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Flexibility Workplaces W WELL & Fitwel o ce Fire Certification rkpla Engineering Companies across all industries are looking for innovative ways Acoustics Facades to attract and retain the best Lighting Structural talent and foster creativity, Engineering WSP MEP Services innovation and employee Engineering satisfaction through creating thriving workplaces. Changes in employee behaviour and work Corporate Culture and personal development and providing but also offer areas to focus, socialise style are creating a tectonic Work Environment opportunities for career advancement. and conduct different types of work. But one of the crucial ingredients Another important factor is flexibility There are several key elements that in creating a positive experience for – a possibility for employees to choose shift in company structures, help organisations create attractive employees is the physical space that when, where and how they work to ways of working and office workplace experiences for their they work in, as offices increasingly achieve their best performance. A employees such as an empowering work reflect the company’s brand and culture. report shows that 74% of UK businesses design. Nowadays successful philosophy and company culture. This Research has found that employees believe flexible working makes their usually involves a management style and thrive in a work environment that employees more productive, while a workplaces are so much more an entrepreneurial spirit that encourage encompasses spaces that optimise study by JLL demonstrates that 91% of proactiveness, innovation, flexibility collaboration through technology workers desire more control in their than just a nice place to work. and creativity, while promoting and collaborative interior setting, workspace. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 07

Wellbeing sensors and smart metering systems. For sets of requirements. example, at the 100 Adelaide Street West At WSP, we work with clients to create For the Eminent building in Malmö, office tower in Toronto, we implemented productive work environments and Sweden we are acting as WELL a complete end-to-end IP based deliver a higher return on investment certification coordinator as well as system integrated with the building’s throughout the lifetime of the building. sustainability consultant managing the centralized automation platform. Working in collaboration with strategic conflicting requirements while helping planners, architects and interior the project become the first building designers, we seek to maximise the High Performance in the Nordic countries to register for occupant wellbeing by considering noise Creating green buildings is highly WELL and, at the same time, to achieve and acoustics, air and water quality, important to our clients to decrease the Swedish environmental standard lighting and daylight, and biophilic energy cost and meet regulatory Miljöbyggnad at a Gold level. design, complying with the WELL and requirements for reducing carbon Fitwel certifications. For example, WSP emissions, while providing an attractive Flexibility assisted in the pursuit of the WELL environment to their workforce. We Activity-Based Working (ABW) is the Building Standard for the Colorado design the most efficient systems and reorganisation of the workplace to Health Foundation Headquarters help building managers and owners enable staff to be more productive and building by designing features to monitor building performance and collaborative using shared workspaces support the certification principles. A achieve efficiency and long-term savings. in the office and external locations like unique trait was the use of tuneable LED We also help them attain the highest home offices. It allows businesses to lighting systems controlled to change level of sustainability through design adapt to changing markets and new colour temperature in select spaces to that is in line with certifications such as ways of working. mimic daylight and help regulate the LEED, BREEAM and Green Star. circadian rhythm of the occupants. Flexibility in the way people work However, the wellbeing of employees Aspects of nature were integrated in the and in office layouts, is becoming the is increasingly the main priority for design and the materials together with optimal way for companies to make the companies as it contributes to enhanced air quality monitors to ensure a good most of their workforces and real estate productivity, decreased absenteeism indoor environment. portfolio. Multi-tenant workplaces foster and improved staff retention, thereby collaboration and the exchange of ideas positively impacting business between different groups of people. Smart Solutions performance. Although both energy- Organising the work environment to efficiency and employee wellbeing Technology is an important enabler of provide break-out rooms and foster can be achieved simultaneously, effective workplace design. It includes networking results in new opportunities everything from intelligent building sometimes their design requirements for businesses, as we successfully systems, smart conference room can be conflicting. We use our demonstrated with WSP’s new office fit- technology and virtual presence to multidisciplinary pool of experts that out in Adelaide, Australia. evolving security systems. Technology includes MEP engineers, acousticians, makes mobility possible, as it enables environmental scientists, lighting Our holistic approach in designing workers to connect from anywhere and designers, facade engineers, energy thriving workplaces has allowed us to at any time. It can also increase energy- modelling experts, WELL, Fitwel and work on many different commercial efficiency and improve space utilisation RESET accredited professionals - to find schemes, while making them responsive through implementation of occupancy the optimal solution respecting both and future-proofed.

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Wellbeing in the Workplace

People are any business’ greatest asset. It follows that a healthy, happy workforce is a vital component of long-term commercial success. Employers increasingly realise that offering a good salary or pension is no longer enough. The brightest and very best talent wants to work in attractive environments that provide support and inspiration.

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The link between employee WELL and Fitwel Thermal Comfort and the ability to design and engineer Biophilic Design necessary as part of a refurbishment attitudes and business effective acoustic solutions to exacting programme or to support building Certifications Indoor Air Quality Incorporating nature into the work performance has been client briefs. Our experts use bespoke certification process. Wellbeing oriented buildings promote, Thermal comfort and indoor air quality environment through biophilic design understood for decades, but 3D acoustic modelling systems to At WSP, all our workplace projects, from or provide, a wealth of elements relating are vital to wellbeing. The concentration is a growing priority for companies in it is only in more recent years analyse specific interior design layouts large-scale new build projects to small to welfare; from clean air, adequate of some pollution indicators can be light of recent research. There is a rising that the impact of workplace and minimise background noise, while refurbishment schemes, capitalise on natural light and thermal comfort, to two to five times higher indoors than recognition that green space and nature on wellbeing has become ensuring acoustic privacy for workers. the relationship between workplace, ergonomically designed interiors that outdoors. By maximising the use of have a positive impact, particularly on evident. wellbeing and commercial success. WSP stimulate physical activity, healthy fresh air, taking into consideration mental health. Our designs facilitate, A growing body of research, Lighting and Daylight adds value to businesses by putting material selection, and access to clean humidity and air motion, and designing wherever possible, inclusion of green including an evidence- people at the very heart of our designs, effective airflow, our engineers ensure The exposure to daylight, the quality space into the workplace, whether this based report published by water, wholesome food and exercise. creating workplaces that inspire and high indoor air quality. Thermal, acoustic and quantity of electric lighting, is exploiting views of the surrounding the World Green Building Other important factors for creating a enable workers to be the very best they and ergonomic comfort as well as glare control, and task-appropriate area, creating mechanical and ventilation Council, suggests that the healthy working environment include can be. physical work environment the physical location of the building water quality are other priority areas illumination levels are thought to systems so they support the biophilic directly influences the health, and easy access to amenities that could for optimising the work environment. help improve energy, mood and design, or orientating structures to make wellbeing and productivity either be part of the workplace or Studies indicate a 10% reduction in productivity. High natural light the best use of nearby open space. of workers. Furthermore, a located in the surrounding area. performance at both 30°C and 15°C. levels and quality illumination help great workplace influences to minimise disruption to the body’s Occupant Surveys When part of client’s objective, our Noise and Acoustics staff attraction, satisfaction, accredited professionals and design natural circadian system. Some reports Integrating wellbeing elements into efficiency and retention. teams help the workplace design Acoustics are a key component of suggest that those in offices with better an existing office building is a concern worker wellbeing. Noise and lack of daylight and views take 6.5% fewer sick With staff costs, including achieve the highest possible levels for many of our clients. Our experts acoustic privacy are some of the most days. WSP’s specialist lighting design salaries and benefits, typically of WELL, Fitwel, RESET and other conduct occupant surveys in the wellbeing-related certifications. We common complaints made by office teams provide the optimal lighting for existing offices to get direct feedback making up about 90% of a workers, especially those based in open business’ operating costs, advise multidisciplinary teams on different areas of the workplace to best on the building’s performance from spaces. Research suggests that well it makes sense that even what the certification means, what fit the intended need while making the users’ perspective. We use this designed acoustic environments can marginal improvements to every individual credit requires and people feel comfortable and giving them information to identify the areas for boost performance of demanding office worker productivity can who is responsible for it. We manage a sense of wellbeing. improvement and inform the design tasks by as much as 50%. turn into significant overall the entire process and provide design to enhance the occupant’s experience. commercial gains. recommendations. 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the client and project team to clarify Delos and prioritize the project health and sustainability goals. The workshop outcomes were used to create an Headquarters enhanced Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) document. This defined the fit-out project’s goals; formulated metrics to A Beacon of Office Design measure success; clarified additional deliverables; and set out the scheme’s Centred Around People intended outcomes. A key element of the OPR was the creation of a Biophilia Plan, based on the latest research available, to ensure the two-level workspace covering 19,318 sq. ft. would provide a sensory- rich, daylight-filled environment that provides real connections to nature and the outdoors. WSP was also instrumental in defining and validating design concepts for the As the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate, project. The open plan offices include LOCATION ergonomic workstations, that are New York, USA Delos wanted its new headquarters in New York City to serve as a model adjustable and ‘active’ allowing people CLIENT to stand and walk around if desired. Delos workplace designed to actively nurture Private ‘cubby holes’ provide space for people’s well-being and health as well ARCHITECT concentration and phone calls, while the as address environmental sustainability Gensler conference rooms, café, and terrace help goals. SIZE foster interaction and collaboration. 19,318 sq. ft. Located in the prestigious new 860 Another key space is a multi- Washington Street building, in the heart STATUS functional laboratory that showcases Completed September 2017 of the city’s trendy Meatpacking District, environmental and health data, and the pioneering organization has created aids in applied research. Delos’ new SERVICES a workplace that inspires staff and headquarters is equipped to provide data visitors with its healthy, flexible, and -- LEED Certification Coordination to aid the organisation’s research into environmentally responsible design. Achieved WELL -- Sustainability Consulting healthy workplaces, for example, with Platinum, Living -- Biophilia Strategy The project has achieved WELL sensors and controls that measure the Platinum Certification and Living Building Challenge -- Design Analysis – Energy and quality of light and air throughout the Water Analysis Building Challenge Petal Certification day and year. Petal Certification and is on track to achieve LEED v4 -- Commissioning A building that performs against and are on track for Certification, embodying Delos’ high environmental measures with minimal LEED v4 Certification standards across multiple areas to create waste was fundamental to the scheme. a healthy, sustainable, and adaptable So WSP completed a detailed analysis of work environment. plug loads and water use, recommending Holistic approach Delos needed a strategic consultant controls and occupant-based strategies to creating healthy that would bring a holistic approach to for achieving energy savings where realising its vision. WSP was the clear possible. and sustainable choice. Our sustainability consultants workplace In September 2017, Delos opened its have a long relationship with Delos doors to an office that positively impacts having worked with the organization the health and wellbeing of its staff and since its inception. also serves as a beacon of inspiration Guidance on goals, Our first step was to facilitate an to workplace designers and employers measures of success, integrative design workshop with across the world. and design concept

Assisting design team in implementing WELL Eminent standard principles Aligning with local The first building in the regulations and sustainability Nordics to seek WELL standard certification Ensuring high environmental comfort for occupants

LOCATION Eminent is a new office building in the cafes will offer a healthy variety of food; Malmö, Sweden Hyllie district of Malmö, one of the most occupants will be able to participate in

CLIENT sustainable neighbourhoods of Sweden. gardening activities; while additional Castellum Real Estate Due for completion at the end of 2018, group activities such as yoga classes on

ARCHITECT the building will comprise more than the roof and running in the park will 2 Kanozi Arkitekter 9,600 m of lettable space. also be organised. A bicycle garage with

CONTRACTOR It is the first building in the Nordic storage, repair facilities and showers, has Skanska countries to register for WELL been designed to encourage people to STATUS Building Standard Certification, and cycle to work. Due for completion in 2018, we were commissioned to coordinate Eminent is designed around flexibility opening in 2019 the certification process, assisting the so that tenants can rent an individual design team in integrating principles of space or several office floors and there SERVICES the WELL Building Standard right from are co-working facilities on the ground -- WELL Certification Coordination the outset, at concept design stage. From floor, available for autonomous workers -- Sustainability Consulting coordinating eco-charrettes and creating who share office space, kitchenette, the certification plan, to quality control, technology facilities and meeting rooms. we have been ensuring a thorough Staircases were designed to serve as process that will be in line with WELL an informal meeting place, as well Gold level requirements. as encourage physical activity in the Our key challenge has been to workplace, so together with the project understand how to implement WELL team, we integrated art and biophilia principles in a Scandinavian context in the staircase design to encourage while respecting local regulations and occupants to use them. The building achieving the high level of sustainability mechanical systems ensure a high- required by the Swedish environmental quality indoor environment including standard, Miljöbyggnad. We have been thermal comfort, air quality and access also assisting in the design of the core to natural light. and shell to ensure tenants can apply the WSP was also the sustainability WELL principles in their own fit-out. consultant during the conceptual and Many features have been integrated in schematic design on the project helping the building to respond to the nutrition, the building achieve the Swedish fitness and wellbeing concepts evaluated environmental standard Miljöbyggnad by the certification. The restaurants and at Gold level.

