Banca CRT, London

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. Detailed scope of works included the complete new installation of underfloor trunking and supplementary ’stand alone’ air conditioning, alteration to lighting and co-ordination with Hambros dealing unit with regard to the dealing room itself.