The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children offers a specialist service to children and young people from all over the country. Providing a range of therapy programmes, it has become a centre of excellence in the UK, for the treatment of children who stammer.
To provide more space for their work they recently commissioned Barr Gazetas Architects to design an extension to their premises in Farringdon. RR Paice & Co was contracted as Project Managers for the building works.
What should be a fairly straightforward project management assignment is complicated by the fact that the site is located in an area of high building density in central London. The elevation of the building where the work will be undertaken has very limited access, making egress difficult and complicating logistical planning. In addition to this the Centre will remain open throughout the build so it is also necessary to ensure the works cause as little disruption as possible.
It is a challenging project but one we are delighted to be involved with. The project is scheduled to begin in early November 2013 and is due for completion in March 2014.
RR Paice
