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Rider Levett Bucknall has worked on a wide range of projects across various sectors. To view a selection of our projects, please use the search function on the left.
Commercial & Offices
Rider Levett Bucknall’s commercial teams fully appreciate the business drivers that impact on design and cost. We provide honest, practical, commercial advice to clients in the delivery of sustainable, low or carbon neutral projects and several of the projects described in the following pages have received international acclaim for Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) and performance.
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123 Victoria Street
Client
Land Securities, UK
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123 Victoria Street
Client
Land Securities, UK
Services Provided
Employers Agent, Quantity Surveying, Tax Advisory
Overview
The 123 Victoria Street commission involved the redevelopment of a 200,000 sq.ft. office and retail building.
The project included the design, alterations, refurbishment and fitting out of the existing building, to provide high quality Cat A office space.
The development involved the replacement of all glazing and shop fronts to improve energy efficiency and visual impact of the building.
A new roof was added and the internal structure was stripped out and replaced. Considerable structural alterations were also required to improve the space efficiency of the building.
Works to the retail units were successfully carried out with the retail tenants in situ and phased access was granted as office space became available, to ensure that occupiers could be found and moved into the building.
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13 Hill Street | London
Client
Strutt & Parker
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13 Hill Street | London
Client
Strutt & Parker
Services Provided
Quantity Surveying
Overview
The project comprised the strip out of existing finishes, installation of new lifts and a new mansard roof, along with fit out to a Category B finish.
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50 Queen Annes Gate | London
Client
Land Securities
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50 Queen Annes Gate | London
Client
Land Securities
Services Provided
Cost Management, Employers Agent
Overview
This high profile project comprises a major refurbishment of an existing 500,000 sq ft office building including full fitting out for occupation by the DCA.
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Arlington Business Parks | Birmingham, Manchester, Stevenage
Client
Arlington Securities
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Arlington Business Parks | Birmingham, Manchester, Stevenage
Client
Arlington Securities
Services Provided
Quantity Surveying
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall has retained a close working relationship with Arlington over a number of years and have completed various phases of high quality office accommodation within the portfolio environment including:
- Forensic Science Service to create meeting rooms, clean rooms and laboratory space.
- High quality office accommodation over three floors, including significant tenant fit-out, pre-let to Orange Personal Telecommunications
- Courtyard speculative office development totalling 80,000 sq.ft. in 9 units and two phases
- Three speculative buildings over two and three storeys totalling 92,000 sq.ft.
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Basing View
Client
Muse Developments, UK
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Basing View
Client
Muse Developments, UK
Services Provided
Quantity Surveying, CDM Coordinator services
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall is supporting Muse Developments in providing Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council with the redevelopment of an existing commercial area known as Basing View.
Rider Levett Bucknall is providing Muse with specific cost advice from feasibility through to tender, working with the architects BIM models to provide dynamic cost advice, and with the engineers to establish fixed infrastructure costs for bridges, services, upgrades and topography.
Rider Levett Bucknall is helping Muse to secure a key gateway tenant for a 100,000 sq. ft. retail store, developing a 250,000 sq. ft. new build commercial development and upgrading the highways and landscaping across the site.
Outside of the traditional cost consultancy services, Rider Levett Bucknall is providing life cycle costing to assist Muse with its strategic approach to the site.
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Cadbury Headquarters | Birmingham
Client
Cadbury Trebor Bassett
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Cadbury Headquarters | Birmingham
Client
Cadbury Trebor Bassett
Services Provided
Quantity Surveying, CDMc
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall provided cost management and CDMC services for this £17m refurbishment and extension. The project was then taken forward, interrogated with the client to develop a state of the art, future proofed office incorporating an elegant and functional new entrance on the south facade, an atrium and light-wells incorporating reception, meeting and cafe facilities, glass lifts linking all floors and the west facing terrace. The project received a Civic Trust Award during 2009.
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First Point Business Park | Doncaster
Client
Catesby Properties Ltd
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First Point Business Park | Doncaster
Client
Catesby Properties Ltd
Services Provided
Quantity Surveying, Employer's Agent
Overview
First Point is a 104 acres prime business park occupying the main position in Doncaster’s principal highway route, at junction 3 of the M18. This mixed use park offers potential occupiers the advantage of a premier UK location, with added benefits of a thriving industrial and commercial environment.
Occupiers on site include B&W Retail Warehouse, Harley Davidson, Doncaster Chamber and Business Link.
