Gen2 Head Office, Workington
What we delivered for Gen2
This prestigious project involved the comprehensive refurbishment of a former fabrics factory to create a new head office and specialist training facility for GEN2 in Workington, Cumbria.
GEN2, established in 2000, specialises in engineering, nuclear and manufacturing sector training and employs over 150 staff across five centres in Cumbria. This multi-million-pound investment enabled significant expansion of their education and training services to meet growing demand from energy and advanced manufacturing businesses.
The 7,000m² facility includes over 3,000m² of engineering training workshops, more than 20 modern classrooms, breakout spaces, office accommodation and on-site catering. Works were carefully planned to convert a tired, thermally inefficient building into a high-performance, future-ready training environment.
Building Works:
- Re-roofing and cladding with feature front façade.
- Forming new modern classroom accommodation internally using high performance partitions.
- Forming office accommodation to the front of the building using blockwork.
- Renovation of the workshop floor involving the application of a new epoxy finish.
- New electrical installation including a comprehensive IT installation throughout the building with A/C to major offices and a proportion of the classrooms.
Mechanical Works:
- Strip out of all existing redundant services
- Full design of mechanical services
- Gas fired boilers and associated plant
- Iphw radiator heating system
- Domestic hot and cold water services
- General supply and extract ventilation
- Toilet extract ventilation
- Workshop ventilation
- Comfort cooling
- Automatic HVAC control system and wiring
- Above ground drainage
- Sanitary ware
- Testing and commissioning
- Handover documentation
Achievements:
- Creating an economical state of the art training facility by converting a tired thermally inefficient building with major defects, making best use of the available space.
- The project was delivered with zero reportable Health & Safety incidents.
- The project was delivered with zero environmental notices issued.
- Over 73% of Subcontractors used were local which exceeded the company target.
- The project achieved a customer satisfaction score of 87% satisfaction rating with positive comments for the Site Manager.
- Creating an economical state of the art training facility by converting a tired thermally inefficient building with major defects, making best use of the available space.
- The project was delivered with zero reportable Health & Safety incidents.
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