Switzerland
Transforming the Quai Zurich Campus with Zurich Insurance Group
Project overview
Optimising potential in the heart of the city
Mitsubishi Estate sought to transform their existing assets in the UK’s capital city to create a tall building that combined high-quality design with world-class sustainability credentials. Located in the city’s financial district, the project involved replacing two office buildings with a single tower of office-led mixed-use workspace, more than doubling the site’s leasable area.
On the corner of two of the most prominent streets in London, 8 Bishopsgate offers 52,900m2 of offices, with elevated outdoor terraces, a café and deli and a 200-person auditorium. The site also includes a free-to-access public viewing gallery at the top of the building, providing spectacular views across the city.
Project story
Delivering resilient cost and commercial controls
Responsible for cost and commercial management for this decade-long project, our focus was to apply our extensive experience of tall buildings and sustainable office construction to ensure effective commercial delivery. We worked closely with Stanhope, Wilkinson Eyre and ARUP to maximise value, de-risk, and ensure project delivery to schedule and on-budget.
In 2024, the building won the British Council of Offices (BOC) London region award for best commercial workplace.
Putting sustainability at the heart
As well as striking architecture and a leading office facility, sustainability was a key driver for the building’s design and construction. The use of low-embodied carbon materials and low operational carbon was a priority, with every element optimised - from foundation materials to reduced cooling demand.
Powered by sustainable and smart technologies, the tower’s integrated analytics platform captures, analyses and shares energy performance, while floor-by-floor air provision is tailored to tenants’ individual preferences.
Rationalising the building’s structural steel frame reduced the amount of steel used by 25 percent against a typical similar size tower, saving approximately 5,000 tonnes of CO2. The adoption of a raft foundation saved a further 3000m3 of concrete, equating to about 300 tonnes of CO2.
With an EPC A rating, 8 Bishopsgate is the first tower of its kind in London to achieve BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) ‘Outstanding’ level certification.
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