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Designing building features to support WELL certification principles

One of the first buildings in the world Colorado to receive LEED v4 Gold and WELL Gold Health certifications Tuneable lighting Foundation system helps regulate occupant Headquarters circadian rhythm System design A ‘Health-Positive’ Office contributed to a 70% reduction in the energy consumption

LOCATION The new Colorado Health Foundation there are a variety of plants located conference areas. moving heat from hot area to cold Denver, USA headquarters in Denver, Colorado, is throughout the office. On the ground The café in the building provides a spaces without the use of compressors, CLIENT one of the healthiest buildings of the floor, a large water feature, which uses selection of healthy food, to reinforce providing an energy-efficient solution Colorado Health Foundation region. The objective of this new 35,000 rainwater collected on the roof of the the central concept of wellbeing. Art for the mechanical systems. A unique ARCHITECT sq. ft. office building was to reflect the building, creates a tranquil and peaceful is displayed throughout the building, feature is the integration of exhaust Davis Partnership organisation’s principle of promoting environment. The three-story building reinforcing the ‘mind’ aspect of the fans to supplement condenser air SIZE health and healthcare. also provides access to outdoor spaces certification. Physical movement is movement, using the garage exhaust to 2 st rd 35,000 sq. ft. (3,250 m ) The design brief placed significant on the 1 and 3 floors, providing a more encouraged through the installation pre-condition the condenser ambient enjoyable work environment for the air. Occupants can control natural STATUS emphasis on creating a workplace that of an active staircase, a fitness area, ventilation in their workspace with Design completed in 2015, promoted wellness in a modern, healthy employees. outdoor exercise spaces and bicycle Construction completed in 2017 operable windows to be opened or and sustainable work environment. The We assisted in the pursuit of the WELL facilities to support an active lifestyle. closed as desired. It provides them with whole building was designed around Building Standard by designing features The location is ideal for walking, cycling thermal comfort, and reduces the overall SERVICES the principle of ‘replicability’ – the idea to support the certification principles. A and access to transport facilities. The carbon emission. -- Energy Modelling that any company could use the same unique feature was the use of tuneable interior layout is designed to support -- Daylight Modelling principles that were used to create this LED lighting systems controlled to human interaction and collaboration yet We designed the MEP systems to be also to provide quiet areas for focused -- Enhanced and Fundamental ‘health-positive’ office. This project met change colour temperature in select highly efficient to reduce the building’s Commissioning highly-demanding LEED v4 Gold and spaces to mimic daylight and help work. Lights turn off at a specific time impact on the electrical grid. Through every night, not only to prevent light energy and daylight modelling and the -- Solar PV LCCA Analysis WELL Gold standards under a modest regulate the circadian rhythm of the budget, proving that efficiency doesn’t occupants. Air quality monitors have pollution but also to act as a reminder integration of a large solar array we -- Sustainability and Health Design for the employees to go home. contributed to a 70% reduction in the Assistance have to be directly linked to runaway also been installed to ensure a good costs. indoor environment. We delivered sustainability consultant energy consumption. The U shape of -- Certification and Coordination the building ensures all spaces have of LEED-NC and WELL Building Biophilia was at the core of the concept We provided a number of health-related services, LEED certification daylight and the lighting control allows Standard design features to help our client reach coordination and Fundamental and for this high-performance building for nearly all lights to be turned off -- MEP Engineering by integrating aspects of nature in their goal. The diversity of workspaces Enhanced Commissioning, integrating many features to create an energy- during sunny days. The energy efficient -- Fire Engineering the materials and in the design of the is remarkable in this project. Examples efficient building. These included a features contributed to the LEED Gold building. At the entrance, visitors are include a great kitchen space, cubes, certification of the building. welcomed by a large green wall, and breakout rooms, lounge spaces and Variable Refrigerant Flow system, Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 19

Importantly, it will contribute to improving the city’s air quality and be a Strategic guidance 81 Bay place for people to connect with nature. on implementing With commanding views of Lake WELL and LEED Ontario and the city, 81 Bay Street will standards be a prominent addition to Toronto’s Street skyline, offering 1.5m sq. ft. of state-of- the-art office, collaborative and retail space over its 49 floors. Creating conditions A grand-scale for future healthy CIBC Square’s Sky Park epitomises workplace fitouts development that a design concept that is focused on people’s wellbeing and sustainability connects people and and it is one of the ways in which our client is determined to meet Ensuring building nature exceptionally high standards in these systems can areas, including LEED Core & Shell respond to future Platinum certification and WELL Core requirements & Shell compliance, in addition to the Toronto Green Standard - the city’s local environmental performance standard. We were asked to join the project team for 81 Bay Street at an early stage to provide strategic guidance to interpret and implement these standards, setting the tone for the rest of the development. This was no easy challenge. When design work on the scheme started, the WELL Building Standard was still at pilot stage and our team needed to

LOCATION Located in the heart of Toronto, the respond rapidly as the standard took Toronto, Canada tower at 81 Bay Street is the first phase shape. CLIENT of a grand-scale, mixed-use development Every aspect of the tower’s structure Hines (on behalf of Ivanhoe that is dedicated to enhancing the places wellbeing at the fore, from Cambridge) wellbeing of not just its own occupants, material selection to the provision of ARCHITECT but people in the surrounding area. It superior indoor air quality and abundant Wilkinson Eyre Architects forms part of CIBC Square, formerly natural light. In addition, our goal has EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT known as Bay Park Centre, will been to put in place the groundwork Adamson Associates Architects constitute two high-rise towers, necessary to allow future tenants to SIZE including 81 Bay Street, and a seven- fit-out their spaces with a focus on 1.5 million sq. ft. storey podium with a Metrolinx GO creating healthy workplaces, and ensure STATUS Bus terminal integrated into its lower the building is future-ready, too. For 2014 - ongoing floor. The development’s many amenities example, the air filtration system has dedicated to promoting a healthy, active been designed with the capacity to SERVICES lifestyle include secure cycle storage, accommodate carbon filters should they -- LEED and WELL Coordination showers and changing facilities. become required in the future -- Sustainability Consulting and And CIBC Square’s overriding By working in close collaboration Project Management distinguishing feature is the new with the project team including the public realm it will create for the client, architect, landscape architect people of Toronto in the form of a and building engineers, WSP’s one-acre elevated Sky Park. This fresh, interdisciplinary team is helping to green space will link the centre’s two ensure that 81 Bay Street will be a model towers and offer pedestrian access to healthy workplace that also contributes Union Station, a key transport hub. to society and the environment.

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provided comprehensive base-building Health Based acoustic advice, with key achievements 720 Bourke Working with focus including control of noise through a central open atrium and mitigation of on the employee impact noise from a basketball court mental and physical above a medical tenancy. Street health We developed an innovative trigeneration energy system that enables Making Wellbeing and the production of electricity and heat First existing with a single power source. The system Biophilia Central to the building in Australia uses natural gas to produce low carbon to be awarded WELL electricity, chilled water and hot water. Design Gold Core & Shell The integrated fit-out for the tenant certification (recommended as part of the base building design) was an important element of this project to ensure functionality for current and future WSP’s needs. Spaces can be adjusted to a multidisciplinary tenant’s requirements easily thanks to services support features such as the Raised Access Floor wellbeing, flexibility systems with underfloor distribution and sustainability to of data, communications and electrical services, that enable easy customisation future requirements of the office space, a key advantage for possible leasing. Floor tiles can also be easily moved around to fit different needs; and each floor can be split into different zones, temporarily or permanently.

LOCATION The prestigious 16-level commercial Completed in 2014, the building At the heart of the design brief was the Melbourne, Australia tower at 720 Bourke Street, Melbourne, features A-Grade office facilities wellbeing of employees and the concept

CLIENT was part of a major cultural change including a gymnasium, multipurpose of ‘biophilia’ was adopted leading to Cbus Property programme for Australia’s largest health court, extensive landscaping, relaxation the inclusion of green facades and gardens to provide clear links with ARCHITECT insurer, Medibank. The firm wanted to areas and easy access to and from local Hassell align the building with its core purpose transport hubs and entertainment nature. The full height atrium brings and create better health outcomes natural daylight to every floor and the STATUS precincts. It has one of the city’s fastest Completed in 2014 for its members, employees and the vertical transportation systems and central inter-floor staircase promotes community. Its flagship commercial boasts community gardens. communication amongst employees. Workers can tailor their individual SERVICES tower in Melbourne Docklands incorporates Health Based Working 720 Bourke Street, is the first existing spaces through having some control -- Mechanical Engineering (HBW), an enhancement of Activity building in Australia to be awarded the over airflow and lighting. Wellbeing is -- Electrical Engineering Based Working (ABW) which makes the coveted WELL Gold certification for further enhanced by an air-conditioning -- Civil Engineering promotion of mental and physical health core and shell. It has also earnt a 6 Star system that provides increased amounts Green Star – Office As Built V3 rating -- Hydraulics an important facet of the design. of fresh air, and a CO2 sensor that from the Green Building Council of monitors the air quality. -- Environmentally Sustainable The tower was developed by and is Australia and 5 Star NABERS Energy Design owned by Cbus Property, and it is Working in different areas of the office rating. -- Audio-Visual located in the South-East Stadium is encouraged and employees can choose -- Structural Engineering Precinct of the Docklands area of WSP provided design and construction between many types of work settings Melbourne. The main tower sits atop a services and fit-out review services, including standing workstations, quiet -- Lighting Design four-level podium which incorporates including mechanical, electrical, spaces, balconies and collaborative hubs, -- Fire Engineering retail spaces and a park, providing communications, fire protection, all Wi-Fi-enabled. As a result, 79% of -- Fire Protection activation at multiple levels along the hydraulics, environmentally sustainable employees reported they worked more -- Vertical Transportation stadium concourse and at Bourke Street design (ESD), acoustics and fire, civil collaboratively in their new office and 66% felt they were being more effective. -- Acoustics level. and structural engineering. We also Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 23

People-centric design with a focus on active WSP’s workplace WSP services underpin the South Africa employee wellbeing

High-performance Headquarters design minimises energy A workplace that connects consumption people, performance and nature

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WSP in Africa’s new headquarters 62,400 sq. ft. over three floors of Design rating certification thanks to the range of engineering disciplines across LOCATION offices in Johannesburg are the very Building C, which has a beautiful roof efforts of our sustainability team, whose our business, including civil, structural, Johannesburg, South Africa embodiment of our company’s culture top garden, symbolic of the biophilic aim was to reduce the building’s reliance mechanical, electrical, electronic, CLIENT of collaboration, innovation and putting principles that inform the development’s and on water and impact on energy plumbing, fire and sustainability, but it Emira people first. Every element of the space design concept. resources while increasing functional was the first fully modelled project in ARCHITECT we occupy at Knightsbridge Office The garden serves to connect people resilience. which all the different disciplines took Boogertman and Partners Park in Bryanston is centred around part. This enabled seamless collaboration with nature, while also contributing to Lighting is controlled by occupancy Architects worker wellbeing, from its biophilic with the architect, project manager, the building’s insulation and helping to sensors; rain water is harvested for SIZE design principles to its active workspace quantity surveyor and full construction manage storm water: accessible to all irrigation of green spaces; and the taps 316,000 sq. ft. (phase 1) floorplans. team to achieve a better coordinated building users, it is a place for tenants to have low-flow fittings to reduce water STATUS The space perfectly expresses our mingle and relax. outcome. Completed in September 2017 consumption. As well as minimising the (phase 1) people-centric strategy for workplace The floorplans are based on facilitating building’s impact on the environment, In the early design phase, we used design because, in addition to being an active workplace that provides the these features will also result in our 3D assets to design an immersive, an anchor tenant for the office block, SERVICES spaces that best support our people’s substantial savings on operational and gamified, virtual reality rendering of we were also professional engineering -- Strategic Masterplanning needs, whether that means interacting maintenance costs. The building was the planned redevelopment for the design services provider to the constructed using timber sourced from precinct and a detailed rendering for -- Concept Development with others, or accessing quiet spaces developer, Emira. This dual role gave suitable for reflection. The building is sustainable sources and reinforcing was our new HQ. Once we had completed -- Civil Engineering us a valuable opportunity to directly designed to invoke a sense of wellbeing, manufactured using over 90% recycled the detailed rendering, we were able to -- MEP Engineering showcase WSP’s innovative approach maximising natural daylight and fresh steel. In combination, the sustainable host 3D coordination sessions from our to workplace design and our new base -- Structural Engineering air, while minimising consumption features result in is an estimated previous offices. This not only ensured represents the first phase of Emira’s -- Fire Engineering of scarce resources. Outside, there is greenhouse gas emission of 137.1 that the design process was thorough, scheme to transform the Knightsbridge a running track; outdoor relaxation kgCO2/m²/year – that’s a 40% saving but also enabled us to identify any -- Sustainability Consulting site into a prime office complex. spaces; showers, lockers and cycle compared to a standard office building. potential problems early in the design -- Construction Monitoring We relocated to Knightsbridge because storage; and a green-roofed café, all phases, so we could correct them in WSP played a pivotal role in the design our former offices in Johannesburg, serving to enhance wellbeing, support a the 3D environment. This provided and fit-out of our own new building. split over three buildings in two better work/life balance and protect the a holistic and integrated design that The project involved every discipline in locations, were no longer fit-for-purpose. environment. The building is designed to allowed the whole project team to be our Property business with high level Relocation brought our team together invoke a sense of wellbeing, maximising truly proactive and collaborative in of coordination required to deliver the into a single coherent space designed natural daylight and fresh air, while developing solutions. It also led to far to inspire people and set them at ease, minimising consumption of scarce project successfully and on time. more coordinated and streamlined enabling talent to flourish. We occupy resources. It boasts 4-Star Green Star SA Not only did this project call on the wide construction phases. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 25

