Fit Out & Refurbishment Case Studies
We have worked with many clients across various industries and locations. Take a look through some of our brief, case studies below of fitout & refurbishment projects we've successfully delivered across the UK. (Scroll page)
Birch House
Client:
CAT A - Real Estate Investors Plc
CAT B - DHU Healthcare CIC
Value: Overall: £4 Million (CAT A = £1.5M and CAT B = £2.5M)
Duration: 13 months (November ’23 – December 2024 inclusive)
Project Location: Oldbury, West Midlands
Project Type: The CAT A refurbishment & the CAT B fit out of the ground, first and second floor to existing office accommodation; 1200m2 per floor (3no. floors)
Description Of Works: The CAT A refurbishment of the ground, first and second floor office accommodation, complete with the refurbishment of the WCs, and associated existing lift lobby, stairwell and reception.
The CAT B fit out of the same three storey office accomodation, with new and complete mechanical, electrical and public health installations; and the refurbishment of the WCs, reception and associated lift lobby including new frontage to building; provision of all new furniture; external works and ALL Design & Build proposals.
Holborn
Client: Avison Young on behalf of ABB
Value: £500,000
Duration: 6 Weeks
Project Location: Holborn, WC1
Project Type: New Showpiece, Hi Tec
Description Of Works: Office Office/Showroom displaying ABB Equipment. Smart Glass partitions, Room remote system, controlling, lighting, blinds, Heating, Ventilation and AV systems. M and E upgrades and adjustments, decorations and floorcoverings.
Ribbesford House
Client: Samuel Leeds
Value: £1,000,000 +
Duration: Ongoing; 2 years +
Project Location: Bewdley
Project Type: Listed Building Works
Description Of Works: Grade 2 Listed Building Refurbishment/ Conservation works. These works form part of the conversion into dwellings and renovations of this lovely old House. The objective of this phase was to get the main building watertight, however this meant existing roof structure needed repairs and replacements, the chimneys had to be rebuilt, damaged stonework had to be replaced with new, dormer roofs replaced all with the associated leadwork, to name just a few of the challenges needing to be overcome. All works carefully scrutinised and monitored by the conservation officer and Historic England.
Birmingham Bullring
Client: Workman LLP on behalf of Hammerson PLC
Value: £620,000
Duration: 12 Weeks
Project Location:Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham
Project Type: Replacement of 3no. sets of main entrance doors (to the Ice Cube; Moor Street and New Street entrances) and all associated works including Contractor’s Design and specific project fire strategy implementation
Description Of Works: A staggered project with the complete door replacement and all building works including the provision of temporary doors; removal of existing; electrical supply provision; making good both floor and ceiling surfaces; decorations; all protective hoardings. All works were carried out in a “Live” environment and over the Christmas period (approx. 13,000 people per day per entrance).
Unit 2 Headway Road, Wolverhampton
Client: JLL on behalf of Aberdeen Standard Investments
Value: £1.2million
Duration: 12 weeks
Project Type: Dilapidations repair and refurbishment works
Project description: Dilaps to an existing industrial warehouse with office apportionment, to include all internal; roofing structure and external areas to both warehouse and office spaces.
Following on immediately from these works, we designed and completed the tenants fit out of the offices spaces; the toilets and the warehouses.
Jessop House, Cheltenham
Client: JLL on behalf of Vistra Trust Corporation Ltd and Mayfair Capital Investment Management Ltd
Value: 3 separate projects totalling circa £2million (a. £300K b. £1.3million c. £420K)
Duration: On site for a total of 44 weeks within a 2 year period
Project: Modern multilet newly refurbished energy efficient Grade “A” offices, located in Cheltenham’s business quarter
Project description: a. The internal refurbishment of the main reception area through to the canteen/ Atrium areas b. refurbishment of all common areas including stairwells and landings and dilapidations to office space on 3 of the floors c. refurbishment of 10no. toilet facilities across all floors
STRIP-OUT & REFURBISHMENT
134 Edmund Street, Birmingham
Client: Trident
Value: £356K
Duration: 12 Weeks
Strip-Out & complete refurbishment of the ground floor reception, along with the lobby areas, toilets and lift areas to all floors. Comprising new floor coverings, decorations, lighting, reception furniture, sanitary ware, suspended & MF ceilings, partitioning, doors & door furniture, mechanical & electrical works.