Rider Levett Bucknall acted as Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveyor on the completion of over 60,000 sq.ft office space and 20,000 sq.ft starter units to date. 1,000,000 sq.ft of distribution warehousing and 150,000 sq.ft of small industrial units of various sizes.
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Newcastle Great Park | Newcastle Upon Tyne
Client
Newcastle Great Park Consortium
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Newcastle Great Park | Newcastle Upon Tyne
Client
Newcastle Great Park Consortium
Services Provided
Cost Management, Project Management CDMc
Overview
Newcastle Great Park is a prestigious development in the north-west of Newcastle, being delivered by Newcastle Great Park Consortium.
This 1,200 acre mixed use development forms an area of urban expansion to Newcastle upon Tyne. With 200 acres dedicated to employment use, the green belt development also incorporates extensive landscaping works, 2,500 dwellings, business park offices, and local town centre, including; an extra care facility; affordable housing; food retail units and a hotel. Key development criteria include sustainability and environmental issues, energy conservation and the use of renewable energy.
Rider Levett Bucknall has been involved with this scheme since 2005, providing Cost Management, Project Management and CDMC services. The project has a predicted lifespan of 20 years.
Key elements of the scheme include;
- Masterplanning and cost control: early cost planning has ensured that the emerging masterplan is aligned to project budgets
- Business park offices: Employers Agent and QS services to deliver two office buildings totalling 70,000ft2 constructed to a Cat A standard
- Infrastructure: providing QS and CDMc services, all works developed within tight ecological constraints
- Extra Care Home and Affordable Housing: providing QS services, Employer’s Agent, and CDMc services for a 40 bed extra care facility and 42 affordable homes
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PB4 Westwing | Derby
Client
Egg
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PB4 Westwing | Derby
Client
Egg
Services Provided
Cost Management, Planning Supervision
Overview
The project encompassed innovative design together with the management of many specialist consultants covering lighting, data centre rooms, audio visual, IT, and security.
The fast track programme and phased, early occupation were achieved using Construction Management, with partnering, as a procurement route.
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Royal Mail | National Framework Agreement
Client
Royal Mail Property Group
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Royal Mail | National Framework Agreement
Client
Royal Mail Property Group
Services Provided
Project Management, Cost Management, Building Surveying, CDMc, Advisory Services
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall is appointed to the 5 Year Multi-Disciplined Framework Agreement as part of the PMCo initiative.
This national agreement involves all of our core services from all the offices appointed.
Schemes undertaken include:-
- Enabling works and installation of 16 site national programme of letter sorting automation equipment with an initial phase budget of £70m
- Feasibility schemes for Parcel distribution enabling works over 10 sites with budget cost of £5m
- Value engineering exercises on two projects involving all stakeholders resulting in multi-million reduction in capital and life costs.
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Shelley House | London
Client
DLA
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Shelley House | London
Client
DLA
Services Provided
Employer's Agent, Cost Management, Planning Supervisor
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall provided a key Client liaison role throughout the project from interviewing the design team consultants at the outset through to signing off defects at completion.
Close interpersonal relationships with the Client led to a detailed understanding of Client needs which, in turn, underpinned strategies for procurement, cost planning and value engineering.
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Snowhill 2 | Birmingham
Client
Wragge & Co
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Snowhill 2 | Birmingham
Client
Wragge & Co
Services Provided
Professional Services
Overview
RLB assisted in the search of properties by providing high level cost modelling to demonstrate how the choice of office may affect the outturn costs.
Subsequently, we have been appointed to act as Quantity Surveyor on the project
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Stoneleigh Park | Warwickshire
Client
Royal Agricultural Society of England
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Stoneleigh Park | Warwickshire
Client
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Services Provided
Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Advisory Services, Development Management
Overview
Rider Levett Bucknall was appointed in November 2003 to carry out an in-depth appraisal of the Master Planning team structure and their performance to date. Having recommended a comprehensive restructure, refocus and redefinition of the strategy, methodology and team, Rider Levett Bucknall built in clear and logical procedures to ensure that the transition period ran smoothly and that the programme timescales were preserved.
The revised Masterplan and Outline Planning Application were submitted in May 2004 and Warwick District Council resolved to grant outline permission for the redevelopment of the 247 acre Green Belt site in February 2005. The scheme was approved by Government Office West Midlands in September 2005, with interim applications to Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund completed in April 2005.
Following the success of the masterplan appraisal process, Rider Levett Bucknall were retained to manage the creation and delivery of a joint venture agreement between RASE and a preferred Development Partner. Rider Levett Bucknall also assisted RASE in an organisational restructure.
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