Ensuring the tenant requirements are considered during design and construction

ONE Reconciling corporate guidelines and the occupant Deutsche needs

Reviewing MEP Telekom designs to ensure environmental Consolidating Multiple Offices comfort into a New Modern Workplace

LOCATION Deutsche Telekom wanted to bring requirements were taken into account Bremen, Germany together its staff located in multiple by the developer during design and

CLIENT offices across the Bremen metropolitan construction. Thanks to the tenant’s Deutsche Telekom AG area into a single office space designed early involvement, the project goals and

ARCHITECT in line with the most up-to-date quality standards were fixed at an early IDEA Architekten workplace concept. The ‘ONE’ building stage and then successfully integrated

SIZE comprises two sections with a total of into the design. It was also important 2 35,000 sq. ft. (3,250 m2) 7,000 m of office space, and is designed to reconcile the corporate guidelines for to achieve high sustainability targets. the new workplace concept with the STATUS Completed in November 2017 Located along the Weser River, close occupant needs. to many amenities, including shops, Our multidisciplinary expertise SERVICES restaurants and other office buildings, enabled us to provide the client with -- Project Management the attractive and distinctive design comprehensive advisory services. For -- Construction Controlling of the ‘ONE’ building fits perfectly example, we undertook a review of into its environment. The building the MEP design to ensure compliance -- MEP Design Review aims to achieve Silver level certification with the high demands regarding the of the German Sustainable Building indoor environmental quality. As a Association (DGNB), which stands construction controller, we ensured the for quality, energy and cost efficiency implementation of tenant requirements as well as a holistic, future-oriented during the construction process. development. The result is a modern office building In addition to the traditional tasks of with very high standards regarding project management, one of WSP’s environmental comfort, which also roles was to safeguard the interests considered the latest developments in of the tenant, ensuring that their office building design. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 27

MEP engineering support for a LEED Citibank and WELL compliant One Bay East building Reviewed the Raising the Bar for Energy base building infrastructure to Performance Standards and meet Citi’s needs Worker Wellbeing Implemented the bank’s international fit-out standards

LOCATION As a leading global bank, with more building work on One Bay East had made sure that our design followed the LEED environmental achievements Kowloon East, Hong Kong than 200 million customer accounts been completed. Importantly, this meant bank’s Global Workplace Design Guide for the project were wide ranging and CLIENT in more than 160 countries, Citibank our designers were able to review the with customisation to meet the specific spanned its whole life-cycle. Citibank base building infrastructure. Working wanted its new offices in Kowloon project needs. For example, occupancy sensors feature ARCHITECT together with the developer, client, and East, Hong Kong, to be an exemplary A notable challenge was creating a in 98% of the building’s lighting, and M Moser Associates consultant teams, we ensured the base workspace across multiple performance suitable space for a gym - an essential 53% of the lighting has daylight controls. SIZE building MEP provisions were tailored measures. component of Citibank’s new workplace The system is managed through a Digital 330,000 sq. ft. to the needs of Citi’s office fit-out. WSP was called on for support at an because access to fitness facilities is Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) Upgrades to the building base would STATUS early stage following the bank’s decision required for WELL certification. The that enables the building’s facilities Due for completion in 2018, contribute to creating high performance opening in 2019 to take 18 floors at One Bay East, a space with a focus on worker wellbeing original building structure didn’t allow managers to access, and manage, multi- new-build Grade A office development and energy efficiency. Reporting how adequate fresh air for its proposed gym directional lighting data. Motion sensors SERVICES in the new and rapidly growing Central the standards were maintained would be so WSP suggested relocating the facility are used to manage the HVAC system, to a floor above a sky garden (situated on -- MEP Consultancy Business District of Kowloon East. Our a consistent and key part of the project. too. Wireless lighting switches and role as MEP consultant was to ensure the second floor). This allowed fresh air sensors were used to provide flexibility -- LEED and WELL Certification In addition to contributing to the Support the client achieved high standards to be drawn up from the elevated green of space so that re-wiring for lighting of energy efficiency, environmental building base, our design team space into the fitness centre. provision will not be needed for the provided MEP engineering support and wellbeing standards in excess of future reconfiguration of the office aiming at high performance energy- Supplying Citibank’s meeting rooms the requirements of LEED Platinum. space. efficient design for the offices’ final with fresh air was another concern Furthermore, WSP would need to fit-out, including client meeting rooms, due to limitations with the original WSP’s support in providing energy- implement the bank’s own stringent, boardrooms, call centre, work stations, base building MEP provisions. To meet efficient MEP design at One Bay East international fit-out standards, whilst dining area and breakout spaces. We WELL requirements for reduced CO2 contributed to the creation of a high- also meeting local codes and regulations. also provided support in designing main content and superior air ventilation, we performance workspace that achieved Covering around 330,000 sq. ft., server room and floor server rooms installed CO2 sensors to a regular air LEED Platinum Certification and WELL Citibank’s tenancy was confirmed before for general office and call centre. We handling unit fresh air dampener. Silver pre-certification. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 29

Designed to improve interaction and communication between employees

Project management and quality control to ensure the success of HSBC the project

Building renovated Quai des Bergues in accordance with LEED Gold and Merging Seven Buildings into a Single MINERGIE standards High-Performance Building

LOCATION This prestigious renovation project for control and project management linked and seven storeys above ground. The Geneva, Switzerland HSBC Private Bank in Geneva aimed to to commissioning the project and glazed atrium is a central element of the CLIENT create a friendly working environment moving staff into their new offices. building. The mix of glass and timber in HSBC Private Bank Switzerland for employees and a high-end client- Winner of the esteemed FX the building structure creates a visual ARCHITECT facing front office. It involved merging International Interior Design Awards identity for the office and unifies the MAKE Architects seven structurally independent, 2014, this Class A office building previously separate structures. The glass SIZE historical buildings into a single office has become one of the most efficient façade admits an abundance of natural 175,000 sq. ft. complex, featuring contemporary buildings in Switzerland, a considerable light on each floor and a four-metre- STATUS architectural design and spectacular achievement in a country noted for its wide green wall on the West side of the Completed in 2014 views of Lake Geneva and the city’s old strict energy regulations. 20-metre-high atrium brings nature into town. The building was renovated in the office space. SERVICES On a prime lake-front setting on accordance with LEED Gold standard The workspace is designed to -- Final Project Management and Geneva’s historic Quai des Bergues, and the Swiss MINERGIE quality accommodate open plan layouts to Quality Control the 16,300m2 building unites five label. There was a particular focus on improve interaction and communication -- Engineering & Construction of the bank’s Geneva offices into a insulation, ventilation and optimal use between employees, with the number of Quality Control spacious workplace for around 650 of renewable energy, and an innovative individual offices kept to a minimum. In -- Testing & Commissioning employees, with luxurious meeting cooling system design was implemented Management order to maximise open space area, 40% rooms, private banking and dining using the city’s lake water. The building of the building’s structural elements -- Integrated Systems Control (Ist) facilities. The interior is divided into is triple-glazed, an unusual feature in Management were replaced and all but one of the two complementary but distinct areas, Switzerland, and highly insulated to cores was moved. -- Critical Facilities one for staff, and the other for clients. reduce energy consumption. A second The building also incorporates a TIER III -- Consolidated Final Project Although a key aim of the project basement was incorporated into the Management (Moving & Data centre and a trading floor, as well was to revive the historic buildings design in order to house a heat exchange Commissioning) as high-end client facilities. and integrate modern functions, and power plant. Natural materials used sustainability was an essential in construction, such as oak and stone, A particularly interesting feature of this consideration and the project had to were locally sourced. unusual development is the staircase align with Swiss energy regulations. The new building consists of a two- that is designed so that it appears to be WSP provided HSBC with quality storey basement, with the ground floor ‘floating’ between floors.

Smart Solutions for a Future-Fit Workplace

Today’s growth in technological capabilities and digital communications, combined with increasing user expectations, is making way for a connected workplace experience. Companies successfully attracting the millennial demographic are those most open to innovation, adopting smart solutions and upgrading their office space to respond to and even anticipate their employees’ needs, while making best use of their property.

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WSP’s South Africa Headquarters. Image by Boogertman + Partners

Smart Buildings - The to the building, while providing secure For example, heat, air conditioning and WSP at the Forefront and supports community and workplace Cyber and Physical Future of the Workplace remote monitoring and control. lighting can be turned off in a room not of Innovation culture. Security in use. Underused space can be identified Smart buildings work by collecting By including technology, sustainability, An intelligent or smart office uses and re-purposed, while areas simply in WSP is passionate about integrating We recognise that the digital work ‘big data’ through thousands of building utility (MEP, lighting, a combination of technologies and need of cleaning can be identified. design, technology, and the human environment creates challenges environmental sensors day and night, acoustics), and financial advisory interconnected systems to enhance experience to support a connected as well as opportunities with data combining it with data from building It is well understood that, more than any disciplines, we are engaged and aligned occupant experience and wellness while workspace experience. We are security being a concern along with systems and data generated by users other factor, choice of how and where with the project goals across multiple collecting human feedback. pioneering innovative solutions in personnel safety and building security. through system interactions, profile to work drives employee satisfaction. viewpoints. WSP-designed workplaces mobile platforms, location-aware Our specialist consultants ‘design in’ The convergence of building utility preferences, and direct feedback Smart buildings empower workers to can exploit the very latest technologies, technology, integrated automation, and highly effective security controls to our management systems (e.g. BMS or that can be provided, for example, make choices by providing information enabling flexible and remote working by data analytics to deliver on employees’ buildings’ management systems, and lighting controls) with corporate IT by using mobile apps. This creates a about the workplace. For example, a globally connected workforce. expectations. fault diagnosis systems that ensure the infrastructures makes facilities more bank of information about movement, mobile phone apps that sync with We’re also using our wealth of safety of buildings and building service effective in providing user control light, temperature, carbon dioxide building systems can offer building By collaborating with all stakeholders, experience to design secure and reliable systems across their entire lifecycle. and convenience, increasing energy levels, energy usage and occupancy. users information about which areas are we can deliver workplaces that are IT infrastructure with the storage and real estate performance, and Sophisticated IT systems process this crowded, and which are quiet. simpler to navigate, safer, aligned with capacity and connectivity to cope with By delivering smart work environments, promoting environmental sustainability. data to generate business intelligence Advanced ICT systems also support the work employees need to perform, the complexity of 21st century data we enable workers to reach their full The system convergence also allows that can inform decisions related to a range of collaborative tools such as operationally responsive, and financially streams. potential while creating operational integration and automation of the optimising user experience, facility Smart Conference Room technology and sound. WSP offers strategic planning savings through efficient building equipment that provide utility services management, and real estate strategies. Virtual Reality programme. and design that engages stakeholders systems design. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 35

Defined measurable key performance indicators to demonstrate strategy success and return on investment

