A design and build project to provide a brand new building
and interior fit out to comply with Renault UK specification for a new 8 car
showroom for the Renault Dacia brands. The building was constructed on a site
owned by Picador PLC and previously used as a used car sales site. As principal
contractor we took control of half of the total site to confine our activities
into a contained CDM controlled site whilst allowing the client to continue
their used car sales activities. The building was to be placed on
non-supporting sub-surface, so the first works were to insert 24 no. 8 metre
piles into the soft ground to allow the main rafted concrete base to be laid
over. Once these works were complete we were able to install the main steel
portal frame. Following this the cold rolled steel was installed to which the
external cladding and roof were fixed. A partial dry shell then allowed for the
start of internal fit out which commenced with the electrical and mechanical
first fix infrastructure. The final phase of works was to install the external
glazing and the completion of the interior fit-out of wall linings, ceilings,
ceiling bulkheads, partitioning, WC’s, kitchen, and flooring. All the elements
of the entire project were pre-programmed via pre-start meetings and utilising
MS Project Programing software, allowing us to collate all of the separate
trades lead times and install dates which resulted in an incredibly quick start
to finish build time of 20 weeks. We were delighted to hand the keys over to
Picador PLC who were able to immediately
occupy the finished building and populate with their new showroom vehicles and
open the doors within 2 days of Handover.
