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COMMERCIAL OFFICE
The way in which society views offices and office space is changing.
The global economic crisis has prompted reflection among both funders and
developers, and the environmental performance of a building is essential.
Meanwhile, the development of technologies to enable remote working has
changed both work patterns and the interaction between people and their
workplace. Some have even questioned the future of the
bricks-and-mortar office itself.
Palestra London, UK
Architect: Alsop Architects (Phase One) and Pringle Richard Sharratt (Phase Two)
Image: Christian Richters
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OUR EXPERIENCE
BuroHappold Engineerings award-winning work in the office sector illustrates our ability to deliver
pioneering commercial buildings which also offer value for money, designed to fully support the
needs of the companies that use them both now and for decades to come.
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Genzyme Headquarters
Cambridge, MA, USA
Arabsat Headquarters
Riyadh, KSA
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White Square
Moscow, Russia
Marcol House
London, UK
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BUILDINGS AS
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PEOPLE,
ENVIRONMENT
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PERFORMANCE
MAPPING
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DELIVERY
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EXISTING
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For the client, the building is like a Greek temple. It is very simple in form, but exquisite in its
expression and sophisticated in its execution in its creation of space, in its use of sustainable
services strategies and in its inherent structure.
Brian Swan, Kildare County Council
Kildare County Council Headquarters
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At BuroHappold, we understand the value of energy; and how to deliver low carbon buildings
to both meet and exceed internationally recognised targets. Certifying a commercial building
as a green asset enhances the owners reputation as a sustainable employer, as well as reducing
energy costs.
We use our extensive experience in
sustainable design and construction to
deliver cost effective, high performance
buildings to meet tomorrows needs
today. So no matter what changes in
environmental legislation are introduced,
we put our wealth of knowledge to good
use, helping developers select a greening
strategy which will both set a benchmark
and retain the buildings ability to respond
to future demands.
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PALESTRA
London, UK
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5 BROADGATE
London, UK
At the heart of the new King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh will stand the
impressive SAMBA head office. A key marker in the districts masterplan, the building will
represent a benchmark in sustainable architecture and engineering.
Creating a 40-storey sustainable building in the desert heat presents numerous
challenges. Our teams extensive experience working in the region has enabled the
project to move from concept to design in just 12 months, as well as achieving a
projected LEED Gold rating.
Central to the building is its futuristic Power Tower, a 70m spire sitting atop the 170m
skyscraper. The tower harnesses Saudi sunshine and concentrates it onto photovoltaic
panels. This solution is sustainable to its core water and recycled exhaust air keep the
panels cool and working efficiently. The buildings slender form required considerable
structural engineering experience to address concerns over structural fatigue. By
modelling it in a wind tunnel our team developed a damper device for the spire, while our
modelling experts optimised the facade of the main building, minimising heat from the
sun while maximising daylight and views.
With energy efficient air conditioning contributing to reduced electricity SAMBA will cut
their energy use by a predicted 25% compared to conventional buildings. Office spaces
and sky gardens revolve around a full-height atrium, creating a light and airy place to
work that sets new standards of sustainability for Riyadh.
Client Riyadh Investment Company
Architect Foster + Partners, Gensler, RTKL, FX Fowle
Image BuroHappold Engineering
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PHASE
CHANGE
MATERIALS
DE VELOPING HEAT ABSORBENT
MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUC TION
TECHNICAL INSIGHT
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PEOPLE
ENVIRONMENT
AND
PERFORMANCE
Access for all is a notion central to the nature of a Local Authority. It is far more than a simple physical
requirement, it must pervade all aspects of how the building process is approached and expressed,
in order to ultimately facilitate service delivery from therein.
Brian Swan, Kildare County Council
Kildare County Council Headquarters
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The design quality and environment of any workplace has a direct impact on the performance of the
people who work there. We create buildings with the wellbeing and productivity of the end user in
mind, while keeping construction and running costs down.
