The Lakeside Shopping Centre
Mall Refreshment Programme
Ellmer Construction are proud to be associated with
Capital Shopping Centres PLC on this successful project
The Client’s brief for the Lakeside
Mall Refreshment Project was
“Business as Usual”
Ellmer Construction were involved with the Lakeside Refreshment
Programme from 2001 until completion in 2004.
Ellmers ongoing commitment to Capital Shopping
Centres PLC was based on understanding their Client’s
commitment of ensuring continuous shopping for
their customers and retailers by:
A clear understanding of our clients’s requirements
Minimise disruption to business
Careful planning throughout
Working closely with Centre Management
Anticipating problems at an early stage
Lateral thought to alternative methods
Providing a disciplined well-managed workforce.
Ellmer Construction
commenced work in
March 2001 on the
refurbishment of the
third floor food court
and public toilet areas,
while developing a
strong team spirit with:
MACE (Project Managers)
Building a Theme Company Ltd (Architects)
Cyril Sweett Ltd (Quantity Surveyors)
Mitchell McFarlane & Partners
(Structural Engineers)
Hoare Lea & Partners (Services Engineers)
This section provided:
A food court area with extra seating
Beautifully revamped toilet accommodation
This section of the Works was completed in
October 2001 on programme and
within budget
Having reached completion of the third floor
food court and while pricing the first stage
tender for the Mall Refreshment Programme,
Ellmer Construction were awarded the complete
refurbishment of the existing baby change unit.
Work commenced in January 2002.
Ellmers worked with Building a
Theme Company Ltd (Architects)
and this section provided:
One of the largest retail
baby care centres in the UK
Changing, feeding and
playing facilities
This section of the Works
was completed in March 2002
on programme and
within budget
Ellmer Construction with Galliford Try (a Joint Venture Partnership) were
awarded the pre-commencement works for the Mall Refreshment Programme
and commenced in January 2002, to forge a good working relationship with:
Leslie Jones Architects
Gardiner & Theobald LLP (Cost Control & Project Managers)
Mitchell McFarlane & Partners (Structural Engineers)
Hoare Lea & Partners (Services Engineers)
The pre-commencement work was an essential lead-in period for the Mall
Refreshment Programme and included:
Design
Procurement
Health and safety assessments
Workforce induction procedures
Method statements
Programmes and planning
Site set up
This section of the Works was completed
Security arrangements
in December 2002 on programme and
within budget
The Client’s brief for the Lakeside
Mall Refreshment Project was
“Business as Usual”
During the pre-commencement works, the second stage tender for the Mall
Refreshment Programme was agreed and work commenced in January 2003.
Scheduled to take approximately nineteen months the work comprised:
Capital Shopping Centres PLC required the
Mall Refreshment Programme to provide
a timeless quality which would enhance
the experience of shoppers. This was
achieved by the use of:
Warm and natural lighting
New rooflights
Eye catching curves to walls and lightwells
Softer coloured porcelain floor tiles
Stainless steel and glass balustrading
“Business as usual”
Structural alterations
Re-shaping of voids and atrium
Widening lightwells
New services and public systems
New ceilings
New floor tile finishes
New balustrading
New escalator areas
The replacement of existing lifts
This section of the Works was
completed in June 2004
on programme and
within budget
Capital Shopping Centres PLC
vision has produced a centre for
everyone, with a more user friendly
environment by:
Improving sightlines
Clear signage
A new interior design
New lighting
Improved lift facilities
Two new escalator areas
Improved access
Automatic entrance doors
Improved mall seating
was maintained throughout the programme
The completed project
Key Facts
40,000 work shifts - an average of 100
site operatives per night
Average 15% - non-productive time spent
per night in setting up, at the start of each
shift and later by covering up, to make the
site safe for their next day’s trading
88,000 floor tiles - enough to cover nearly
three football pitches
2,600 No. Light fittings
720 linear metres of glass and stainless
steel balustrading
450,000 linear metres of cabling
150 tonnes of structural steelwork
600 square metres of new glass
500 new seats
For more information please contact Ellmer Construction
Tel: 020 8943 5252 Fax: 020 8943 3969
email: info@ellmers.co.uk
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