Armstrong’s micro-perforated Microlook 8 metal tiles with acoustic fleece are being suspended from a steel-based Microline grid, which combines an exposed sleeve for a clean and crisp visual with a practical fluted reveal for flexibility in partition fixing and relocation. This is the first use in the UK of this system.
IOR is the main contractor on the project and specified Armstrong’s ceilings because of its functionality, as well as aesthetics, cost-effectiveness and availability.
Daiwa Capital Markets is refurbishing its 27,300 square metre European HQ which is housed in a listed London office building on King William Street, EC4. The building’s listed neo classical façade and reception area required restoration and a more contemporary feel. The most demanding part of the project was the “open heart surgery” required in relation to the strip out and replacement of the M&E while the building was still “alive.”
Two distinct operations were running in parallel as part of the surgery to provide a Category B fit-out of five floors and WCs on a consecutive sequence, requiring two moves of the dealing floor. Vital organ transplants involved the total removal of a VAV system and associated plant and replacing it with a FCU system.
Further extractions include chillers, AHUs, ductwork LTHW, CHW, UPSs, LV switch panels, generator, boilers and pumps – a complex series of temporary connections to old plant and reconnections to new, while maintaining total integrity of the dealing comms room infrastructure.
The Armstrong metal systems were supplied by SIG Southwark and are being installed by Meronden. The project is due for completion in summer 2013.
