NG Bailey Case Study
Oil giant BP brought in NG Bailey to work on its prestigious new North Sea headquarters
BP Aberdeen
Theory
Oil giant BP brought in NG Bailey to work with main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland to create its prestigious new North Sea headquarters in Scotland, close to Aberdeen Airport. Rarely has a project better illustrated the all-round expertise and collaborative value of utilising NG Bailey’s business units.
Practice
Investing £13m in a new three-storey, 220,000 sq ft flagship office, BP drew upon the combined expertise of five NG Bailey divisions: Bailey, Bailey Teswaine, Bailey Off-Site, Bailey Johnson and Bailey Maintenance. Alongside Bowmer & Kirkland – for developer Akeler – the 150-strong team worked 12 hour shifts, 11 days out of 14, to ensure the project reached completion on schedule.
The work – across design, installation, testing and commissioning of all the mechanical, electrical and plumbing installations – was backed up by an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to ensure complete business continuity at all times. The fit-out also included all communication and meeting rooms, break-out areas, dining and kitchen facilities. Air conditioning was installed via under-floor ventilation, with stand-alone systems such as data and CCTV provided by Bailey Teswaine. Bailey Off-Site contributed to plant room modules, heavy duty pipework and lighting modules, while Bailey Johnson provided suspended ceilings and dry-lined partition walls.
This project has now become the ‘blueprint’ for future collaborative projects. Working as a single-site team, the various NG Bailey business units integrated seamlessly to bring a complex building to life. For Bowmer & Kirkland it had the additional benefit of a single point of contact across all services, and for NG Bailey it allowed for greater project management control.
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Project Details
Client
BP
Main Contractor
Bowmer & Kirkland
Contract value
M&E: £7m
Outcome and Added Value
BREEAM has officially rated BP’s new office ‘Very Good’ and is an example of best practice in sustainable construction. Environmental benefits include a combined heat and power plant, rainwater harvesting for use in flushing toilets, natural ventilation for the atrium and intelligent lighting that incorporates daylight sensors. Indeed, most of the systems conformed to Part L regulations even before they came into force.