Project: City University London Innovation Centre, Whiskin Street, London

Value: £1,000,000

Client: City University London

Role: Full pre- and post-contract service and contract administrator

Sector: Education

Contract: IFC 2005

The project involves internal re-modelling of existing office space to provide a new Innovation Centre. The works comprise window repair and replacement, partition removal and formation of new room layouts, raised flooring to facilitate new services and IT installation. Modify existing services to provide new or upgraded heating, lighting, power, ventilation and IT facilities. The works will also include the rationalisation of the existing heating, electricity and gas infrastructure to the three floors of the Universities Innovation Centre.

The work will be carried out in 2 phases with relevant floors being released to coincide with holidays and acknowledgement of decanting constraints.

The Woodley Coles LLP was appointed to provide full pre- and post contract service including initial budget estimates, assistance in the preparation of tender documentation, evaluation of tenders and post contract cost control through to agreement of the final account.

This scheme involves working in an occupied University building and the contractor will be required to maintain services to other floors whilst carrying out both the service and infrastructure changes. Parts of the scheme will have limited access periods within the overall programme. The contractor will be expected to manage his operations around these restrictions.