Advised on Multinational portfolio, and staff productivity and technology solutions happiness. to achieve the We helped define a roadmap that objectives Financial Services encompassed foundational elements that would need to be included in the client’s future workplace projects on the path to the full implementation of the strategy. Created a financial Company model for the We also helped identify which of these foundational elements were truly strategy Developing a Global Smart transformative to our client’s business and would require change management Workplace Strategy to assist with the move from the way they currently operated. These elements would involve the stakeholders, so they would need to implement appropriate changes in their own plans and strategies in order to adapt. Next, we identified KPIs and measurement methods related to human experience, space, and energy efficiency. The goal was to use the KPIs to understand how proposed solutions were going to save energy, optimise space usage, and improve staff experience, satisfaction and ultimately productivity. The KPIs were designed To assist a global financial services business operations – from management LOCATION to illustrate the financial benefits and USA company in developing a smart building and real estate to HR, IT and to provide measurable feedback on the STATUS strategy, we worked closely with the sustainability. Our goal was to explore success of implementation. Completed company’s stakeholders to identify with them and discover the potential existing workplace challenges that could benefits that smart solutions could A key facet of our involvement was developing a rigorous financial model, SERVICES be addressed through the application offer to their business, as well as agree with assistance from our strategic -- Smart Workplace Strategy and integration of smart technologies. which internal business groups would maintain and operate which aspect of advisory team, that demonstrated a clear Our scope encompassed the and realistic return on investment for the strategy. identification of key performance various aspects of the strategy. indicators (KPIs) to evaluate strategy We gathered input on a range of Our strategy has demonstrated that success, financial analysis to illustrate topics including current business there were numerous benefits for the implementation benefits, and evaluation and operational practices, workplace company in procuring certain solutions of vendor solutions. Our smart standards, and representative real globally. The benefits included ensuring workplace team included subject matter estate costs and contracts, then built a consistency across their real estate experts from our building technology consensus, establishing a strategy they portfolio and obtaining the better systems, lighting design, sustainability/ felt they could implement. commercial value that could be provided built ecology, advisory services, MEP, This included many sub-strategies by more standardised solutions. and commissioning services teams. that ranged from high-performance Our client has seen value in establishing The strategy that was developed will initiatives and healthy environments, be applied to all new construction clear objectives around how they to smart building solutions including build space, and the roadmap to realise projects across the company’s real estate software, data analytics, to mobile those objectives. The framework now portfolio. apps. The proposed smart solutions established will help inform decisions In the early stage of the project, were designed to enable the company to on individual projects across the we worked with stakeholders that make improvements in three primary company so they fit with the overall represented most aspects of the client’s categories – energy usage, real estate strategy. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 37

End-to-end IP-based system integrated 100 Adelaide with the building’s centralised St. West automation platform Electronic sub-metering for Office Tower better usage and Innovative Technology wastage monitoring Solutions for Improved Helped the building achieve Automation LEED Platinum certification

LOCATION 100 Adelaide St. West (100 ASW) is a direct/indirect lighting system, along In order to support the tenants’ Toronto, Canada 1,000,000 sq. ft. (92, 903 m2) office tower with daylight harvesting and occupancy green initiatives, the client worked

CLIENT on the site of a demolished historic based dimming control to optimise through a highly integrated design and Oxford Properties office building. The new 42-storey energy consumption. construction process to incorporate the ARCHITECT tower retains the South and East sides 100 ASW was designed and built with broad range of ambitious sustainability Kohn Pederson Fox of the original façade, together with its one integrated communication network and energy strategies that are present in WZMH lighting fixtures and lobby, to maintain for Building Automation System (BAS), the completed building. Sustainability SIZE the important heritage of the former electrical, metering, lighting, security, measures include a green roof to 1,000,000 sq. ft. building, called the Concourse, which elevators, window controls, Wi-Fi, minimise urban heat island effect, a STATUS was built in 1928. wayfinding and data service. We used rainwater cistern for irrigation, low Completed in 2017 EY is the anchor tenant of the new over 91km of Power Over Ethernet flow plumbing fixtures and the use of building which is now often called the (PoE) Cat6 cables for different systems materials that have been manufactured SERVICES EY Tower. With occupant wellness such as heating valves, CCTV cameras and extracted locally. Other examples -- Electrical Engineering in mind it features floor to ceiling and access control, improving reliability of energy efficiency measures include a -- Security windows, allowing daylight to flood and safety as well as flexibility, and high-performance envelope, a dedicated we integrated IP-based security and -- IT the interior space, and as a further way outdoor air system with CO2 control CCTV monitoring systems to reinforce to promote a healthy lifestyle amongst providing on-demand ventilation -- Civil Engineering security within the building. It is a occupants, changing rooms, showers directly to interior spaces, a connection -- LEED Facilitation Consulting complete end-to- end IP-based system and bike parking have been integrated to Enwave deep lake water cooling, directly integrated with the building’s into the design. and LED lighting with occupancy and centralised automation platform. To daylight control. WSP provided electrical engineering, ensure continuous energy performance civil engineering, IT and security within the building, electronic sub- Through various initiatives we helped consulting services for this high-rise metering has been installed to monitor our client obtain LEED Platinum office tower. We integrated an efficient usage and wastage for all systems. certification for the building. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 39

US-based Helped define smart workplace Global vision and goals

Technology Built a business case for a smart Company workplace Provided technical Innovative Technology design solutions Solutions for Improved Evaluated, tested, Automation and recommended vendors and equipment

A global technology company, wanted and wellbeing, to space utilisation and available on the market. We ensured client selected equipment that will give LOCATION to create a dynamic and forward- user control. Our advice influenced the chosen solutions fitted the client’s them more usable data on how building USA thinking office space that would help the building system design towards a actual needs, and also provided the is used. SIZE to attract top talent. WSP was selected greater focus on occupant satisfaction required functionalities. Our expertise As the project evolved, the client 750,000 sq. ft. to provide MEP engineering, lighting rather than simply meeting engineering as buildings engineers was leveraged engaged WSP to test and validate the STATUS design, and acoustics for its 750,000 sq. requirements for a functional workplace. to ensure that the selected system proposed solutions and equipment Completed ft. headquarters in the United States. One of the features our solution included delivered the greatest value possible to in our own Innovation Centre in In addition, we provided workplace was a multi-sensor mesh installed the owner and achieved the business Boulder, Colorado. Our ability to offer SERVICES innovation consulting services to throughout the offices that leveraged the goals we had outlined at the beginning a lab environment was beneficial -- Workplace Innovation Consulting define the vision and goals of a smart lighting control system as a foundation of the process. In addition, we ensured because it would have been much -- MEP Engineering workplace, validate smart goals against for gathering information on how the t the vendor had capacity to assist the more difficult to test and validate in -- Lighting Design existing workplace design standards, building was used, including a feed on client in getting to the data analytics the client’s production environment and provide technical design solutions, phase. -- Acoustics occupancy, light and temperature levels. where their IT policies prevented the as well as vendor evaluation, to achieve Our main goal was to make sure that Our team developed a business case implementation of untested solutions on selected smart initiatives. the system provided data that not only that the client could present to their the company’s network. Our innovation In the capacity of the workplace served the building’s purposes, but could most senior executives. Our expertise centre allowed us to test various consultant, we focused on evaluating inform the client’s decisions around and experience in the field meant we vendors’ solutions interoperability and whether the workplace design was improving employees’ experience, were able to make a case for selecting evaluate performance before making a achieving the business goals the client optimising space usage and evaluating a certain type of equipment based on recommendation. wanted to realise. Their focus was on some of the building’s architectural the business value we believed this The application of big data for improving using the space more efficiently, while solutions. equipment was going to bring and this the workplace is evolving and this ensuring that the offices were a great An important part of our role was approach changed the way the client project is on the cutting edge of how place to work for their employees. We to evaluate different vendors to help procured equipment for their building. evolving business needs are informing helped them formulate and prioritise the owner navigate the complexity Instead of choosing the usual solution business decisions around the design goals ranging from employee health and volume of technology solutions and maintaining the status quo, the and operation of workplace. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 41

Fibre backbone RBC allows for a connected and customised use of Waterpark technology

Room lighting and Place III the temperature are adjusted to the Collaboration, Innovation occupant’s profile and Sustainability in a High number of Single Tower connecting devices integrated in the tower

LOCATION RBC Waterpark Place III is a new WSP work included the fibre backbone The technology on Cisco’s floor is so Toronto, Canada 1,200,000 square-foot office building in throughout the building that allows advanced that it is considered to be

CLIENT Toronto, located at 85 Harbour Street. for a connected and customised use one of the first really ‘smart buildings’ Oxford Properties This new high-rise office tower is 32 of technology. For example, when an in North America. Most systems used

ARCHITECT storeys above-grade with three levels of employee enters the building and swipes on this floor are integrated with IP WZMH Architects underground parking. The main tenants their card, the elevator knows which technology. For example, each light are the Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco STATUS floor to take them to. Room lighting has its own IP address and which Completed in 2014 Systems Canada Co. and the temperature are adjusted to the means it can be controlled via an app LEED Platinum certification The client had three major objectives for occupant’s profile and their preferences or a computer. Lights are powered via achieved April 2016 the design of this building; to increase are stored. Not only does this provide an Ethernet, not electrical wires, which collaboration in the workplace, integrate environment with optimal surrounding safeguards the office against the risk of SERVICES innovation in the design and create the conditions but also helps save energy power failures, and the lighting fixtures -- Sustainability most sustainable building possible. The by tracking movement. A high number can be easily moved for future needs. -- Energy Modelling building uses renewable energy from of connecting devices are integrated in Occupancy and weather data is collected the tower which allows for numerous and is used by the air-conditioning -- Electrical Engineering sources including an innovative water cooling system that uses water from the building services to be computer- system for optimal temperature control. -- IT and Security depths of Lake Ontario. controlled, including blinds on the The technological part of this work was -- LEED Facilitation Consulting windows, for example. carried out by Cisco. The thoughtful placement of glazing optimizes the amount of natural WSP installed an electronic sub- The sustainable design solutions light entering the building to create metering system in the building that implemented in the design of the a comfortable environment for the monitors energy and water use in the building enabled Waterpark Place to employees. The open space areas building and determines the energy become the first office building in promote flexibility, collaboration and efficiency levels, providing tenants with Toronto to achieve LEED Core and Shell encourage creativity. real-time consumption readings. Platinum certification.

A US Office of a Global Management Consulting Firm Creating a Connected Workplace Experience

LOCATION WSP provided smart solutions allowed them to look into how space is USA consulting services to enable connected utilised. They had a very high ‘employee-

STATUS experiences, data gathering and to -desk’ ratio, approximately five to Completed analytics, and IoT platform integration one, because most of their employees for a 125,000 sq. ft. commercial office were embedded in their client’s offices. SERVICES and customer experience centre. We Therefore, it was essential for them -- Smart Solutions Consulting also provided mechanical, electrical and to know how many employees were plumbing engineering, and building actually using their offices to better -- MEP Engineering technology design. We were selected plan utilisation and capacity of space to -- Building Technology Design to advise a leading global management ensure it would be sufficient for their consultancy on how to implement their workforce. The solution we proposed vision of the workplace. By leveraging enabled the firm to understand both our Innovation Centre and our expertise real-time and historical data on in the latest technology solutions that which space was being used, and how are available, we translated the client frequently. requirements into clear specifications We were also involved in the tenant on what infrastructure, equipment and lease agreement which included a Advised on design changes needed to be made in discussion around what data the client implementation of their space to achieve their objectives. would be given access to by the building owner, and what level of control they the smart workplace We helped the client define their vision strategy more clearly, and in a more holistic would have over building provided manner, by identifying the most suitable services within their leased space. It KPIs to enable them to measure progress was crucial to set expectations related in achieving their objectives more to the data that would be made available Recommended the to the tenant, as well as what level of accurately. Existing KPIs were mostly most appropriate commitment there would be from the concentrated around thermal comfort equipment developer’s side towards maintaining metrics, but we suggested taking a certain targets. broader view of measurement criteria. For example, if the tenant wanted to In addition, we recommended that Developed a solution know the level of air quality in the space, equipment used for measurement, that helps improve it was important to define whether the should also gather data that was usable space utilisation owner would make that information for the client and provide easy access to available to the tenant. In addition, if live information about the space. the air quality was not at the appropriate One of the proposed solutions the client level, the lease needed to outline what Participated in decided to implement had a particularly the developer’s obligation was in terms defining the tenant tangible value for their business as it of air quality improvement. lease agreement Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 45

Fish & Richardson New Offices

Creating a Technological Designed and Blueprint for the 21st Century implemented technology systems

Created a blueprint that can be replicated across the firm

Devised a sensor-activated lighting system

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LOCATION When global law firm Fish & Richardson Gensler to design and implement a Our AV designers went into detail with We were involved with every aspect of Washington, DC, USA decided to take space in the prestigious system for managing information the client to understand their specific the fit-out, from concept to completion, CLIENT new Wharf development along the sharing, including audiovisual (AV), needs. For example, it needed to be so that the MEP services and technology Fish & Richardson PC Potomac River in Washington, DC, the teleconferencing and wider tech possible for each of the 16 embedded system could be installed as intended, ARCHITECT practice saw an opportunity to overhaul services. It was important that the microphones in the Board Room and the integrity of the overall aesthetic Gensler the technology services that underpin system would be easy to use, allowing conference table to be individually maintained. For example, we helped to SIZE its client work. lawyers to focus on their core work. muted, if required. The AV system also specify conference tables that would 59,300 sq. ft. called for table-top user connectivity, be deep enough to permit recessed As specialists in intellectual property Our response was to create an IT STATUS presenter tracking and large format microphones. law with over 370 attorneys and infrastructure that exploited the latest Completed in 2018 (expected in displays. By creating a bespoke building services May 2018) technology specialists based across the SMART technology while placing In addition, we carried out mechanical, and technology and communication US and Europe, Fish wanted the new user experience at the fore. In terms electrical and plumbing services to a systems for the Fish DC office, WSP SERVICES offices at 1000 Maine Avenue SW to of the new office, this meant creating high specification for each area of the has created a blueprint that can be introduce a blueprint for tech services at -- Technology Systems a high-performance AV system for 19 new offices, including workspaces, replicated across the firm. The result will the firm that could eventually be rolled -- MEP Engineering conference rooms managed through library, server room, reception and ultimately be an improved integrated out across its 12 offices. -- Fire Protection a common interface so that the break-out spaces. Furthermore, our technology system that seamlessly links Fish asked WSP at the very outset controls were uniform, irrespective engineers devised a sensor-activated each office, saving attorneys and support of the fit-out project to work in of their location, and allowed for lighting system for the new base, which staff valuable time, underlining Fish ’s close collaboration with architect interconnectivity should the need arise. covers 59,300 sq. ft. over two floors. reputation as a future-ready firm. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 47

