Portsoken House, London

Designed by our in-house team, Portsoken House turned an abandoned warehouse into premium offices across two floors. The brief was a light, bright, professional workspace that encourages innovation and productivity.

Located in Aldgate, one of London’s most desirable office locations, the interior now matches its prime setting, delivered around occupied tenants by working nights and weekends.

Timeframe

7 months

Total size

1,550 sq m

location

Aldgate, London

PROJECT VALUE

£2.2M

The makeover of Portsoken House consisted of a complete refurbishment of the offices on the second and eighth floors of the building. This included a full mechanical and electrical package, alongside installing a new ceiling and levelling out the concrete floors.

Our team also worked on creating a new entrance to the offices, besides installing a modern kitchen and WCs to match.

Overhead lighting played a key role in the design, creating a bright and energising place to work.

We also rebuilt the reception area. Structural changes made the best use of the space: a new ladder and shop window, rebuilt lift surrounds and new plaster wall panels give a sleek, contemporary finish that matches the offices upstairs, with the same rectangular light fittings used throughout.

During the renovations, the remaining floors of the building were already leased. This presents the biggest challenge with office renovations: causing minimal disruption to workers.

Our project management team worked seamlessly with supply chains to ensure speedy delivery of materials. This allowed us to work toward a tight turnaround with little disruption.

Our flexible approach also makes projects like this possible – we worked solely at night and during weekends when renovating the reception room as to not interrupt any staff.

Despite these logistical difficulties, huge structural changes, and weekend working patterns, our transformation of Portsoken House was completed on time and to a high standard. By keeping the design and build under one roof, we also offered accurate pricing and considerable savings.

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