HISCOX BUILDING, YORK
'The Weave'
Client: | Hiscox Europe Services Ltd |
Main Contractor: | BAM |
Sector: | Commercial |
Steel: | 150 te |
Completed: | 2014 – 2015 |
Location: | York |
Scope: | Structural Steelwork Ancillaries |
Services: | Detailing Connection Design Fabrication Site Installation |
Keywords: | Prefabricated Box Girders Architectural Steelwork |
Project Summary
Located in York city centre, the build package included construction of the roof, facade, and entrance lobby steelwork for a new four-storey office building – the company’s biggest office outside of London.
The primary steelwork included exposed RHS columns of architectural importance forming the full-height curved atrium.
We also designed, fabricated, and installed the steelwork to support a decommissioned rocket, positioned as the centre piece of the four-storey high atrium.
Construction required site welding of fin plates to the face of cast-in embedment plates.