| Client: University of London |
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| Service provided: project management and cost consultancy |
Phase one is the refurbishment of Stewart House to provide accommodation for numerous faculties to occupy together with the introduction of a large computing suite in the basement.
This is part of a rationalisation of the estate to free up some of the outlying Georgian properties for disposal.
Phase two is for the refurbishment of the Grade 2 listed Senate House including new library facilities and the rewiring of the building
Phased refurbishments enabled the building to be occupied during the works programme.
Programme (ongoing works):
The principle driver for the University of London project was the expiry of the tenants lease for Stewart House, which is interconnected to Senate House; a 1937 Charles Holden designed Grade II listed building of 28,700m². This precipitated an opportunity to consolidate a number of University departments
within Senate House and from numerous properties in adjoining squares.
Stewart House on Russell Square an early eighties building of 10,747m² over 4 floors was refurbished in response to departmental needs, incorporating new
ceilings and lighting. Cellular offices for academics, departmental administrators and meeting rooms were formed from frameless glazed partitions creating a
light and airy interior. The majority of the space is planned as open offices.
Amongst the main challenges for pcm in the first phase of the works, in Stewart House, was to develop a rigid cost plan and set in place a
procurement process against a fluid developing brief that continuously increasing in scope from an original scheme of £8m to £11m.
pcm are now developing the cost plan and procurement process for the second phase of the works in
Senate House which will include the relocation of Institutes into the complex and the changes required to the famous Senate House Library. These include sensitively introducing new technology, accommodating the libraries of the University Institutes and increasing the storage capacity of the Tower in to a Grade II listed building.
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Brian Glover