BuroHappold is at the forefront of research
into the way in which design influences
the performance of a building, using
computational analysis to explore the
relationship between people and their
workplace. Open spaces, atria and sky
gardens all impact positively, providing
fresh air and daylight, and bringing the
outside in. Optimised floor to ceiling
heights and limited floor plate depths
maximise use of space, permit easy to
maintain services, help keep heating
costs down and facilitate good acoustics
in all these areas, our extensive
knowledge has enabled us to incorporate
practical cost-saving measures with a
happy environment.
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BAR WA NE W CAIRO
Egypt
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WESSEX WATER
Bath, UK
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Wexford, Ireland
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PERFORMANCE
IN BUILDINGS
CREATING THE SPACE WHERE
PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS MEE T
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TECHNICAL INSIGHT
BuroHappold and Reading University are currently collaborating in research to understand what it is about a building
that improves the performance of both individuals and organisations.
DOCUMENTING WHAT IS
VALUABLE ABOUT BUILDINGS
AND WHAT MAKES THEM WORK
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MAPPING
THE
FUTURE
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London, UK
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Manchester, UK
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Brighton, UK
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DESIGNING
SOLUTIONS
FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE
ENGINEERING FOR EXTREME WEATHER
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TECHNICAL INSIGHT
Concern about climate change runs high in the general population, as well as among business leaders and politicians. Almost nine in ten
people accept that the climate is changing, and almost half are extremely concerned by the implications, according to the 2007 survey
on behalf of DEFRA by IPSOS MORI: Tipping Point or Turning Point Social Marketing and Climate Change. Furthermore, a third of UK
businesses have been significantly affected by extreme weather between 2007 and 2010, with increased rainfall and flooding.
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DELIVERY
COST
AND
PROGRAMME
The process of working closely with 3XN proved extremely beneficial in providing an early indication
and understanding of the costs and the development of the M&E infrastructure, all of which
contributed to this project being successfully completed on time and on budget.
Sigrid Kjerulf, 3XN
Alsion Campus, Syddansk University
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At BuroHappold we believe in creating elegant, buildable designs which take the best from cutting
edge technology and deliver value across the lifespan of the building. By spending time with our
clients at the outset, we design holistic solutions which benefit from the full range of our engineering
disciplines, and ultimately save most clients both time and money. Engaging with our clients, fully
defining the brief and pre-empting problems from the outset characterises our approach.
Changes in the commercial sector
market, with new types of client and new
demands means we need to provide a
fresh response but with our wealth of
experience in the sector, we do not need
to reinvent the wheel. We look harder at
our deliverables to ensure our clients get
best value, and we have whole life value
specialists who apply rigorous life cycle
costing to all our proposals.
We are passionate about the role of the
engineer in delivering spaces which both
transform and inspire.
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Staffordshire, UK
This ground engineering project was designed to investigate the land conditions prior to
the redevelopment of the old Lyne Hill Industrial Estate for mixed commercial use. Our
ground and environmental engineers were asked to provide data to allow the design of
the new building foundations, identify potential ground contamination risks, and outline
any remedial strategy, with its associated costs.
A key element of this work included addressing objections from the Environment
Agency regarding a proposed new petrol station by demonstrating through a detailed
investigation of groundwater levels that the storage tanks would not pose a risk to
water resources.
Our experts also established that a potential buried asbestos risk was in fact very
localised, and therefore we managed to avoid onerous additional health and safety
measures during the subsequent investigation and earthworks.
Finally, we effectively pooled resources by combining the geotechnical and
geoenvironmental elements, avoiding the need for multiple investigations, while also
incorporating tested and proven remedial works findings previously undertaken by
others. In total, our solutions provided our client with significant cost savings, which
they could then spend on maximising their new development.
