May Event - Maurice Wohl Building Site Visit

This was a very successful visit to the Maurice Wohl Building site at KCL in Denmark Hill with well over 50 attending, somewhat of a record for an LCEC visit! This was a first for the LCEC as we had never hosted a visit to a site under construction.  Timescale wise the project is half way through due to complete in Spring 2013. The visit was organised in response to member comments via our social media survey tool (SurveyMonkey).  More about the project can be found by clicking here.

Points of interest:

• Very 'tight' site' with limited access
• Involved demolition of a 3m diameter sewer prior to construction 
• 99% of site waste was re-used to cap a landfill site
• Had all cofferdam piles been laid end to end they would have reached Kings Cross 9 km away
• Risk of insolvency of subcontractors features on the daily agenda - sign of the times
• When open the centre will not be a public building as it is for research, labs & offices
• So far a 100% safe site!
• Novel green sedum roofs 
• Copper coloured brize soleil.

The overall consensus was that it was a must to revisit to see the fit out. 


Here is a very short set of pictures with some progress shots:

Maurice Wohl Building from Mike Colquhoun on Vimeo.

Here is a project fly through: