Premier Laser Clinic
TYPE
Commercial
CLIENT
Premier lase clinic
LOCATION
Cannon Street, London
STATUS
Completed
An important and established Beauty and Laser clinic company with several clinics in London hired us to take care of their latest new clinic in the centre of London, Bank area.
The property was already used as a commercial space and following the 2020 amendment of the Use Class Order, there was no need to apply for a Change of Use with the City of London Council.
The property was given to our client as shell & core and consisted of a 300+ sqm basement floor with part of it on a slightly lower level than the rest of the floor.
The brief involved the creating of two areas withing the property, a dentist service area, a beauty and laser clinic area, and a service area for the staff including back office, canteen with kitchen, bathroom. The beauty area and dentist area would have to share a reception area, that could be access by the public through a staircase connecting the basement with a ground floor door.
Planning permission was required to get consent for new external signage to serve the new clinic, as well as a second planning permission to allow the installation of external cooling units in the backyard of the property. Both applications took into account the guidelines of the conservation area and the general policies of the City Of London.
The project started as usual with a few quick sketches trying to explore the possibilities of the space in terms of number of treatment rooms, connection with the fire escapes plant technical spaces, and storage for the business supplies, all especially important for our client needs.
A detailed survey followed while we started to explore in advance the plumbing and ventilation options with the specialized contractors already hired by the client. We think that in a commercial project, where the cost and size of the electrical, heating, and mechanical systems can be
a noticeably big percentage of the total project, it is important to start the conversation with the specialized companies early in the process, to avoid time delays, unexpected costs later during the construction phase. If not considered at the beginning as part of the preliminary design sometimes the design can suffer unwanted changes because of conflicts between structural elements, E&M systems, and functional needs.
Once the layout of the clinic was fixed following the client’s requirements, we proceeded with the creation of a BIM model (a three-dimensional model that is embedded with information about materials, brand, product, and construction details, and if any element is changed, the BIM software update the model to reflect that change, allowing consistent and coordinate information and drawings throughout the process).
The BIM model allowed us to interface easily with the engineer and the specialized contractors, working in a three-dimensional environment to verify space allowances, routing of plumbing and ventilation elements, connection with the existing utility outlets. For the retro illuminated ceiling that we proposed, interfaced with a few approved specialized installers to refine the construction details and pricing for this item.
We interfaced also with the Landlord to provide a set of drawings as required by the lease, including description of the building works and other required documentation.
We finally provided a tender package to the chosen contractors, that included Detailed construction drawings, a final Schedule of Works, specifications of products to be used.
In this case, the construction phase including contract administration was directed by the client with the team they used for the other clinics, and we visited the sites during construction when additional information and drawings were required by the contractor.
