The
area around Coventry mainline train station is undergoing an impressive
transformation as regeneration comes back to Coventry. And Wilo UK has
had a major role to play in the stand-out building in the new
development providing all the pumps for the new home of Coventry City
Council.
Designed
by international architecture and urban planning practice Allies and
Morrison, the Friargate Masterplan brings to Coventry a world-class
commercial district that provides opportunities for work, living,
visiting and staying.
Situated within a 37-acre site linking Coventry Railway Station with the
city’s retail core, Friargate if the most strategically significant
mixed use scheme seen in Coventry for a generation.
Comprising
3,200,000 sq ft of mixed-use development, once completed, Friargate
will deliver a total of 25 efficient and sustainable buildings,
including Grade A office buildings, shops, restaurants, two hotels and
new homes, high quality landscaped public spaces and the create 15,000
new jobs.
The
stand-out building in the new development is No1 Friargate, which
features grade A offices and public spaces, and is the new headquarters
for Coventry City Council. This impressive new multi-storey office
building has been handed over to its new owners. The main contractor on
the scheme was Bowmer & Kirkland and Derry Building Services was
responsible for the M&E works in their entirety, both design and
build.
No1
Friargate was the first building in the Friargate masterplan to be
constructed. Coventry City Council has occupied nine floors and the
Financial Ombudsman Service is occupying the remaining two. The building
offers some of the region’s most modern office space.
It
is mostly open plan with huddle stations and acoustic booths. The
Council and Financial Ombudsman Service will share the swish ground
floor and first floor office space, benefiting from the conference room
coffee shop facilities.
The
stunning red-brick façade has been designed to reflect the traditional
materials used in some of Coventry’s finest buildings, including
Coventry Cathedral, with the building already a prominent part of the
city’s skyline.
The
project featured a wide range of Wilo pumps providing primary and
secondary heating, chilled water and Cooling water pumps as well as a
domestic cold water booster set.
“Thishas been a major project for us and its extremely rewarding to see a plant room that is so impressive at the base of this impressive new building,” says Wilo’s Gary Wheatley. “It’s a perfect case study for us, highlighting so many of the pumps we produce working closely
together in a single plant room, in a major project like this one.”
