Bristol Water HQ
Healthy Bristol community event
Another busy morning discussing #health #wellbeing and #productivity in the workplace. Delighted to be able to hold this in the recently completed Bristol Water HQ. Such an inspiring place and right-on message for this seminar !
We've had a great time participating in Healthy City Week 2016 - a roundup of the weeks' events written by our very own James Pilling to follow soon.
Healthy Bristol community event
gcp are delighted that the recently completed scheme to extend and refurbish Bristol Water’s 1960’s Headquarters Building at Bedminster Down has won an RICS Award.
At the ceremony on 18 May 2016 the building was highly commended in the Commercial Buildings Category.
gcp is currently involved in a feasibility on a very similar project in central Bristol where a scheme double the size of the building to accommodate 650 staff is being considered.
To discuss your office refurbishment project, please contact Jeremy Pilling.
Bristol Water HQ Deli
Life and Stairwell at Bristol Water HQ
Just last night Bristol Water Headquarters was Highly Commended in the Commercial category of the RICS awards 2016.
This award honours an outstanding commercial property development whether retail, office, leisure, industrial or mixed use.
It furthers gcp's accolades at this event - J3 was winner in the Regeneration category last year.
2016 RICS Award
Reception area at Bristol Water HQ
We are really excited to announce that gcp's extension and refurbishment of the iconic Bristol Water Headquarters building has been nominated for a British Council for Offices Regional Award!
The winner will be announced later this week at the Regional Awards Ceremony.
“We have changed the way we work and are more flexible in how we use our space, much tidier than we used to be and the building seems to have gained the respect of our people as somewhere to enjoy working.”
Deli at Bristol Water HQ
The three-year project to refurbish and extend the Bristol Water headquarters at Bedminster Down is now finished. Bristol Water wanted to rationalise its building stock by disposing of the Bedminster Down Depot site and relocating around 150 staff to its head office. gcp initially prepared a feasibility for the project and, with staff in-situ, the iconic 1936 structure was over-clad and re-roofed before a two-storey wing was added, supported on tapering columns over the rear car park. This enabled a progressive decanting process so that the entire building could be re-serviced and re-furbished without the need for temporary accommodation.
The upgraded facility boasts a new atrium café, computer suite and reception area as well as redesigned open-plan office accommodation with flexible workplace settings. Thomas Vale Construction (now part of Bouygues-uk) carried out the construction works.
gcp were architects for Bristol Water throughout the design phase of the project and architects for the contractor during construction.
For more information on this project, please click here.
Image: Story Photography