Client Northcreek Estates
Image 2012 Google (left), Townscape Solutions (right)
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49 PARK LANE
London, UK
For this prestigious project in Londons fashionable Mayfair, BuroHappold had to think
laterally, coming up with an innovative plan to maximise the planning envelope by
incorporating an extra storey on this highly constrained, triangular demolition site.
With the existing building removed, the proposal was to construct a new development
with one single-storey basement sitting below two separate commercial buildings one
of seven storeys, and one of three.
To create its triangular form, our specialists needed to design in numerous bespoke
elements. Our holistic vision, integrating the structural and building services elements,
enabled us to minimise the floor construction zone and introduce an additional level. We
specified cellular steelwork floor beams, allowing the building services to pass through,
and in so doing succeeded in overlapping the structural and building service zones.
Our structural engineers designed in bi-steel concrete-filled cores for stability, which
provided the added advantages of allowing both speedy construction and thinner walls,
resulting in time savings and creating more lettable space. We resourcefully used one
of the cores to support the tower crane on site, allowing it to be easily removed without
the need to fill in the crane slab voids afterwards once again demonstrating our
commitment to adding value.
Client Pembroke Real Estate
Architect RHWL Architects
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GROUND
ENGINEERING
UNDERSTANDING THE
CHALLENGES OF URBANISATION
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TECHNICAL INSIGHT
Understanding natural materials will always be the main challenge for ground engineers but with increasing
pressure to regenerate urban areas, geotechnical engineers find themselves facing new parameters.
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GETTING
THE
BEST
OUT OF THE
TEAM
We believe that teamwork is central to delivering an outstanding project. We always aim to work
in partnership with our clients, to communicate and collaborate both internally and externally,
and engage at all times with all project stakeholders.
The success of any project depends on
the ability of both project team members
and external stakeholders to work well
together, sharing ideas as the scheme
progresses. We believe above all in
building long term relationships, be it
with architects, developers, estate
directors or local authorities. The level of
repeat work we win is testament to the
success of this approach.
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Value and sustainability are two things all clients rightly demand, but they are also notoriously hard to define. Priorities need to be clear,
the goals need to be viable, and the thoughts and ideas of the stakeholders may not have been fully presented.
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TRANSFORMING
EXISTING
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Cities are the engines of growth. While the developing world is building new cities apace, the
developed world mainly Western Europe and North America is crowded with existing buildings
in its urban spaces which need to be intelligently refurbished to satisfy the commercial, social and
sustainable demands of the future.
Refurbishment makes sense. It not only
costs less than redevelopment, making it
commercially viable; it also uses far less
embodied energy, leading to considerable
green savings. However, performance is
paramount, and tenants need their spaces
to be future-proofed and flexible, and to
reflect increasing occupier densities.
One of the main growth areas is
Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT),
which we feel will drive the next business
cycle. As technology pervades our lives,
these client groups are driven by brand
identity, which sometimes goes hand
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MARCOL HOUSE
London, UK
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QUEEN SQUARE
Bristol, UK
London, UK
As a leading player in the advertising world, brand and image are central to our client,
BBH. Tasked with refurbishing their existing premises to create a more useable, modern,
flexible office space, BuroHappold liaised closely with Urban Salon Architects to refresh
the entrance lobby, rearrange the workspaces and dramatically convert the existing,
ineffective atrium into a vibrant, modern, multifunctional space.
The atrium is undergoing a full facelift, with new staircases designed to criss-cross the
space, replacing the outdated circulation strategy. Its facade will be removed, to be
replaced by a balustrade designed to increase the open feel of the building while adding
value in terms of both its acoustic and aesthetic properties. Shaded from direct sunlight,
but inviting ambient natural light, the atrium refit will further improve both the feel of the
building and its carbon usage, thanks to our interventions.
Our engineers have been instrumental to the multiple solutions found for this complex
project. We worked closely across our specialist structural, mechanical, electrical and
acoustic teams, as well as with the architect, contractor and client, to achieve the perfect
synthesis from concept and design to construction.
