7 Savoy Court, London

Cogent acted as Project Manager and Contract Administrator for the refurbishment of two floors of office accommodation within 7 Savoy Court on behalf of USS. The floors were finished to a Cat A+ specification, expressing some of the historic fabric of the building whilst creating flexible, open-workspaces and maximising floor to ceiling heights.

For further information please contact Richard Andrews.

16 St James Street, London

Cogent were appointed to manage and administer a Category A refurbishment project over two office floors whilst working within a part occupied building. The project was delivered over a 42-week construction period and works extended to include common part WCs to the remaining office floors.

For further information contact Jon Knowles.

The Stock House, 17 Britton Street, London

Cogent acted as Project Manager and Contract Administrator for the comprehensive refurbishment and re-positioning of an existing 1990s office building in Farringdon. The works included replacement of the brickwork façade, replacement of all MEPH services, installation of a new passenger lift, creation of a new reception, installation of end of journey facilities and a full Cat A fit out.

For further details please contact Richard Andrews.

40 Holborn Viaduct, London

Cogent acted a Project Manager and Contract Administrator for the conversion of the lower ground floor office accommodation into a new state of the art end of trip cycle centre. The works included the creation of new bicycle storage and vibrant wayfinding signage, working around a fully occupied building.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock or Chris Jackson.

Holbrooke House, Hill Rise, Richmond

The client’s brief was to transform a tired property into modern and bright office accommodation. The brief included exploring the possibilities for additional net office accommodation by introducing a ground floor lateral extension as well as converting the mansard plant room into a new office mezzanine. The property was located within a quiet Mews and therefore required careful planning and coordination with neighboring office and residential tenants.

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Contract Administrator for the development works.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock.

Pembroke Building, West Kensington, London

Cogent were engaged to manage the comprehensive refurbishment of this 65,000 sq ft office building in West London. The key design moves were to remove a secondary lift core to maximise the net lettable floor area and create a new double height reception to transform the arrival experience. All of the MEPH services were replaced, enabing a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ and and EPC of A to be secured.

For further information please contact Richard Andrews or Dan Watson.

73 – 75 Penrhyn Road, Kingston Upon Thames

Cogent were appointed by Kingston University Estates to project manage a package of internal and external passive fire protection works to an existing 72 bedroom student accommodation block. The building was arranged over five stories (plus a basement) with adjacent converted Victorian terrace house (8 bedrooms). The project required very careful planning to retrospectively remediate the various defects to achieve compliance, ready for re-occupation by the students.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles.

1 Thomas Road, High Wycombe

Cogent acted as Project Manager, Contract Administrator and Cost Consultant for the refurbishment of a 30,000 sq ft industrial unit. The unit was originally constructed in the 1990s. The refurbishment delivered the unit to a high specification and enhanced the energy efficiency. The works included a combination of renewing and refurbishing the external fabric, a new 200kWp PV installation, new MEPH services along with full internal refurbishment to deliver an A+ EPC.

For further information please contact Paul Hewitt.

Brambles House, Waterlooville

Cogent acted as Project Manager, Contract Administrator and Cost Consultant for the refurbishment of a 50,000sqft industrial unit, originally constructed in the 1990s. The project transformed the unit to provide a high standard of accommodation and enhanced energy efficiency. The works initially involved a major site remediation scheme to remove various hazardous chemicals and materials left by the previous tenant. The works comprised a full refurbishment of the external fabric, new PV installation, new MEPH services, along with full internal refurbishment. The scheme is targeting BREEAM ‘Very Good’ and an EPC A+.

For further information please contact Paul Hewitt.

Grafton Place, Chelmsford

Cogent acted as Project Manager, Contract Administrator and Cost Consultant in connection with various asset management improvement works across the Grafton Place Estate in Chelmsford. This included administering a contract for external redecorations to all occupied units as part of landlord capex improvement works, which required careful sequencing to minimize disruption to the existing tenants.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock.