civic Offices in Surrey. The new entrance system provides clear and easy access for all staff and visitors whilst minimising heat loss from the building, making it a sustainable solution too. The impressive three-wing automatic revolving door is driven by the high torque 5201 operator. Precision engineered at the TORMAX Switzerland HQ, the 5201 is a technologically advanced drive that delivers exceptional reliability, thanks to impeccable design credentials that minimise maintenance requirements.

Livity, a youth marketing agency exists to benefit the lives of young people. Livity wanted to create an upcycled and industrial look within the space, Tube Clamps seemed the natural choice. The clean galvanised Tube Clamps combined with reclaimed scaffolding planks provided the industrial look adding the practicality of wheels easily adapting to their space. Designer comments, "Livity needed to fit the aesthetic of their space and have versatility that required an array of materials. Brundle was a clear choice as it had everything I was looking for. Despite their size, they still give you the family owned business service."

Our innovative Alto FENIX toilet cubicles, with their unique super matt surface, have been used to create a striking design statement for a leading fashion retailer. Manufactured from FENIX NTM using the latest nanotechnology, the Alto FENIX toilet cubicle is soft to touch, thermally self-healing, impact and scratch resistant, hydro repellent and has enhanced anti-bacterial properties, making it ideal for washrooms where a luxury, high performance finish is required. The new washrooms also feature our Concerto integrated duct panels, finished in Formica high pressure laminate.

Amtico Signature LVT helped Toggl create the trendy, dynamic environment that would encourage staff to keep their minds active and creative. Amtico was chosen for the wide range of colours and textures that can be used in different laying patterns. Having specified Amtico many times before, Tiiu has always been pleased with the creative results achieved.

Hunter Douglas Norge approached Guthrie Douglas for a technical solution that would integrate with this complex structure whilst meeting the energy saving and user comfort requirements of the building specification. The solution drew on the core technology of the TESS™ 400 series and used over 200 rectangular and trapezoidal external tension systems.

A Hydrotech Specification with intensive green roofing and hard landscaping completed as part of the Edinburgh Council Head Quarters. 74 Key Performance Indicators (all of which were achieved) formed part of the contract with Morley Developments, contributing to a BREAAM rating of “Excellent”. Air leakage was 2.84m3/m2/hour against a building regulations norm of 10m3. The building design exceeded targets for both operational energy and carbon emissions. Clad in natural limestone and curtain walling on 14 elevations, it boasts 8 grassed roof terraces. Internally the building is serviced by 738 multi-service chilled betrench heating-ams and perimeter.

A development specifies Stonemaster flag paving due to its environmental credentials.

Hollow floor is often used as an alternative to screed it provides a solid subfloor that is suitable for hard coverings. can be used to take up levels and provide a lightweight solution. here large format Porcelain was used over 16 floors of cores and lift lobbies.