Pictured above: Left side (L-R): Clive Williams (Williams Architects), James Robertson (Leach Group), Tim Boxford (Williams Architects), Jeremy Collier (Baggaley Construction) Right side (L-R): Barry Dalby (Baggaley Construction), Tom Kent (Kent PHK), Kevin Kent (Kent PHK), Ian Kent (Kent PHK)

Work is underway on new headquarters for Mansfield based electrical contractors and mechanical engineers Kent PHK to create additional space and improved accommodation for their expanding business, securing current jobs as well as creating new ones. 

The £2.5m facility, that has been designed by Nottingham firm Williams Architects and is being built by Mansfield based Herbert Baggaley Construction, comprises of new head office and a workshop.

The two story office building is designed around a central circulation core with the two floors connected by a series of voids to provide high levels of natural daylight and ventilation. The building's façade comprises a series of full height windows set into cedar cladding. The windows have manually operated opening vents as well as solar shading.

The adjoining 1,000sq m workshop will be used for the company's fabrication activities and has been designed to complement the appearance of the offices.   Both buildings are at different heights due to sloping ground and are tied together visually by large overhanging eaves. 

"Having set our roots here in Mansfield in the early 1990's we have a long standing relationship with the town and are pleased to have found a location for our new head office which we believe meets all our future requirements," said Ian Kent, Director of Kent PHK Ltd. "We are proud to award the project to local companies and look forward to relocating in early 2012."

"We are delighted to be delivering prestigious new offices and workshop facilities in Mansfield for Kent PHK, a thriving local company," said Clive Williams of Williams Architects. "We have worked with Kent PHK from initial concepts right through to detailed design, and we are now focusing on the successful construction of the development with Baggaley Construction. We look forward to seeing Kent PHK move in to their new headquarters in the New Year and wish them every success in their new location."

"We are extremely pleased to be working on this local project and helping a fellow Mansfield company with its planned expansion," said Ian Baggaley, managing director of Herbert Baggaley Construction.

The initial construction project is due to complete October 2011.