Convergence of the building management and metering systems

100% natural ventilation, temperature adjustable by occupants, low noise Salesforce Tower system HVAC system provides A Symbol of New Technology, Wellness high level of comfort while remaining and Sustainability energy-efficient

Systems installed in the raised floor making the office space flexible

LOCATION Salesforce Tower is an iconic building also its environmental sustainability, comfort while remaining energy- complement the beauty of this building, San Francisco, USA on the skyline of San Francisco, through the convergence of the building efficient. Every effort has been made a 5.4 hectare city park has been designed CLIENT and the focal point of the Transbay management and metering systems. It to optimise the quality of the indoor at the bottom of the tower for everyone Boston Properties and Hines redevelopment area. The tower is located will enable the building’s operator the environment for optimum employee to enjoy. ARCHITECT in the SoMa (South-of-Market) district ability to gather and make informed satisfaction resulting in increased Our building services designs Pelli Clark Pelli of San Francisco, above the new transit decisions, based on key metrics from the productivity. For example, there is include many innovations for low SIZE centre which is set to become a major building. 100% natural ventilation, good air 1,800,000 sq. ft. transportation hub for West Coast circulation and occupants can adjust the environmental impact. These Class A USA. At a height of 1,000 ft., it will be We also provided information temperature at their workstations to suit offices, incorporate sustainable features STATUS technology design services for the Due for completion in 2018 one of the tallest buildings west of the their individual needs. such as LED lighting, tenant and system Mississippi river. transit facility. Located in one of the metering, regenerative elevators and busiest areas of San Francisco, security With floor to ceiling windows, a high SERVICES high efficiency boilers and chillers. We Sustainability and wellness will be is an important aspect in the design level of natural light penetrates the -- MEP Engineering designed a very low energy floor-by- amongst the hallmarks of the design of this tower. We integrated a visitor building. Since systems are installed of this building. Through the services in the raised floor, the office space is floor under floor air distribution system -- Fire Protection information system to better manage provided, WSP made sure the tenant’s flexible and can change throughout time, which improved ventilation efficiency -- Built Ecology/Sustainability who comes into and out of the building employees could work anywhere in the by easily reconfiguring power, data and as well as air indoor quality. The free Consulting that incorporates a large scale schedule building. We used a converged network air systems. Their location along with cooling and heating systems resulted -- Technology Systems board and digital signage. approach to include VOIP/WAN/LAN the low velocity air supply, allow for in substantial energy savings. WSP - this not only increases the building’s The HVAC system we have designed this system to produce little or no noise, assisted the client in achieving LEED performance and functionality, but will help achieve high standards of an important feature for occupants. To Platinum certification. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 49

High Performance Workplace Sustainable and Commercially Viable

A high-performance workplace is one that achieves excellence across multiple measures; from energy-efficient building services, minimal whole-life building costs and a reduced carbon footprint, to elements that optimise worker wellbeing. It follows that a high-performance workplace is a firm foundation for business success.

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While our priority is delivering A Case for Green Buildings The social benefits of green buildings are minimises waste, and exploits lean the workspace. power systems designed so they work inspiring workplaces that valuable for employers too. Research led construction principles, while our efficiently even as energy costs continue Greener buildings offer a multitude of WSP’s commitment to sustainability nurture staff performance, we by the Center for Health and the Global structural design maximises the to rise. economic, social and environmental and ability to produce tangible energy also understand the need for Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan building’s lettable space and foster its benefits. The case for lower energy savings has led many of our schemes Sophisticated technology, such as work environments to be cost School of Public Health suggests that flexibility. costs is particularly clear; according to receive prestigious environmental Building Information Modelling (BIM), effective as across the globe workers in green, well-ventilated offices to the World Green Building Council, Whether the scheme is a large new office certifications, such as LEED, BREEAM, forms an important element of our commercial property costs record a 101% increase in cognitive are rising and constitute more green buildings achieving the LEED complex or the renovation of an existing Miljöbyggnad and Green Star. approach to creating buildings that are scores (brain function). and more of total business certification in the US and other workspace, we deliver the benefits of sustainable in the long run. expenditure. countries consume 25% less energy green design. We achieve this through Future Ready Design Leaders in Sustainability Our intelligent building systems, for and 11% less water than traditional a mix of passive and active design Our designers and engineers are careful example, use sophisticated networks of buildings. Our expert teams aim to add value at features to create energy savings, and to future-proof all features of our sensors that can respond to, and even A green office building is also an every stage of a project from conception improved building function, wherever buildings – an important element of predict, workers’ need for variables such important tool in the battle for to completion, while taking a long- the potential arises. For example, well long-term sustainability. Fit-outs need recruiting and retaining talent. An term view of a building’s total cost insulated building envelopes and to be easy to maintain and look good as light and warmth. WSP is harnessing environmentally sound building and enhancing end-user wellbeing. double-glazed windows reduce the need year after year; building services need to the very latest trends in Information sends a clear signal to the wider world This approach starts at the concept for heating, while simple grey water be easy to operate and adapt to changes Communication Technology (ICT), that its owner/occupier takes their stage with the design of a future-fit recycling systems reduce water demand. as well as house emerging technology to deliver improvements in resource wider, corporate social responsibilities building that uses low embodied carbon We take advantage of the latest green that will become tomorrow’s standard. and energy management, ensuring the seriously – an attractive prospect to materials where possible. A meticulous technologies too, such as using chilled We create structures that can withstand workplace performs day after day, after environment conscious millennials. construction management programme beam technologies to cool and ventilate the effects of climate change, with day. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 53

Structural solutions enable 20% more floor area than the original design with around 100 showers and a repair shop to encourage people to cycle to work. There will also be laundry Flexible building 22 facilities services design WSP is providing a wide range of aiming for BREEAM consultancy services for this new Excellent rating Bishopsgate landmark which is being built on the original foundations of the demolished London’s First Vertical Village core of a previous project which stalled Acoustic design in 2012. Our structural engineers are to enable an working with the architects to produce an elegant building which utilises the acoustically pleasing majority of the existing foundations, environment including nearly all the columns. This inventive solution will provide 20% more floor area than the original design, as well as reducing construction time. We also employed innovative structural support solutions to overcome the challenge of installing a climbing wall on the glazed facade at a height of 125 metres, with unique views over London. Our building services engineers aim to deliver an extremely efficient building with high targets for sustainability, comfort and occupant wellbeing. The Accommodating up to 12,000 people, LOCATION building will require a large volume London, UK working for many different companies, of services and systems designed with 22 Bishopsgate, will become the tallest CLIENT built-in flexibility to accommodate the Lipton Rogers Developments / building in the City of London when it many ‘as-yet-undecided’ facilities and AXA is completed. The 62-storey commercial office layouts required by future tenants. tower will provide a wide range of ARCHITECT The 2.85 metre high ceiling, and the PLP Architecture facilities for occupants while becoming energy efficient ventilated facades with London’s first ‘vertical village’. STATUS full-height windows, allow for 20% To be completed in 2019 The two-million square-foot gross more natural light inside the building internal floor space will include compared with the average office SERVICES 100,000 sq. ft. of amenities and social building. -- Structural Engineering spaces that will provide occupants We are providing a full scope of -- Acoustics with facilities to have a meal, relax and acoustic consultancy services including exercise, all within their workplace. As -- Façade Access architectural acoustic design, and well as communal spaces throughout -- MEP Engineering building services noise and vibration the building, on the ground floor, there control, to provide occupants with an -- Fire Engineering will be art installations visible from acoustically pleasing environment. One -- Geotechnical the street and this is where art events of the most challenging features of the -- Security and classes will be held. At the top of design has been a group of emergency the building, the free public viewing -- Vertical Transportation generators located in the upper floors of gallery will offer the general public -- BIM Coordination the building requiring significant noise opportunities to enjoy views over and vibration control. -- Transport and Logistics London, free of charge. There will -- Energy be a gym on the 25th floor providing 22 Bishopsgate is the largest project by -- Sustainability group classes, while a retreat centre on floor area in the UK to be registered -- Waste Level 41 will offer a variety of wellness for WELL certification, and it has also services. In the basement, approximately been designed to achieve a BREEAM 1,500 bike racks will be available along Excellent rating.

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Structural design Mashreq Bank maximises floor Headquarters space and flexibility A new landmark on Dubai’s renowned skyline

LOCATION WSP was commissioned by Skidmore, cantilever beyond the foot print of the L Dubai, United Arab Emirates Owings & Merrill to provide shape floor plan. The primary cantilever structure consists of a system of four CLIENT engineering design services, and Mashreq Bank by Mashreq Bank for construction structural steel built-up cantilever trusses located above the executive ARCHITECT supervision services, for Mashreq Bank’s Skidmore, Owings & Merrill new headquarters building, located in levels with only eight struts penetrating Dubai’s Downtown Burj Khalifa district. the office space. STATUS 2 Due for completion in 2019 The 72,000m development site is The glass facades enable daylight located opposite Dubai Mall and forms harvesting, while the horizontal and part of the Dubai Properties Group SERVICES vertical shading systems minimise Masterplan area adjacent to Financial -- Building Services Engineering glare. Combined with the L-shape of Centre Road. -- Structural Engineering the building, it allows occupants to have The development comprises 39,700m2 a clear view over the city. The building -- Architect of Record gross floor area of premium office space. also includes a 350-seat auditorium, staff -- Fire & Life Safety At a height of 151 metres, it will be an dining room, and a landscape garden. -- Utilities iconic landmark in one of Dubai’s key The structural design allowed for the -- Construction Supervision development areas. Upon completion, building to maximise the floorplan -- Environmental Planning & the bank will relocate its headquarters while providing flexibility. Management from Al Ghurair Centre in Deira to this WSP’s services also included a traffic -- Traffic & Transportation new office location. A unique feature impact study for the development, as of the building is a four-storey crown well as design of service accessibility, structure that forms the top four floors on-site car parking and drop off areas, of the building and extends up to 27 and general vehicular circulation. The metres beyond the main building’s site is located within a wider complex footprint. masterplan area, with a full junction The lateral structural system of the assessment exercise undertaken to tower comprises a reinforced concrete ensure an acceptable level of service core placed at the corner of the tower could be achieved at all accesses to the along with two braced reinforced site. We provided extensive stakeholder concrete frames at the end of the engagement to co-ordinate accessibility building’s L shape. The typical framing to the site with other developments system consists of a 200mm thick in the area undertaken by various reinforced concrete flat slab with drop consultants. panels and thickened zone along the slab This tower, due for completion in 2019, edge. will become a new landmark on Dubai’s The top four levels of the tower renowned skyline.

