Pictured above: Marconi House
One of the most luxurious new living spaces in the UK is to be
fitted out by a Birmingham-based firm of building services
engineers.
J S Wright has won a £2.5-million deal with joint venture
partners Galliard Homes and Frogmore Real Estate Partners II to
equip Marconi House in London's Strand.
The building, owned by Strand Developments, incorporates 86
high-specification apartments and penthouses that have access to an
adjoining five star hotel.
J S Wright has already started work on site installing comfort
heating and cooling, ventilation, hot and cold water services and
above ground drainage for the development, which is scheduled for
completion in August 2011.
The work includes designing and supplying the cooling and
ventilation plant, which will also provide a carbon-saving heat
recovery service.
Representing the ultimate in refinement and sophistication,
Marconi House enjoys superb views across the capital, a 24-hour
concierge service and the most up to date home technology befitting
its historic past.
Formerly the Gaiety Hotel and Restaurant, the building was
converted to the headquarters of the Marconi Company in 1912 and
provided the location in the 1920s for the first radio
transmissions made by the fledgling British Broadcasting
Corporation. A Grade-2 listed façade remains following
redevelopment in 2005.
The building's automatic features include keypads replacing
light switches, audio-visual phone and data systems, and iPad-style
remote control touch screen devices.
Donagh O'Sullivan, Construction Director for Galliard Homes,
said: "We recommended J S Wright for this major project because of
their professional, responsive and proactive approach in all our
dealings. They are always mindful of the bigger picture."
Marcus Aniol, J S Wright Manager Director, said: "We are
delighted to have been appointed by Galliard Construction for such
a five star residential project. It shows that we have truly come
of age as one of UK's' leading building services contractors."