London’s Largest Office Building To Be Built By Mace

The new London headquarters of the global financial firm UBS is going to come into existence with a record of being the largest office building in London. The building to be built by the International consultancy and construction company, Mace, will be located at 5 Broadgate. The client is British Land and Blackstone Group.

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5 Broadgate

Expecting to house around 6,000 UBS employees, the building will have floor area of 1.2 million square feet and will rise to 14 storeys. Among these 14 storeys four storeys will be trading floors to accommodate 750 traders. Currently the 4 and 6 Broadgate are being demolished by Mace and then the foundation work, which is piling, will commence early next year.

Mace's Chief Operating Officer for Construction, #-Link-Snipped-#,  #-Link-Snipped-# "Following our successful delivery of Ropemaker Place for British Land, we welcome the challenge of working with them to deliver another iconic building that sets new standards in green design and construction."

The team has also been decided. The architect for the project is Mace, the building services engineer will be Watkins Payne, the structural engineer will be Buro Happold, M3 will be responsible for the project management. The cost consultancy is an important need when it comes to such buildings. The cost consultancy of the project will be managed by the subsidiary called Sense.

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A Rendered Image Showing the Building

This building is going to be constructed as the “Greenest Building” in Square Mile. The building will be BREEAM rated and is being planned to incorporate certain green practices. They include the environmental features like energy performance while maintaining high sustainability standards. This building will hold a record for having the highest number of solar photovoltaic panels on any office building in London. It will also have other features like green roof, rain water harvesting, and heat reclamation to heat the floors.

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