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Creating four scenarios for a future-ready Government redevelopment

Building in Considered cost, carbon impact, water reduction, Vancouver use of wood and occupant wellness Imagining a New Future Factored in for a Historic Site emerging trends and technologies

LOCATION A historic building in Vancouver is and wellness, LEED certification and only a 0.3% increase in building’s life greenery and ‘active’ work stations. to meet these goals. We also factored in emerging technologies, such as the use Vancouver, Canada in growing need of restoration and embodied carbon impacts. cycle cost (considering a 25-year period). Our experts evaluated water Some of the measures included in the of electrochromic (smart) glass that can CLIENT redevelopment if it is to retain its conservation measures that could be Our interdisciplinary team, including control the amount of light and solar Government of Canada relevance for the next hundred years preferred option comprise: applied to the preferred option. WSP sustainability and energy efficiency radiation that penetrates the glazing. SIZE and beyond. The Canadian Government experts, and mechanical, electrical, - Radiant HVAC system with developed scenarios that are predicted to 96,600m2 wants to improve the building’s achieve a 76% reduction in potable water The result is that the Government of building envelope and structural displacement ventilation and heat performance standards, for the sake of use at the site. Canada has four, in-depth options that STATUS engineers, as well as outside services recovery; Feasibility study completed in its workers and the environment, and analyse the feasibility and costs of from a cost consultant and architect, We considered impact of utilising September 2017 make better use of this valuable space - Strategic use of electrochromic glass; different approaches to securing the needed to create a viable low carbon a wood structure for the project in in Vancouver’s central business district. - Comfort mobile app enabling relaxed future of this property and positioning option for repurposing this building. comparison to a conventional reinforced SERVICES the site as a landmark, green and future- As part of its long-term plan to consider indoor air temperature setpoints; and concrete structure. This would enable -- Sustainability Consulting including: the building’s future, the Canadian These options would be differentiated ready workplace. - Free cooling via an atrium ‘lung’ the Canadian Government to position Government asked WSP to undertake by their overall aim, with one option -- Energy Modelling for Low Carbon duct that blends architecture and itself as a leader in modern, sustainable Study a feasibility study by creating four focusing more on cost-optimisation engineering. wood construction methods and -- LEED Feasibility different options for the site. and another focusing on the greatest support British Columbia’s forestry carbon reduction possible to achieve The preferred option included -- WELL Feasibility A baseline option was first created industry. Using a comparative whole a carbon neutral rating. Though each additional analysis for reduced water showing how the building could meet building lifecycle assessment, the use -- Net Zero Water Feasibility option would have different specific use, embodied carbon, and health and the current minimum design criteria of wood is predicted to have a 16% -- Whole Building Life Cycle focuses, each would need to meet the wellness. stipulated by the Government of embodied carbon improvement over the Assessment (LCA) Comparison Canadian Government’s high minimal Canada. The three additional options WSP evaluated the ability of the project conventional structure. -- Design Services to Support Costing environmental standards. Exercise including: were prepared by combining different to achieve the WELL Building Standard, Each scenario we devised was based -- Mechanical Engineering Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction Our team carefully considered high which assesses work space against wide- on intelligence gained from our client measures and comparing those to the performance design strategies for the ranging criteria of elements that affect about how it wanted to create a smart, -- Electrical Engineering baseline option. A preferred option was various components of the site. The worker wellbeing. For example, WELL agile work space, capable of adapting to -- Building Envelope chosen among the four scenarios and preferred scenario is predicted to achieve requires circadian lighting for worker the needs of workers over the next 25 -- Structural Engineering analysed for reduced water use, health a 97% reduction in GHG emissions with comfort, access to healthy food, indoor years or more. We aligned our strategies Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 59

50% more 102 energy-efficient than the average Rivonia office building Passive shading system reduces Road the need for air Sustainable Solutions conditioning for a Two-Tower Air cooled chillers and fire systems Building recycle used water

LOCATION Located in the financial district of A plaza has been designed at street We provided electrical design and environment for the occupants. The avoid unnecessary usage when the open Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa, 102 Rivonia level to encourage collaboration sustainability consulting on the project. glass façade also provides 60% of the office space is unoccupied, and spaces Road comprises a pair of tower blocks and communication between floor area with a view on the outdoor. smaller than 100 square-meters have CLIENT This new development is designed Redefine Properties interconnected on a number of floors. colleagues from different parts of the Additional passive design strategies individual switches. The objective was to be 50% more energy-efficient than The 40,000 m2 office space in one of office complex. In EY’s tower, this allowed us to further reduce the energy to achieve an electricity consumption of STATUS the average office building offering Completed 2014 the towers is home to the African collaborative environment is reinforced consumption while achieving an less than 2 watts per square meter per a reduction in carbon emissions of headquarters of global professional through the use of criss-crossing bridges optimal indoor temperature. 100 lux. services firm EY, with the other tower above the atrium. The office space approximately 130kg of CO2/m2/year SERVICES Water consumption was significantly These green building design solutions occupied by various other tenants. 102 has been designed with an activity- compared with a similar building. The -- Electronic Engineering reduced thanks to air cooled chillers resulted in both towers achieving a 4 Rivonia Road was constructed to replace based philosophy in mind, providing use of passive shading systems prevents and fire systems that recycle used water, Star rating in the Green Star SA rating -- Electrical Engineering EY’s former office space, so a fast- employees with a variety of amenities excessive heat in the office and reduces and rain water is harvested and used for system. -- Sustainability Consulting track process was put in place to meet and choices of where and how they wish the need for air conditioning. A solar toilet flushing. The use of fly ash in the the firm’s strict 18-monthcompletion to work. The inclusion of green features control glass was used for the fully Portland cement allowed a 30% decrease deadline. The building is situated in a such as the green wall in the reception glazed façade which blocks up to 72% of in material use, further lowering the strategic location offering connectivity area that reduces noise, improves air solar heat by reflecting it to the outside carbon footprint of the project. to major transport links, including the quality, and induces a general sense while still admitting an abundance of airport. of wellbeing, is central to the design. natural light: this creates a comfortable Presence sensors control lighting to Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 61

40% reduction in carbon emission and energy consumption

Aiming to achieve Tencent Seafront LEED Gold sustainability Headquarters rating Applying the Connectivity of a Suburban Campus to a Vertical Urban Setting

LOCATION Tencent Corporation, one of the largest has been integrated in the design of the Shenzhen, China Internet and technology companies in towers minimising glare and heat gain.

CLIENT China, has recently completed its new In-room temperature is automatically Tencent Corporation headquarters in Shenzhen, comprising controlled based on the number of

ARCHITECT two Grade A office towers 190m and people within the room for maximum NBBJ, Tonji Architects Co., Ltd. 250m high. The design adapts the efficiency. Tencent HQ is aiming to Shenzhen as LDI concept of a suburban campus to a achieve both LEED Gold Rating and SIZE vertical urban setting. perform as a 2-star China Green 350,000 sq. m. GFA Building. The two buildings, connected by STATUS three horizontal bridges, echo the Employee wellbeing was an important Completed in 2017 company’s networked philosophy and priority for Tencent when creating this the interconnectivity of the web. This new workplace. SERVICES 2 new development offers 354,000 m of The bridges connecting the two towers -- Building Services Engineering office space where an additional 12,000 offer diverse amenities and communal employees can be accommodated as the spaces where employees can meet, company grows. such as an exhibition hall, a company WSP was responsible for building museum, a games room, dining facilities, services engineering from concept a library and a company university. design and the review of design works, Other facilities that help promote to coordination during the tender and wellbeing include a fitness centre with construction phases. Our solutions led a swimming pool, a high-rise running to a 40% reduction in carbon emission path across the towers and a rooftop and energy consumption, compared garden where occupants can relax and with an average office building. The enjoy outdoor space. Employees will be orientation of the towers and their welcomed by hologram tours, a way for height allow the prevailing winds to be Tencent to integrate technology in the caught and used as ventilation in the building. atria. To mitigate the high temperatures This project was awarded Best Chinese in Shenzhen, a curtain wall with a Futura Megaproject Gold at the MIPIM responsive modular shading systems Asia Awards in 2016. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 63

Underfloor systems maximise floor 350 Mission space HVAC systems reduce energy Street use and ensure Adaptable and occupant comfort

Energy-Efficient Storm water harvesting and grey ‘Urban Living Room’ water recycling systems enable 30% water savings

LOCATION 350 Mission Street is a commercial possible for its occupants. To improve San Francisco, USA tower located in South of Market district thermal comfort, occupants can control

CLIENT of San Francisco. This 340,000 sq. ft. temperature at their work stations and Tencent Corporation building includes 30 storeys of Class-A adjust the amount of air they receive.

ARCHITECT office space which is leased entirely to To encourage active participation in the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP the technology company, Salesforce. sustainability program, bicycle storage (base building) WSP provided services for the core and and electrical car charging stations are Gensler and Mark Cavagnero shell, and the fit-out for Salesforce. available. Associates (Tenant Fit-out)

SIZE The lobby of the tower is fully With the aim of reducing the energy 340,000 sq. ft. transparent and opens up to the street. consumption of HVAC systems, we With a giant LED screen displaying STATUS installed an underfloor air delivery 2015 digital art, it invites people into the system, utilising less energy than a building and creates a connection conventional one and maximising SERVICES between Salesforce and the community. occupant comfort. Across each floor, This communal area can also be used -- MEP Engineering sensors are placed to control various for pop-up events. Its openness refers systems, which optimise the energy -- Fire Protection to the idea of an ‘urban living room’ and usage based on occupancy. This includes -- Telecommunications reinforces the concept that informal lighting systems, power outlets and collaboration leads to an increase in HVAC, equating to a 20% reduction in SERVICES (FIT-OUT) productivity and innovation. energy usage. 100% fresh air is supplied -- MEP Engineering We were commissioned for the fit-out within the building, further reducing -- Fire Protection design of the office space and the lobby. energy consumption by minimising air -- LEED Consulting Flexibility being a key objective for our conditioning. We designed storm water -- Commissioning client, we needed to ensure the building harvesting and grey water recycling could adapt to future needs. Integrating systems for all non-potable uses, underfloor systems helped to maximise resulting in 30% water savings. These floor space and large glazed windows sustainability initiatives contributed to allow daylight into the building, as well the building achieving a LEED Platinum as clear views to the outside, making rating from the U.S. Green Building this workplace as comfortable as Council.

Created a sustainability strategy and managed the LEED Platinum certification

Used iterative energy Deloitte Tower modelling to reduce energy use and Montreal’s first High-Rise optimise the systems Building to Achieve LEED Building designed to Platinum Certification reduce the cost of total energy use by 38%

LOCATION Deloitte Tower is the first privately collaborative spaces and meeting rooms. daylight harvesting and LED lighting Montreal, Canada funded commercial office tower to be Employees can adjust the ventilation technology; high-efficiency mechanical CLIENT built in Montreal’s downtown district for a comfortable temperature at their equipment; demand control ventilation; Cadillac Fairview Corporation in over 20 years. Situated between the workstations. Lounges, cafes and a heat recovery from exhaust air; and high Limited historic Windsor Station and the Bell wellness centre are just a few of the thermal performance of the building ARCHITECT Center, this energy-conscious mixed- further benefits offered in this office envelope. Other key design features Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen used development includes retail and space. include premium air filtration and Fox Associates; Executive Archi- office space, a courtyard, as well as a enhanced climate control for improved tect: B + H Architects and Lemay WSP (by acquisition of Halsall) was seasonal reflecting pond and ice-skating ventilation, occupant comfort and engaged to create a sustainability SIZE rink. health. 501,203 sq. ft. of Gross leasable strategy for the project, manage the area The tower was designed to meet the LEED Platinum certification, provide To save water, various features were

STATUS needs of Deloitte, an anchor tenant building energy modelling and design integrated including a cistern harvesting Completed in 2015 occupying seven of the 27 floors. For the measurement and verification plan. rainwater from the roof, which accounts Deloitte’s employees, the new building One of the key project successes was for 20% of the water needed for the SERVICES offers, a variety of amenities within iterative energy modelling to reduce restrooms in the building. Low-flow water fixtures resulted in a decrease of -- LEED Project Management 800 metres of the tower which, being energy use and optimise the systems. close to multiple transport options, also Compared with the Model National 47% in water consumption. The cistern -- Building Energy Simulation means an easy commute many for its Energy Code for Buildings (MNECB) also provides 100% of the water needed -- Performance Measurement & occupants. There are 197 bicycle racks baseline, this project was designed for irrigation. Verification (M&V) and 15 showers to promote an active to reduce the cost of total energy use The tower is Montreal’s first high- -- Green Education Program lifestyle and encourage sustainable by 38%, which also resulted in lower rise office building to achieve LEED -- Civil Engineering options for getting to work. emissions. Building services at the Platinum certification, putting it at the The courtyard offers pedestrian Deloitte Tower, such as electricity, forefront of sustainable office design pathways, trees, a seating area and heating, cooling and gas, are metered in Canada. In addition, the building’s a canopied path, leading to outdoor and measured to track performance. tenants are required to pursue LEED spaces. The collaborative interior space Tenant sub-metering data is used to Gold or Platinum for Commercial provides employees with choices in the provide real-time feedback on energy Interiors (CI), a program which focuses way they work, fostering team work and use. on establishing new reduction targets innovation. Over 18 workplace options Further contributions to the Deloitte every year based on water and energy are available, from quiet space, booths, Tower’s energy-efficient design consumption. and workstations with a treadmill, to included lower lighting density, Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 67

Planning and project management services for wellbeing Swiss Life oriented workplace Supported the client in obtaining DGNB Headquarters Gold sustainability Energy and Cost-Saving certification Workplace Achieved a 15% savings compared to average building operating costs

