Spice were commissioned to design the first electronic trading company.  This incorporated entrance hall with display screens and flexible open plan offices and storage modules.  The only fixed ideas were the boardroom and open plan kitchen, where visitors/clients investigating the market can enjoy a relaxed method of business, even a game of table football.

Spice, using a bamboo plank flooring, not been seen before, covered the whole floor area, allowing access runs to the false floor trimmed in steel, and incorporating recessed floor uplighters.  Budget £600K.

Spice were commissioned initially to design reception, offices and seminar facilities in their St. Katharine’s Dock premises.  This style of interior was to set the flavour for all future offices; Spice visited New York and created a new office and meeting rooms continuing the style already created.  This was done in liaison with an American architect who took Spice’s drawings and implemented the same with their favoured contractor, with Spice overseeing the works.

Original fit-out 1993 - £350,000.00. Various alteration projects 1994 – 1998, reception alterations, new meeting/conference suite and new ten position Trading desk.

Over-all project management for complete fit-out of high grade finishes to offices, conference suite, and open plan trading floor. New mezzanine IT equipment rack rooms.

Upgrade of air conditioning systems, services alarms and new access control systems. Design and equipping of modular trading desk.

Survey in Madrid for design and planning of a 34 No. position dealing room, including the management of the project team including I.T. services engineers, I.T. and quantity surveyor.

The implementation of Trading Desk, design and interior fitting out carried out by Spice Design Consultants.

In co-operation with Madrid based contractors P.M.S. under a management contract.

Following the IRA bomb in Bishopsgate which completely demolished the ground floor of 55 Bishopsgate which was being project managed by Spice for Banca CRT, Spice were re-appointed by the client to carry out feasibility studies immediately on three other premises immediately available.

One of these feasibilities was for the ground floor of San Paolo Bank, London EC2, where 10,000 sq. ft. of office space was immediately available.

The space planning and local authority approvals, design, costing, and security arrangements were carried out over a three week period and the office areas including boardroom, private offices, general office, dealer room, equipment room, etc. were fitted out over a eight week period. Read the rest of this entry »

Refurbishment and upgrade of existing trading room, design, planning and management of new lighting, ceilings and general fitting-out.

Phased installation of new trading desks and equipment.

This Swedish derivatives trading house appointed Spice to carry out a prestigious high profile refurbishment of three floors. The first phase was boardroom and offices on the first floor.

The second phase was the stripping out and complete re-fitting of a 6 No. position specialist open trading desk, with support services and all power telephone and data services. The third phase was the 6th floor executive suite and reception. Read the rest of this entry »