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Summary:

Converting the former flagship of Top Shop on London’s Oxford Street into an iconic Ikea smaller format store, offering a selection of accessories, furniture, and a planning studio. The building will also offer workplace and co-working facilities.

MEP Services Review:

• Audited MEP design completed to Stage 4 by Ramboll
• Reviewed all MEP building services documents, focusing on:

• key risks
• spatial coordination
• missing information
• compliance + benchmarking
• design related issues
• plant replacement strategy
• potential value engineering
• general observations

• Provided feedback in key defined areas, identified solutions + alternative design approaches to aid the client in the next phase of the project, bringing added value in terms of costs, programme, ease of installation + maintenance etc       

MEP Services Design Development:

• Taking ownership of the MEPH design + completing on behalf of Phoenix ME
• Reviewing and providing feedback on the completed drawings + modelling

 Energy & Sustainability (ESD) Services:

• CIBSE load checks using the existing IES-VE model

 Challenges Overcome:

• As with all audits:
• establishing the brief to fully understand the MEPH design foundations
• understanding reasoning behind decisions that are not always documented
• obtaining valued feedback + resolutions from the base build team of our findings

 Current Status:

• Supporting the progress of the MEP design, on behalf of Pheonix ME
• Prioritising basement works, as IKEA occupation is first milestone
• Continuing liaison and collaboration with the base build team to ensure robust design 

• SIZE: 255,500 sq.ft
• CLIENT: INGKA INVESTMENTS
• MAIN CONTRACTOR: MCLAREN
• ARCHITECT: BDP
• BASE BUILD M&E/SUSTAINABILITY: RAMBOLL UK
• STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: RAMBOLL UK