LOCATION Swiss Life Germany relocated 700 WSP’s multidisciplinary mandate Garching near Munich, Germany employees into their newly finished enabled our project team to provide CLIENT headquarters, close to the Garching the client with comprehensive advice, SwissLife AG University campus at the northern including sustainability, project ARCHITECT boundary of Munich. A key factor in management and planning services. Ackermann Architekten BDA Swiss Life’s selection of this site was its Great importance was placed on STATUS accessibility to their employees. sustainability to meet the project’s green Completed in 2015 Swiss Life intended their new head agenda in accordance with the German office to make an iconic statement in the Sustainable Building Council’s (DGNB SERVICES area. Its unusual “G” shape facilitates e.V.) specifications. The building was -- Project Management (AHO 1-5) wellbeing within the office spaces by certified ‘DGNB Gold’ with an overall -- DGNB Gold Certification Support creating a building that is both highly rating of 73.9% and a particularly high functional and accessible. With open score for Ecological and Economical space, retreat areas and silent zones, quality. The sustainable building design the modular building enables efficiency was implemented throughout the for every type of work. The selection construction process, and the materials of colours and the extensive use of used followed the ecological ‘norms’ for glass contribute to an uplifting work buildings. environment. The office’s low energy consumption is The building’s gross floor area totals mainly attributable to the triple glazing 33,000m2 including flexible office spaces, and thermal insulation. In addition, a courtyard and a roof terrace. Its design the concrete core’s temperature control allows the company to accommodate system provides an efficient and future needs, whether it be changes in sustainable way to cool the building, size or use, such as sub-letting. Meeting while a LED lighting system was rooms are centrally located to encourage installed throughout the building, both interaction between employees. In indoors and outdoors. addition, the building provides sports The sustainable design initiatives facilities, a guest casino and designed resulted in a 15% savings compared to cycle and walkways paths. average building operating costs. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 69

spaces and areas for hosting events for MEP design to their employees and clients. South Beach ensures energy As building services consultant on the efficiency project, WSP ensured all systems were aligned to the client’s objectives in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency. Towers Design contributed Photovoltaic cells were integrated to reduced into the canopy as a reliable way of Vertical ‘City in a Garden’ producing electricity and reducing operating cost operating costs. Rainwater harvested from the canopy and the towers is directed to an underground holding tank, and then used for the irrigation system, as well as different water features in the public spaces. These measures ensure the reduction of water wastage to support the sustainability strategy of the project and lower operating costs. The inclined facades collect wind to naturally ventilate the ground floors, providing fresh air within the building and reducing the need for air conditioning. The multiple sky gardens in the towers further enhance air quality for the building occupants. improving the microclimate through increased natural air circulation. Energy

LOCATION South Beach Towers is an urban A key challenge was to transform consumption is additionally reduced Singapore conservation project occupying an entire this former military site, which was through the use of heat exchange

CLIENT city block in downtown Singapore. inaccessible to the public, into a new technologies for the cooling systems South Beach Consortium Pte. Ltd The seven-year project combined the mixed-use development that includes throughout the buildings.

ARCHITECT restoration of existing facilities and the a hotel, offices, residential units, shops Other sustainable features include Aedas and Foster + Partners construction of two new buildings, the and restaurants where people can live, charging points for electrical vehicles, 45-storey South Tower and 35-storey work and play. The ground floor now has SIZE and motion sensors installed throughout 153,060 m2 North Tower. Home to 700 trees and direct access to the street to facilitate the towers, in the restrooms and palms, 400 m2 of green walls, and movement of occupants and visitors, STATUS staircases, to help reduce energy 2 Completed in 2016 10,000 m of shrubs, it embodies the and with links to major transport wastage. budding concept of a vertical ‘city in a hubs, including the Mass Rapid Transit garden’. (MRT) that is directly connected to WSP provided air conditioning, SERVICES mechanical ventilation, electrical, The north tower is a multi-tenant office the building, it is easy to get around, a -- MEP Engineering plumbing, sanitation, gas, fire protection, building for high-profile companies such feature tenants highly appreciate. -- Air Conditioning and extra-low voltage (ELV) services, as Facebook, Instagram, Expedia, Sanofi An environmental canopy bridging the and lift systems. We helped achieve the -- Mechanical Ventilation and Lego. With more than 62,000 m2 of two buildings protects pedestrians from client’s goal within time and budget -- Sanitation Grade A office space, the building is also the sun and rain and this green spine, through a multi-tender strategy. -- Gas equipped with a trading floor for tenants also creates a microclimate to provide -- Fire Protection from the financial services industry. The a comfortable outdoor environment The towers’ environmental design and space can be easily adapted to changing for occupants to relax in, even during green technology granted them several -- Extra-low Voltage (ELV) Services needs thanks to features such as knock- the warmest hours of the day. In a globally recognised certifications: the -- Vertical Transportation out panels in the floor, which allow for tropical climate like Singapore, this is BCA Green Mark Platinum Award 2012 internal stairs to be installed for easy an extremely attractive feature. With for Commercial and a BCA Green Mark access between floors. At the same time, their impressive views, sky gardens Platinum Award 2012 for Residential, a the column-free floorplate maximises on the 11th, 21st and 33rd floors, provide testament to Singapore’s ‘city in a garden’ space for tenants. companies with pleasant break-out vision. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 71

Flexible Workplace and Culture of Sharing

The physical workplace is changing to become more open, collaborative, and egalitarian. This mirrors a shift towards flexible work practices that, by their very nature, also lend workers more autonomy.

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Activity-Based Working However, study after study has shown enhancing their wellbeing, a workplace percent by adopting activity-based at their work stations. Our interior fit- integrated destinations. The popular that worker productivity is actually that offers a choice of spaces can be working environments. out teams can formulate methods for concept of co-working is applied on a Autonomy – the power to choose how curtailed by the lack of privacy and the more conducive to changing business calculating occupancy levels for each larger scale, allowing businesses of all and where to work – is a determining Our wellbeing specialists advise on high levels of noise associated with conditions and implementing new type of workspace and then, working sizes to benefit from one another’s ideas factor for worker satisfaction. With facilities to be included in the workplace these environments. initiatives quickly. Agile spaces can to follow the highest wellbeing with our partners on the project, create and experiences. Multi-tenant floors different tasks requiring different types more easily accommodate fluctuations in appropriate layouts that best fit the of workspace, the trend is towards A 2017 survey by Deloitte of almost standards. Our engineers design share common spaces such as break numbers of workers and reorganisations, structures to maximise the lettable tenant’s needs. Our specialists create rooms and conference rooms to foster agile or Activity-Based Working (ABW) 8,000 millennials from 30 countries, lighting and acoustics design concepts flexing to meet the demands of new space while minimising structural both formal and informal interaction supported by a choice of settings reveals that this cohort wants the choice projects and space uses. for dynamic, multi-use areas so they can ranging from concentration zones and to work in the way that suits them elements such as columns to allow for among workers, but also with the public. By approaching space use with creativity flexibility in the office fit-outs. Our be adapted to changes in space use. social areas to technology-enabled best. Survey respondents indicated WSP works with each client to and an open mind, some organisations MEP engineers design the building remote working. This means providing that flexible working arrangements understand their specific business may find they require less office space systems so they support demanding Shared and Public Spaces work environments that facilitate supported greater productivity and than anticipated, for example, due to spaces such as areas featuring extensive Along with the increasing focus objectives to create the most effective remote/individual working and employee engagement while enhancing remote working. By accommodating greenery, but also so they can be easily on the workplace as a place of environment for their workforce or location-specific or collaborative work. personal wellbeing, health and more people in fewer square meters, reconfigured to meet tenants’ changing collaboration, comes the trend towards business community. But our aim is happiness. For decades, many businesses and agile working can lower property costs needs. Furthermore, they can implement work environments that resemble a always the same: to leave workers more office designers have favoured open while enhancing worker wellbeing. user-controlled HVAC systems community. WSP is working with a satisfied, motivated, and creative – plan offices as the best way to foster Flexible Spaces In fact, organisations can reduce their allowing them to control temperature number of clients to create mixed- exactly the kind of individuals needed to worker collaboration and performance. Beyond empowering workers and property footprint by as much as 40 and amount of fresh air they receive use campuses that contain multiple, deliver high performance. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 75

Lighting concept for the Centre of Energy can adapt to changes in Amazon in space use

In the Spheres, the Regrade created an environment that Creating a New and allows plants to flourish, Inspiring Neighbourhood while ensuring occupant comfort

Lighting fits equatorial plants needs while creating a resort like feel

LOCATION Amazon’s vision was to build much departure from the standard urban an environment in The Spheres that The end-result is an awe-inspiring, ‘cloud were also of paramount concern. Seattle, USA more than an office complex for its new workplace. would allow the plants to flourish, forest’ sanctuary in the heart of Seattle’s WSP used cable-mounted, LED headquarters in downtown Seattle. Denny Regrade area. CLIENT WSP’s role in creating Amazon’s while being a comfortable and relaxing cylinders to produce an overall level of Amazon Instead, Amazon wanted to create a pioneering work hub has included haven for people. We worked in low contrast ambient light to create a neighbourhood that would enhance the ARCHITECT mechanical, plumbing, lighting and high close collaboration with the whole Centre of Energy comfortable visual experience, while NBBJ lives of its workers and the wider public, performance sustainable design services. project team, including landscape WSP’s architectural lighting design decorative fixtures and integrated reflecting the company’s community- STATUS For example, our engineers devised architects, and horticulturalists to studio’s key focus was to design an lighting elements enhance visual focused culture. Completed autumn 2016 (Centre an innovative heating solution for understand the project’s complexities illumination strategy for a dynamic, interest in the space. of Energy) and January 2018 (The and resolve problems, such as the issue Spheres) Starting in 2012, this ambitious project The Spheres that would meet Seattle’s multi-use area housed within each of Our designers made full use of building of condensation and how to avoid initially was envisioned to incorporate stringent energy code requirements. the three high-rise towers that would information modelling (BIM), clash unsightly ducts. We used sophisticated SERVICES three 37-storey office towers, two mid- This involved piping waste heat from a act as the unifying heart of the whole detection and extensive on-site reviews rise office towers and a multi-purpose nearby, third-party owned, data-centre software programmes to understand neighbourhood. Known as the Centre -- Lighting Design to ensure that the lighting would meeting centre with seating for 2,000 directly to the neighbourhood’s central airflow patterns within the structures, of Energy, these connected spaces complement the architectural design -- Mechanical and Plumbing people. Two additional office towers utility plant that was designed by WSP allowing us to successfully hide would provide a series of spaces for Engineering concept, accommodate flexible space use have recently been added to the complex to serve the entire development. services, with some air supply vents retail, dining and meeting, as well as and enhance the overall aesthetic. -- Fire Protection and are currently in design. even disguised in the form of artificial communal areas designed to encourage Furthermore, the project exceeded the -- Built Ecology / Sustainability The Spheres tree stumps. open, spontaneous collaboration. Consultancy The centrepiece of the neighbourhood stringent demands of Seattle’s energy is unique – three interconnected glass WSP provided mechanical and plumbing Lighting was another complex area. Our designers understood the utmost code by 20%, helping the building to biodomes, housing thousands of plants engineering, high performance Detailed planning was essential to strike importance of flexibility for the client attain LEED Gold certification. The code and trees from around the world. design consulting and lighting design a balance between light levels that were and the need for the lighting concept permits 0.90 watts per square foot, but Designed to refresh and inspire Amazon services for this glass-encased, mini bright enough for equatorial plants, yet to adapt to changes in space use. The Amazon in the Regrade requires just workers, The Spheres represent a total rainforest. Our challenge was to create low enough to create a ‘resort like’ feel. wellbeing and comfort of building users 0.72 watts per square foot. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 77

Implemented Macquarie flexible activity-based work (ABW) Group design

Net lettable Headquarters area increased through A model example of innovative HVAC activity-based workspace on system