OFFICE REFURBISHMENT
11 Brindley Place, Birmingham
Client: Cushman & Wakefield
Value: £183K
Duration: 4 Weeks
Office refurbishment comprising, new solid & full height glazed partitioning, suspended ceiling, floor coverings, decoration, kitchen facility, M&E works.
Blenheim Court, Solihull
Client: Savills
Value: £960K
Duration: 20 Weeks
Refurbishment of 3rd Floor Office, Toilets & Shower Room, Reception & Common Areas.
3rd Floor Office Summary: Stripping out of partitions, suspended ceilings, lighting, trunking & associated wiring/cables, kitchenette and associated M&E works. Refurbishment works included installation of new suspended ceiling system, lighting, raised access flooring, decorations and associated M&E works.
3rd Floor Gents & Disabled Toilets & Shower Room Summary: Complete strip out back to shell of all three facilities. Refurbishment included new suspended ceiling, lighting, sanitary ware, cubicles, wall & floor tiles, vanity units, M&E works.
Common Areas Summary: Re-decoration & re-carpeting of common areas over 6 floors in both building including new suspended ceilings & lighting to lift areas. New signage.
Reception Areas Summary: Re-decoration, suspended ceilings, feature lighting, flooring including a combination of carpet & ceramic tiles, creation of fully glazed meeting rooms, new reception units, re-cladding of external areas.
Refurbishment
Ankerside Shopping Centre Toilet Refurbishment
Client: Jones Lang Lasalle
Value: £304k
Duration: 10 weeks
Complete strip out and refurbishment of male, female & disabled toilet facilities. Including the provision of temporary facilities. Comprising new sanitary ware, cubicles, wall tiling, flooring, MF ceilings, lighting & mechanical extraction.
BNP Paribas 85-89 Colmore Row, Birmingham
Client: BNP Paribas
Value: £154,727
Duration: 7 weeks
Complete refurbishment of the reception area, stairs, lift lobbies & toilets Comprising internal & external decoration, new ceramic tiling, carpet, lighting, reception desk, signage, electrical & mechanical works.
Refurbishment
Handelsbank - Northampton
Branch refurbishment of the Swedish bank Handelsbanken, including MF ceilings, glass, solid and memory walls (curved & straight), including full height glass doors, manifestation, floor coverings, decorations, electrical and data works.
“From start to finish it was a pleasure to work with the team at Think Contracts. They listened to what we wanted, designed a fantastic solution & then delivered it. The experience was actually great fun and we are very proud of our new office.”
YHA – Manchester
Potato Wharf, Manchester was the first of the refurbishment projects undertaken by YHA. It was a 14 week programme, comprising mechanical and electrical works, flooring, bespoke joinery, catering equipment, toilets, window replacement and partitioning.
It now stands as a new bench-mark in youth hostelling
Refurbishment
Strip Out & Refurbishment of Former B&Q Retail Warehouse, Mansfield
Client: Cushman & Wakefield
Value: £239k
Duration: 9 Weeks
Strip out and refurbishment including, Mechanical & electrical, Mezzanine floor removal, Replacement roof lights, Internal & external decoration, Service dock levellers, Loading bay repairs, Drainage, Cladding replacement & repair, Trim & remove perimeter vegetation, New partitioning & suspended ceilings to office areas, Flooring.
Refurbishment
Dachser Limited – Warehouse
Value: £51000
Business as usual for one of the leading freight organisations whilst busy operational offices have carpets replaced, ceiling overhauled and are fully decorated. Similarly, and whilst remaining fully operational, the warehouse internally is decorated and an office is built on a mezzanine structure.
Think Contracts completed two projects for Kelway.
Kelway
The first consisted of works to the roof, concrete yard, fencing, interior brickwork, exterior cladding, mechanical and electrical, redecoration, flooring, joinery & a new kitchen.
The second involved the construction of a single storey area 35m x 15m in the warehouse, which included electrics, mechanical, ceilings and partitioning.
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