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University College London – Bloomsbury Theatre

  • Client

    University College London 

  • Contractor

  • Value

    £12.1

  • Completion Date

    25th August 2018 

The Challenge

Live university campus
During the course of the Theatre refurbishment, all of the surrounding areas were fully occupied by either students, academics or were the subject of construction work. Overbury successfully delivered the 36 weeks project without disruption by diligently planning and sequencing the works, ensuring all live and transient services were maintained, while liaising with a wide variety of stakeholders. 

3D modelling
As the project was being designed in a 3D environment, but with the absence of an existing model of the buildings structure, additional point cloud surveys were utilised during the strip out and enabling phase to assist in developing the building services model and co-ordination with structure.

Scaffold design
In order to work at high level and low level simultaneously, a birdcage scaffold was utilised, along with a number of other innovative scaffold designs, in order for works to adjacent areas to progress concurrently. 

 

The Solution

During the Theatre refurbishment, all areas were fully occupied by either students, or were the subject of construction work. 

At no point were any occupants, adjacent buildings or building projects disturbed during our 36 weeks on site, and all live and transient services were maintained throughout 

The Results

Programming was a challenge particularly towards the end of the project, but we flagged issues early, provided extra staff to mitigate any impact, and updated on our progress weekly. 

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Number of apprentices

70%

SME Spend

29.5%

Added Value

8/10

Client Satisfaction

Client Testimonials

“t’s all about building relationships with your team; I get honesty, transparency and team work. You always have a willingness and involve the Directors in the project. Senior people on the client side are interested in the project at every level. Even given the difficulty of the project, within two months, UCL were ready to re-appoint you for two new projects which is testimony to you.” 

Dominic WilsonArcadis, Project Manager

“Everyone, the whole client team, seemed to get on well with Overbury. It was a real team effort. Whenever there were problems we would work together to resolve them. Feedback from the client is that they are really pleased with the quality.” 

Thomas RosemeyerAECOM, Quantity Surveyor
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Contractor Performance | Commitments

Legacy

15 SMEs (9 local), 13 beneficiaries, 3 jobs created, 130 trainee weeks 

Schools engagement: 949 students 

£1.93 LM3, 92% social value created 

Sustainability

16.2 tonnes carbon equivalent saved in Morgan Sindall’s 10 Tonne Carbon Challenge by changing the heat protection tile supplier to a UK supplier, reducing number of and distance of deliveries 

98% waste diverted from landfill 

7 biodiversity enhancements 

Aftercare

Soft landings for handover 

Dedicated Morgan Sindall point of contact 

On-line portal for notifying any defects with 3 priority categories for response times 

Safe

Zero RIDDORS

CCS Score 40/45 

Fair

100% payment within 30 days terms

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