Sydney Harbour Energy-efficient design awarded a 6-star ‘Green Star’ rating

LOCATION An award-winning building that decided to relocate its headquarters As Macquarie Bank had emerged as conditioning to achieve energy savings in close collaboration with our client Sydney, Australia has raised industry standards for offices into the development. Macquarie the sole tenant at an early stage, the and high indoor environmental quality and the construction team to work CLIENT environmental sustainability and wanted to pioneer an activity-based design team was able to customise the throughout the building. And we used around the building’s unusual structure, Brookfield Multiplex wellbeing, One Shelley Street sets a new work (ABW) space at One Shelley base building to meet the bank’s needs, a passive cooling strategy to reduce using its features to the client’s ARCHITECT benchmark for commercial office space Street that would facilitate its satisfying Macquarie’s requirement for energy requirements within the advantage. For example, we converted Clive Wilkinson Architects, Woods in Australia. workers’ wellbeing, and support cross- flexible and productive workspace, as 11-storey high central atrium, which the underground parking area into plant Bagot, Fitzpatrick and Partners collaboration and creativity. well as fulfilling Brookfield Multiplex’s connects the two parts of the building space for the chilled beam technology. With the needs of a leading financial SIZE WSP was awarded the base building design brief. and features a west-facing glass expanse. Our innovative solutions effectively 33,000 sq. ft. institution in mind, Brookfield Multiplex, the developer, wanted to works through a longstanding client Amongst Brookfield Multiplex’s key Other design responses included balanced competing client needs: STATUS relationship with Brookfield Multiplex industry leading energy efficiency, Completed 2009 build an innovative workplace that objectives was an expansion of the net a harbour heat rejection system would prioritise health and productivity, and the fit out works through lettable area and this was achieved by to minimise water usage, efficient enhanced indoor environmental quality indoor environment quality, energy subsequent engagement with Macquarie. constraining the services zone on a lighting, a high-performance façade, with elevated ventilation rates and full SERVICES efficiency and flexible work settings, Our multidisciplinary team worked in floor-by-floor basis through the use of an and increased ventilation rates to 100% workplace flexibility. -- MEP Engineering while at the same time be a bold close partnership with main architect innovative HVAC system leading to the beyond minimum code compliance. One of Australia’s most sustainable Clive Wilkinson Architects, and -- Fire Protection architectural addition to Sydney’s ‘up- creation of an extra floor in the building office buildings and the first to be together with fit-out designer Woods The building was originally conceived -- Sustainability Consulting and-coming’ business precinct, King within a strict overall height limit. designed with ABW floorplates, One Bagot and the construction team, to as a residential scheme and switched Street Wharf. Shelley Street was awarded a 6-star -- Specialist Lighting Design Another key objective - creating an to commercial part way through design 33,000 sq. ft. of ABW over 11 Green Star ‘as-built’ rating from the This vision attracted the attention of energy efficient building, called for a construction, meaning the base building floors. One of the drivers for ABW was Green Building Council of Australia. Macquarie, the global investment bank the occupancy efficiency that could be host of innovative design solutions. was not set up for the integration of and financial services group, which achieved. We used passive chilled beam air office-use building services. We worked Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 79

Evaluated and Credit Suisse upgraded systems in a multi-tenant Improving Building Systems heritage building While Reducing Downtime Designed future-proof systems in a new modern interior

Provided commissioning management to facilitate new office space evaluation

LOCATION Paris, France

CLIENT TP Bennett Architect DGM Architect

ARCHITECT Clive Wilkinson Architects, Woods Bagot, Fitzpatrick and Partners

SIZE 3,500 m2

STATUS Completed in 2016

SERVICES Credit Suisse has relocated its have different and distinctive cultures. management to facilitate the evaluation We connected all Credit Suisse’s -- Electrical Engineering headquarters to the 8th Arrondissement, The modernisation of the interior of the new space for our client. technical systems with the building’s a chic neighbourhood in Paris defined needed to take into consideration these management system, managed by the -- Plumbing Engineering Since Credit Suisse occupies only part of by the Avenue Champs Elysée. The new differences and create a space that would building owner. -- HVAC Systems the building, we needed to consider the space combines a 19th century exterior reflect them. -- Power Generator existing technical installations, before While our team was based in Paris, our with a modern interior. We were responsible for the design and implementing changes. , Installations client and their technical team were -- UPS System WSP was appointed to provide building works monitoring, and the technical such as HVAC were being used by other in London. In collaboration with the -- Critical Facilities services engineering for the fit-out of the design of multiple building services tenants so power cuts and interventions architect and the project manager, we -- Lighting Control System 3,500m2 office. The private banking and including electrical, power generator, needed to be reduced to a minimum, successfully coordinated the project -- Building Management System investment banking businesses, which UPS System, HVAC and smoke removal. while still providing Credit Suisse with and provided a high-level of technical -- Commissioning Management have both moved to the new location, We also provided commissioning future-proof systems. reporting. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 81

Column-free 425 Park structural design maximises space, flexibility and Avenue usability

Flexible Structure and Structural Systems for New York’s First elements designed WELL-certified Office Building to maximise views MEP systems designed to provide control and flexibility

LOCATION 425 Park Avenue is new 687-foot tall The structural system we designed be in the top section. capacity to serve the requirements New York, USA tower in New York located between consists of long span composite steel of demanding tenants, such as those th th The tower will be New York City’s CLIENT 55 and 56 Streets in Midtown. It framing to support the floors and a involved in the financial services first WELL-certified office building L & L Holding Company, LLC is the first new skyscraper built on concrete core that provides lateral load industry. and it will include a meditation centre, Park Avenue in the past 50 years to be resistance. The core has been placed at ARCHITECT green roofs, air filtration, advanced The project was designed in BIM which Foster & Partners dedicated solely to office space. the rear of the building to maximise water purification, an abundance of enabled detailed coordination between views to the front over Central Park. SIZE The tower replaces a 32-storey 1950s natural sunlight, a dedicated wellness the structure and MEP services. The 600,000 sq. ft. building while retaining 25 per cent of An important focus has been on centre, and common space to encourage cantilevers created column-free space STATUS the existing structure at its base. The providing open and public spaces for creativity and collaboration. The but required very deep structural Completed in 2017 elements causing difficult coordination world-class office building will provide the occupants, including a triple-height project is also pursuing LEED Gold conditions which were resovled in BIM. sustainable office space over three atrium at the base that will function as a certification. SERVICES gradated tiers: a seven-storey base, a public gathering space, and a large plaza All these features combine to The building uses high efficiency water -- MEP Engineering recessed central section, and a high- with the potential to house large-scale create a building that meets today’s -- Structural Engineering rise section which will house premium works of art. Set back at the second cooled DX units with free cooling coils. requirements while providing offices. Each of the floors is column-free level, a seasonal sky garden and amenity This system enables each individual enough flexibility to allow for future thanks to cantilevered framing, thereby terrace will boast impressive views over tenant to have full control over the adaptations. maximising open space, views and Central Park and the city. An additional operation and costs of their system. The flexibility. terrace and triple-height sky lobby will system was designed with sufficient Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 83

Structural design to enable a new landmark office building

Complex design needed to take into Sthlm 01 consideration new Future-Proof Office subway tunnels Building for Creative Potential to change the indoor layout to Companies meet future needs

Image courtesy of Skanska

LOCATION Sthlm 01 is a 27-storey commercial This future-proof office building has Designed around flexibility, tenants can were used to anchor the core foundation Stockholm, Sweden building which will form part of the been primarily built to attract creative choose between open space and closed into the bedrock, and to some extent, CLIENT Stockholm New Creative Business companies: it has a colourful façade offices and can change the indoor layout these have had to be coordinated with Skanska Property Spaces set in beautiful waterside and unique shape, and its interior to meet future needs. The level of natural the subway tunnels. In addition, we are ARCHITECT surroundings to the Swedish capital. is characterised by flexibility and light inside the building is maximised designing a new subway station inside Sauerbruch Hutton using floor to ceiling windows. The development comprises seven abundance of natural light. The building one of the buildings. SIZE distinctive buildings, of which Sthlm 01 is located near supermarkets, a cinema, As structural engineers, our biggest 35,000 m2 will be the tallest, becoming a landmark a gym, outdoor pools, mountain biking challenges were the foundation design, We are responsible for structural STATUS in the up-and-coming neighbourhood trails, hotels and restaurants. On the which needed to take into consideration engineering of Sthlm 01 and 04 (a Due for completion in 2020 of Hammarby Sjöstad, an attractive top floor, occupants can have drinks and new subway tunnels, and the complex 12-storey office building of 24 000 m2 location for offices, close to downtown food at the ‘Sky Bar’ and enjoy one of the concrete core which stabilises the 100 adjacent to Sthlm 01), both of which aim SERVICES Stockholm, with good public transport. best views of the city. m high office building. Tension rods to achieve LEED Platinum certification. -- Structural Engineering Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 85

Adaptability of building systems improves flexibility of space

Energy-efficient Neopark systems reduce operating costs

Campus Building features Commercial support occupant Campus Meets High comfort Sustainability Rating

LOCATION Neopark Campus is an office complex raised floors, the building’s systems can Warsaw, Poland comprising two modern five-storey be easily reconfigured to meet tenants’

CLIENT buildings strategically located in a changing needs. Yareal Polska Sp. z o.o. vibrant and accessible area in the south Acting as mechanical and electrical of Warsaw. Throughout the surrounding ARCHITECT engineers and BREEAM certification JEMS Architekci Sp. z o.o. campus, jogging paths, cycling routes consultants on the project, we designed and fitness clubs have been designed, SIZE systems such as internal and external 24,000 m2 along with large green spaces, terraces lighting that includes sub-metering and leisure areas providing employees STATUS for tenants so they have control over Opened in March 2017 with a pleasant environment and their own energy consumption and promoting a healthy lifestyle. can rapidly implement solutions to SERVICES The building’s interior also focuses on reduce waste or improve usage, if -- Mechanical Engineering employee wellbeing. The glazed façades necessary. Low-flow water fittings were -- Electrical Engineering optimise daylight and thermal comfort, installed to minimise water usage in all while the material selection for the restrooms, while water leak detection -- BREEAM Certification (Interim Certificate with Excellent Rating) tilting windows prevents overheating systems were designed to prevent water and allows for natural ventilation wastage that could be costly for tenants. throughout the office, reducing the need The innovative solutions used in this for air conditioning. The architectural project led to the award of a BREEAM features of the campus, the modern look certificate with an ‘Excellent’ rating. and high-standard finish, contribute to Through our multidisciplinary design creating a desirable workplace. approach, we achieved an efficient Flexibility is an important feature of design process, with the sustainability the building which was designed to be team assessing the technical solutions easily adaptable to the needs of each developed by our mechanical and tenant. The indoor space of these Class A electrical teams. This enabled the offices can be transformed from open- building to achieve energy efficiency and plan layout into closed offices and vice- reduce operating costs while providing a versa. Thanks to the high ceilings and comfortable work environment. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 87

Lead role in project managing WSP the fit-out Designed building systems to fit Adelaide the intended aesthetics

Office Greater A Successful Activity flexibility, improved Based Working Office productivity, and enhanced office culture

LOCATION After the merger of WSP and Parsons a programme of internal change To complement the new high- With the design completed a year ago, Adelaide, Australia Brinckerhoff, WSP needed a new space management for our staff. performance facade and replace the we have noticed that the changes have to accommodate around 90 employees original perimeter, we designed an had a positive effect on our employees. CLIENT The design intention was to minimise WSP in Adelaide. The new office exemplifies active chilled beam system (which also The greater flexibility has improved the working zone around the core Australia’s reputation for agile office uses an induction process). Removing productivity and the promotion of ARCHITECT and perimeters to improve movement JPE Design Studio design. the ceiling made it possible to elevate informal meetings has enhanced the and access, and encourage informal the chilled beams and this, combined office culture. Our large breakout area SIZE The 1,100m2 new office layout has meetings. Materials such as carpet 1,100 m2 with the open ceiling, creates a greater has enabled us to host successful events been designed around flexibility and tiles, vinyl flooring and plywood were sense of openness. contributing to business development. STATUS productivity. It features purpose-built sustainably sourced. Completed in 2016 table layouts, a large staff breakout area, Building services were designed in collaborative working spaces, two quiet The original building’s HVAC design BIM for clash detection and BIM also SERVICES spaces and three quiet conversation which dated back to the mid 1960’s provided the mechanism to carefully was based on induction style ‘skin -- Project Management points. The workstations were selected co-ordinate and align services that were cooling’ built into window sills below -- MEP Engineering to combine both organic and linear part of the design aesthetic. The internal layouts, to provide flexibility in re- what used to be a smaller glazing areas maintain the original variable shaping the configuration in the event system, with an induction internal zone volume system with new swirl air of changes, and create a greater sense of system to traditional air diffusers. Our diffusers. replacement for this design was made creativity in the space. The workstations To cater for the high-load areas, a possible thanks to modifications that are fitted with plug and play docking number of elevated loft meeting pods were made to the building. stations to enable an agile environment are served by a Variable Refrigerant for staff, encouraging people to work The building owner replaced the façade Flow System (VRF) that complements with, and around, others. on our fit-out level to provide floor the chilled beams in our larger The project was delivered in a truly to ceiling glazing and increase light presentation/meeting rooms. The pod collaborative managing contractor and external views. A high level of air conditioning units are under the delivery model. We played a lead role in natural light, along with motion sensors raised floor, while the larger rooms project managing the fit-out with the and highly efficient LED lighting, utilise a more traditional above ceiling design team, and the project included contributes to low energy consumption. arrangement. Thriving Workplaces Wellbeing Smart Solutions High Performance Flexibility About Us 89

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Employees Around the World

NORDICS 5,530 CONTINENTAL CANADA EUROPE 8,000 730 US ASIA UK & IRELAND 7,200 3,300 7,900

MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL & INDIA SOUTH AMERICA 2,160 2,800 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AFRICA 580 4,800

Figures at March 31, 2018

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