Client Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH LONDON)
Architect Urban Salon Architects
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Elgin, UK
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TECHNICAL INSIGHT
Always keen to be at the forefront of new developments, Mark Dowson, one of our sustainability engineers,
has designed an innovative Aerogel Solar Collector as part of the Retrofit for the Future competition.
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AWARDS
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
BuroHappold Engineering has won industry awards throughout its 40-year history. These recognise
achievements across all our services and every sector in which we work. Our list of awards is now
hundreds strong - those won since 2009 are presented below.
ACE Awards
Winner
2012
Wexford County Council Offices, Wexford, Ireland
AISC Award
2011
Winner: National Certificate of Recognition
Indian Paintbrush Productions Studios,
Santa Monica, CA, USA
2008
Winner: Best Property Abu Dhabi
Tameer Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
BREEAM Awards
Winner: Best Development Abu Dhabi
Tameer Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013
Winner: Offices Award
One Angel Square, Manchester, UK
Winner: Best High Rise Development Abu Dhabi
Tameer Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2012
Winner: Commercial Workplace Award
No. 4 St Pauls Square, Liverpool, UK
2011
Winner: DIA Supreme Award
Hillcrest Group HQ, Dundee, UK
2010
Winner: Projects up to 2000m2
57-59 Bread Street, Edinburgh, UK
Winner: Best Public/Commercial building
Hillcrest Group HQ, Dundee, UK
2009
Winner: Projects up to 2,000m2
Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority HQ, UK
2006
Winner: Corporate Workplace Award
HSE Headquarters, Bootle, UK
2010
Winner: Regeneration / Conservation Award
57-59 Bread Street, Edinburgh, UK
Green Apple Awards for the Built Environment
Building Awards
2013
Shortlisted: Sustainable Project of the Year
One Angel Square, Manchester, UK
2012
Winner:
Bronze Level: Building Project Private Sector
The Co-operative Group, One Angel Square,
NOMA, Manchester, UK
Carbon Trust
2009
Winner: Low Carbon Building Award
Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority HQ, UK
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2007
Winner: Architecture West Midlands
The Cube, Birmingham, UK
2007
Winner: London
Palestra, London, UK
2005
Winner: Worldwide
Genzyme Headquarters, Cambridge, MA, USA
2011
Winner: Gold Award Commercial / Offices Building
Dundee House, UK
2012
Winner: Sustainability Achievement Award
One Angel Square, Manchester, UK
2012
Winner: Commercial / Offices Building
Wexford County Council Offices, Wexford, Ireland
2012
Highly Commended:
Air Conditioning / Heat Pump Project of the Year
The Co-operative Group, One Angel Square, NOMA,
Manchester, UK
2012
Winner: Award for Sustainability
One Angel Square, NOMA, Manchester, UK
Structural Awards
RICS North West Awards
2013
Shortlisted: Commercial Category
One Angel Square, Manchester, UK
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SER VICES
INTEGRATED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
BuroHappold delivers world-class engineering consultancy across a range of disciplines spanning
buildings, infrastructure, environment, and project management. We combine creativity with solid
technical skills and an awareness of the key drivers that shape projects in the residential sector.
Acoustics
Asset management
Bridges and civil structures
Building services engineering (MEP)
Coastal and marine
Computational analysis
Drainage and storm water management
Earthworks
Economic development
Economic infrastructure
Environment
Facades
Fire engineering
Flood risk
Geoenvironmental
Geotechnical
Highway engineering
Inclusive design
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Marcol House 49
London, UK
Baltyk Tower 43
Pozna, Poland
Palestra 10
London, UK
49 Park Lane 35
London, UK
Baskerville House 48
Birmingham, UK
5 Broadgate 11
London, UK
Genzyme Headquarters 16
Cambridge, MA, USA
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Genzyme Headquarters, Cambridge, MA, USA Architect: Behnisch Architekten Image: Anton Grassl
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