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Those members of the PCE Team responsible for the design process focussed on the overall structural stability of the building and its low vibration characteristics, whilst maintaining practicality, repetition, robustness of detailing and efficiency to enable the structural components to be easily manufactured offsite with safe onsite assembly.

The manufacturing processes were well controlled throughout all of the factories by PCE’s highly trained Quality management staff using the Company’s quality assurance and checking procedures to ensure that all product on arriving at site would fit perfectly where it had been designed for without any remedial works required. Access to the factories was also co-ordinated to enable the windows to be pre-installed into the reconstructed stone cladding panels

Assembly of the offsite manufactured units and the onsite insitu concrete works required was completed by an average number of just 16 of PCE’s multiskilled operatives over a period of only 36 weeks. The structural frame and facades were completed from basement level in just under 28,000 man hours, and most importantly, with no reportable incidents.

To ensure maximum safety and minimal disturbance to the large numbers of people accessing the adjacent neighbouring facilities which included offices, laboratories and a world famous hospital, the logistics surrounding all of the necessary vehicle deliveries were carefully digitally planned and managed from the initial design stages through to onsite completion.