About Morgan Sindall
Case studies

• Client
• Guardian News and Media
• Location
• London

During the consolidation of four Guardian newspaper offices from locations across London into one building, Overbury’s task at the new Guardian News and Media headquarters in King’s Place, London was to carry out the fit out in a manner that minimised carbon emissions. Moving all of the newspaper’s operations to one location is a positive environmental step in itself, as it reduces travel and deliveries between disparate sites, minimises energy use and encourages an entire workforce to cooperate to reduce their waste.

• Client
• South Lanarkshire Council
• Location
• Scotland

South Lanarkshire Council PPP scheme involved a modernisation programme for all of the Council’s 19 secondary schools, transforming the school estate to meet the needs of a 21st century learning environment.

The majority of the schools were designed in three main parts, the community facility, the ‘street’, which is the focus for all the schools, and the teaching wings. Several of the schools have large scale community sports facilities for out of hours community use which are accessed through the striking public frontages.

• Client
• Westfield Shopping Towns
• Location
• Stratford, East London

Morgan Est’s work at the Stratford City development forms part of the supporting infrastructure for the 2012 Olympics. The new town centre link bridge was designed and built for the Westfield Group, a project worth £25m, crossing over 11 Network Rail, London Underground Limited and Docklands Light Railway rail lines at Stratford Station. In addition, Morgan Est has also undertaken further projects on the site which include the modification of two existing bridges, three new bridges and associated works.

• Client
• Manchester City Council
• Location
• Beswick, Manchester

Lovell was selected by New East Manchester following a design-led competition to develop 550 new homes as part of the regeneration of Beswick. The properties are predominantly for outright sale, with homes for rent and shared ownership being provided through its Registered Social Landlord partners. The development, the largest off site manufactured housing project in Europe, offers a mixed tenure environment where homes are indistinguishable by tenure creating a fully inclusive community.

• Client
• Liverpool City Council
• Location
• Liverpool

The development comprises five buildings overlooking a stunning landscaped public square. The first phase comprised prime office space, apartments, a restaurant and a 400 space car park. Phase two has provided a further 133,000 square feet of Grade A office accommodation in a stunning landmark building which delivers significant savings in energy costs, whilst the third and final stage, now under construction, will deliver a further 109,000 square feet of ‘BREEAM excellent’ office space. When completed the development will provide workplaces for 3,500 people.