HERMAN MILLER ON SITE

A new production facility, complete with offices, is now on site. 

Situated in Melksham, this project for Herman Miller will have a 150,000 square foot production and storage area, as well as a 20,000 square foot area that will be used for offices.

The design of the production and storage area will be done using the CA Twin-Therm system. The structure of the CAM offices will be designed using cross laminated timber beams and roofing panels with Reglit glazing systems around the first floor.

This isn't the only project Stephen George & Partners are working on in this Wiltshire town - we are also set to deliver a new sports pavilion for the local council.

The Herman Miller project is due for completion at the end of June 2015, and has an approximate contract value of £11 million.

Concept Architects: Grimshaw Architects

SALALAH HQ: IT’S A WHOPPER!

Geoff (from up north office of Stephen George & Partners) headed to Oman at the weekend for some pitching and a visit to the Salalah site to see progress on the HQ for Salalah Free Zone Company.

From outside the site, which is 600 ha and is currently having a 8km perimeter wall erected, it looks a bit insignificant (it’s the first building on the site), but get close up and you begin to wonder if they’ve got the scale wrong. But no, it’s just a humongous building!

Gross floor area is about 250,000 square feet and comprises buried parking the circular agora garden and office rising from one to six storeys at the top of the rotunda. The atrium is 4 storeys high and has a glass roof with solar PVs and 10m palm trees and a water fountain.

Construction has reached first floor level and it already looks quite huge; you get a real sense of how the space, light and volume is going to work, even when it is peeing down with rain – which it does in Salalah!

They don’t build quite as fast as us, but by Christmas the form of the building should really begin to take shape and the upper levels will be there.  Gulp!

DUNSTABLE PROVES TO BE THE STRATEGIC LOCATION

The 310,000sq.ft. unit at Dunstable is now nearing completion, thanks to Stephen George & Partners. 

Forming part of the largest speculative warehouse development in the UK, our first building at Prologis Park Dunstable is well into its 9 month build programme.

Forming part of a 32 acres development with a further 358,000sq.ft. to follow, work is now progressing to office fit-out stage with Practical Completion due in June.

Thank you to all the team involved!

PROJECT HARRIER RISES

Construction has commenced at DIRFT II on our one million square feet purpose-built unit for Sainsbury’s.

Referred to as Project Harrier in its early stages, the Stephen George & Partners-designed building will allow Sainsbury's to develop its national distribution operations in an energy-efficient, rail-connected facility.

Located beside the M1 and the West Coast Mainline, the new facility will have both road and rail operations. A new intermodal terminal, which will connect to the existing DIRFT railway sidings, will be installed alongside the building.

As the photo shows, the steel frame is now on site commencing with the erection of the 26.9m high bay.

Find out more by reading the full story on our website here.

CROSSWATER HQ EMERGES AT DARTFORD

The Stephen George & Partners, GP-designed headquarters for Crosswater Holdings is now well underway on site. 

The new 131,400 sq. ft. build-to-suit HQ at The Bridge site in Dartford is now well into its fit-out stage which, when complete, will provide consolidated logistics, office and storage space as well as a trade showroom. This will allow the company to consolidate its operations and bring together its three distinctive brands – Crosswater, Simpsons and Bauhaus.

As you can see, we have some interesting forms emerging, particularly the external balcony which will form break-out space from the second floor dining area.