DEBENHAMS IPSWICH

DEBENHAMS LUTON

• Concert hall, Technical College Newcastle upon Tyne
• New school buildings Sele School Hertford
• Sports Hall Sele School Hertford
• Computer Building Darlington PSA
• Offices Woolwich PSA
• Pneumatic Air Structure Irving Air Chutes
• Public House refurbishments The Wellington, Welwyn, Greene King
• Shops and office complex Chard
• Local Authority Housing Norfolk
• Supermarket refurbishment Nottingham Caters Ltd Fast track management contract J Laing Construction
• Department Store fitout Mansfield Debenhams Ltd Fast track management contract J Laing Construction
• Major extensions to Department stores Luton Tarmac Construction
• Major extensions and refurbishment to Department store Middlesborough
• Debenhams Ltd New Retail complex Ipswich Debenhams Ltd. and British Rail Pension Fund. Fairclough East Anglia Ltd
• Office Developments Uxbridge and Vere Street London

Projects carried out by Christopher Sale R.I.B.A. in a senior capacity as an Associate Partner in a large London Practice.

Debenhams Ipswich. An urban redevelopment project of building a new department store, supermarket restaurants and offices of some 20,000 square meters. The existing store was retained during the construction with temporary fire escape staircases and exists to maintain safety and the rebuilding was carried out in two phases.

There were six escalators and six lifts with a full range of fire fighting equipment, smoke extracts, fire shutters and emergency escape staircases. The project also involved retaining part of a Listed façade and, with two basement levels, parts of the adjoining buildings had to be underpinned and sheet piled. The building was constructed with a reinforced concrete frame, a pan and beam floor with a part space frame roof. Electrical and mechanical services with comfort cooling were integrated into the building fabric.

The current valuation of this project would be in the region of £27m.