The Project
Barnwell House, a new-build open plan office space designed to house Airbus’s UK engineering teams, was recently completed. The project included the design, build and fit-out of a new four-storey office building and energy centre to accommodate 2,350 staff. The building is some 90m square and is open plan, including 4 atria.
Building Control
At design stage it was found that the application of Part B (Fire Safety) would be too limiting for the intended scale of the building. Through extensive consultation with Oculus, a BS 9999:2008 strategy was created by the design team which among other enhancements, enabled the use of much extended travel distances resulting fewer escape stairs than was originally anticipated.