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Barnwell House

State-of-the-art office facilities in a location rich in aerospace history

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.


CASE STUDY
Wessex Water, Bath

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Apex Hotel - Bath

The existing eight storey office block was demolished and construction began early 2015. The hotel,  a new 4* luxury hotel in central Bath opened as planned boasting 177 contemporary bedrooms, a 400 capacity conference facitlity and event spaces, making it Bath’s largest hotel in this regard.

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CASE STUDY
Rosenberg House

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