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1 Coleman Street, EC2 for Stanhope : Moorgate, London, England, UK

Moorgate Office Building 1 Coleman Street, London 2007 Design: David Walker Architects + Swanke Hayden Connell photos © Nick Weall One Coleman Street - Moorgate building : Photos + text below from Stanhope Headquarters building 1 Coleman Street is an oval nine storey building occupying a rare island site in the City, close to the Guildhall. Despite the constraints of the St Paul’s Heights Code, the site has nevertheless produced 180,000 sq ft of space. Stanhope has developed the building to shell and core for Legal & General, who will undertake the fit-out and move its headquarters and 800 staff there. One floor will be sub-let. Site challenges Ground conditions were complex. The site provided access to a City of London basement car park, and this entrance had therefore to be moved further along London Wall. A Post Office rail tunnel also runs diagonally under the site, and at the start of construction a large number of fibre-optic services passing under the site had to be moved. Secant piling was used to create the basement. The project was innovative in its use of a twin wall system for core construction, which produced benefits in terms of speed, safety and a reduction in formwork. Erection of the steel frame started in March 2006, with shell and core construction was completed in February 2007. One Coleman Street - Building Information Title: 1 Coleman Street Owner: Union Investment Real Estate AG Partner: British Land Building Type: Office Developer / development manager: Stanhope Architects: David Walker Architects + Swanke Hayden Connell Structural Engineer: Arup Services Engineer: Arup Cost Consultants: Davis Langdon + Mott Green & Wall (M&E) Construction Manager: Bovis Lend Lease NIA: 180,000 sq ft Contract Start / finish date: Jan 05 - PC Feb 07 Pre-let: Legal & General Photos © Adrian Welch, Jun 2007: Winner of Concrete Centre Award for Sustainability 2007 1 Coleman Street - Sustainable Materials Coleman Street makes extensive use of recycled and secondary concrete materials. The façade combines glazing and polished concrete in a ratio of 60 : 40%, and the precast elements use 100% secondary coarse aggregate. The basement and upper floor slabs used 100% secondary course aggregate in the form of china clay stent. Stent is waste granite material that has been separated from china clay as a by-product. Every tonne of china clay generates around 4.5 tonnes of stent, which is usually tipped on spoil heaps. The use of 6,000 tonnes of stent at Coleman Street meant an equivalent saving in spoil generated, and 6,000 fewer tonnes of primary aggregates quarried. The stent was transported by rail to the London mixing plant, where it was incorporated into the concrete. The project also used pulverised fuel ash (PFA) to replace a proportion of Portland cement. In some elements of the structure, this was increased to around 40%, as opposed to the more usual 30%. Reinforcement was manufactured from 100% scrap metal. With this approach, the overall recycled/secondary content of the concrete increased tenfold, from the 5% level (by mass) typical of current construction to 50%. 1 Coleman Street - Partners in innovation The innovative approach to the concrete mix was supported by a full programme of consultation and testing undertaken by Stanhope and its supply team. The success of the project will lead to further use of the material. The façade design has produced office spaces with ample natural light and the project meets all the requirements of the current Part L regulations, even though consent was given in 2004. The objective is a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating, which is optimal for shell and core. One Coleman Street image © Nick Weall Moor House image © Nick Weall

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