2 Aldermanbury Square, London

Cogent are acting as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent for GPE’s 2 Aldermanbury Square development, comprising the deconstruction of an existing building and construction of a new 12 storey Grade A office, with a net area of 320,000 sq ft. The property is pre-let to Clifford Chance.

The ‘Deconstruction & Enabling Works’ phase was successfully completed by Keltbray in Q2 2024, which comprised dismantling the former City Place House building, structural separation of the Basement to Podium floors from the adjacent City Tower, construction of the new basement ‘box’ and new slipform core. The existing City Place House building was carefully deconstructed to salvage approximately 1,500 tonnes of steelwork for re-use.

The ‘Main Works’ phase is being constructed by Lendlease and is planned to complete in Q1 2026. This includes the creation of new external Public Realm, Podium Gardens and re-activating the City Skywalk, which is routed through the site. The new office development is designed to be exemplary in terms of its sustainability and will achieve an EPC rating of ‘A’, BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, NABERS 5* Design for Performance, an Embodied Carbon target of 572KgCO2e/sqm and will be WELL Core Gold ‘Enabled’.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles or Oliver Roberts.

6 St Andrew Street, London

Cogent were appointed to act as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent in connection with a development project at 6 St Andrew Street. The works comprised a vertical extension, creation of a new roof terrace, comprehensive refurbishment of the building to provide 47,500 sq ft of NIA. The office space was fitted out to a Category B specification, capable of immediate occupation.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles or Chris Jackson.

20 Air Street, London

Cogent acted as Project Manager and Contract Administrator for a soft strip out and Category A refurbishment of levels 4 and 5 of 20 Air Street. The project included refurbishment of the reception and new end of trip facilities. An additional office floor was instructed part of the way through Phase 1 by the client team which required careful negotiation with the main contractor.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles.

22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent for the comprehensive refurbishment and re-positioning of a 1980’s office building in Wimbledon. The project comprised the construction of an additional storey, infilling two lightwells, a major façade refurbishment, a full Category A refurbishment, refurbishment of the WCs and reception plus new end of trip facilities.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles.

Futures Place, Stevenage

Structural infill of external atrium and Category B fit out. New external car park deck.

A deep refurbishment and re-positioning of The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Stevenage office. Works included full strip out of all MEPH services and enclosing the external courtyard to create an internal atrium collaboration hub. As part of a separate contract, a new 84 space car park deck was constructed over the existing surface level car park.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock or Lee Turrell.

Bramah House, London

Cogent were appointed to manage remediation of base build defects which had been identified within this office building on Bermondsey Street in London. We subsequently managed a phased Category A fit out project over three floors of office, including refurbishment of the WC accommodation.

On completion of the refurbishment project, Cogent were instructed to prepare a technical due diligence report in advance of the sale of this asset on behalf of our client.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles or Oliver Roberts.

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.