by Brianna Crandall — May 11, 2015—Legal & General Property’s building at 740 Waterside Drive in Bristol is the first-ever building to be certified under the BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-Out standard, the newest of the internationally recognized BREEAM programs for rating the sustainability of building projects.
An office building in Bristol’s Aztec West business park, 740 Waterside Drive was awarded design stage “Very Good” ratings against Parts 2 and 3 of the standard for the refurbishment and fit-out of its core and local services.
The £5 million, 30-week project encompassing 51,000 square feet is undertaking an extensive range of renovations and improvements. These include fully replacing the mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems, installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof, enhancing the airtightness of the building, and improving its Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating. The building has now achieved an EPC “A.”
The project also involves the replacement of window and curtain walling, a Category A build-out to floor plates, a new steel-frame reception extension, the reconfiguration of the core to include new toilet facilities, floor, ceiling and wall finishes to the new reception extension, and improvements to the site’s landscaping.
Project manager JLL said the new standard is a “valuable tool now in the market place, particularly given the building refurbishments likely in the run up to 2018.” In the United Kingdom, the Energy Act 2011 will make it unlawful to lease a property from 2018 below a minimum energy rating of “E.”
The 740 Waterside Drive project team is:
- Client: Legal & General UK Property Fund
- Project Manager: JLL
- Architect: Stride Treglown
- M&E Consultant: Hoare Leav
- QS: Sweett Group
- Contractor: Midas Construction
- BREEAM Assessor: Sustainable Construction Services
- Joint Agents: Knight Frank and JLL
BREEAM UK Non-Domestic Refurbishment & Fit-Out 2014 provides a standalone scheme for assessing a broad range of building renovation and interior build-out projects. Its highly flexible modular structure comprises four modules:
- Part 1 – Fabric and structure: external envelope, including walls, roofs, windows and floors
- Part 2 – Core services: centralized M&E plant, including heating, cooling and ventilation
- Part 3 – Local services: including lighting, local heating, cooling and ventilation
- Part 4 – Interior design: including interior finishes, furniture, fittings and equipment
A project can be assessed against one or all of the four parts, or any combination, depending on which are relevant to its particular scope of works.
