Dinotropolis

Project Description

Client: Dinotropolis
Location: Kent – Blue Water Shopping Centre
Duration: 10 weeks

Acting as principal contractor, 7formation were commissioned to deliver the concept of a Dinosaur Adventure Park in the heart of Bluewater Shopping Centre. The 23,000sq.ft area received new mezzanine floors to accommodate customer party rooms, toilets and The Fossil cafe. The ground floor was carefully themed with a three-storey soft play area, and equipment was installed alongside the animatronics Dinosaurs..’

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Henry Riley – Greyhound Retail Park

 

Project Description

Client: Greyhound Retail Park / Henry Riley
Location: Chester
Duration: 12 weeks

Acting as principal contractor 7formation has recently completed a major re-development project at the Greyhound Retail Park in Chester. Working closely with Property and Construction Consultants Henry Riley and Architects Urban Edge, 7formation was responsible for the re-configuration of three front elevation shop entrances with the added pressure of maintaining a safe trading environment throughout the twelve-week programme. The works would include the removal of the existing glass portals forming the entrance canopy and extensive structural alterations to the front elevation steel frames and roofs. A bespoke scaffolding and advertising hoarding were erected externally to provide a safe working area, whilst internally a protected walkway and full height front elevation hoarding was installed to provide the customers with a safe and presentable shopping experience. Communication on projects like these is paramount in maintaining a safe working environment. The site manager held daily
meetings with the store managers, providing them with an update on the works planned for the day to minimize the impact on the store trading. Along with the new glass façade, the external cladding was replaced providing a complete transformation and a new modern shopping experience. Alongside these external works 7formation also completed a phased internal refurbishment of both the DFS and Sofology stores for the respective clients.

Holiday Inn – Whitechapel

 

Project Description

Client:   Holiday Inn
Location: Whitechapel
Client: Holiday Inn Whitechapel

As part of Holiday Inn open lobby refurbishment programme, 7formation were delighted to assist Holiday Inn Whitechapel with the full refurbishment of their lobby area, bar, meeting rooms and toilet facilities. Crucial to the success of this project would be the interaction and careful planning with the hotel management team, ensuring phasing of the works would minimize the
impact on the hotel’s guests.

Testimonial

”I had the privilege of working with 7formations at the Holiday Inn London Whitechapel on the Open lobby project. Our “Open Lobby” was not the typical Holiday Inn… Ours brings out the most creative, edgy, and fitting in perfectly with this urban cool design which did justice to the East London area. They went into the project knowing the huge pressure to be one of the best open lobby concept within the Holiday Inn in the UK, what the time constraints were and the possible disruption it may cause to our guests. 7formation did justice to the design and were always flexible to work around us. Following the success of this project, I am now working with 7formation for another 2 projects which is already underway. I would highly recommend them for any project they are qualified for.”

Johnson Joseph 

Designer Sofas Group

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Project Description

Client:   Designer Sofas Group
Location:   Multiple Locations

7formation received a request from its client Designer Sofas to provide a full turn-key service to manage and fit out 4 stores across the UK. The projects would require careful planning and execution and be completed within a four-week programme, in readiness for a Boxing Day launch. The Natuzzi “Editions” specification would be rolled out into new retail units in Norwich, Rugby, Romford, and Abbottsinch in Scotland. New partitions, furniture bays, feature wall’s and lighting panels were installed along with the provision of new floor coverings and the full redecoration of the trading area and back of the house. Within the programme 7formation organised, received, and installed deliveries of bespoke fixtures and fittings from Natuzzi Italy, including feature dividing walls, light panels, and furniture. The Multi-Store fit out was completed on budget and on programme.

Testimonial

“We have now worked with 7formation for the past four years across 12 separate projects and it is very rare in the building and construction industry that a business or domestic client can recommend their building contractor so highly……7formation are above all nice and fair business people to deal with who not only provide an excellent finished product but the service given by the whole team from start to finish is second to none. We look forward to soon embarking on our new projects for Boxing Day 2021 with them”

Michael Solomon – Director

Pure Gym St Albans

Project Description

Client: Pure Gym
Location: St Albans
Duration: 9 weeks

The building to receive the mezzanine was located on a busy commercial estate, in a bustling St Albans suburb. Transport Segregation and coordination with Facility Management were key. 7 Formation carried out a suitability test of the Main Concrete Slab by means of core samples to confirm makeup and any unexpected structural characteristics. The build was carried out over a 2 week period and due to project critical PC dates, was installed following an accelerated program. The Mezzanine was designed to limit the number of legs required for a clean visual appearance when entering the building. Also, taking into consideration the client’s preferred accommodation and equipment layout, to maximise their use of the space below. This required significant design coordination between 7 Formation and the Clients Architects to achieve the desired look. The Mezzanine was finished with a full underdrawn FR60 MF Ceiling. Decorative column cases were installed to complete the look.
In all this was a smoothly operated build, which met the difficult and strict criteria through design to completion, to deliver a product that was not only functional but suited the client’s design needs.’

Long Term Relationship

7formation began its relationship with Pure Gym in 2015, with its first gymnasium located at Kirkstall, Leeds. We’re proud to continue our relationship with Pure Gym and a list below of the project thus far. Leeds, Orpington, Stafford, Leicester, Sheffield, Folkstone, West Brom, Hunslet, Cambridge, Corby, Edgeware,  Mansfield, Glossop, St Albans, Weston Favell, Aldershot, Stockport.

Sealife Centre

 

Project Description

Client: Merlin Entertainment
Location: Birmingham
Duration: 22 weeks

Acting as principal contractor, 7Formation were responsible for creating a 72,000 litre Sea Mammal tank with associated operational and quarantine rooms within the heart of the trading National Sea Life Centre – Birmingham. A 5m x 5m aperture was to be cut through the 370mm thick reinforced concrete slab, between the first and second floors. To enable the Sea Life Centre to remain trading, the works would require special planning with access for all materials via a hoist to an aperture through the external façade at the third-floor level. To prevent the overloading of the existing slab, the tank base was to be suspended utilising steel beams bolted to the existing columns. With the steels in place, the insulation and shuttering could commence. 150 tonnes of the specially designed concrete mix was pumped from the compound, 100m in distance and 13m high, to the working area within the heart of the building. With the base cast, the reinforced walls were constructed 350mm thick to withstand the pressure from the 60,000 litres of water required to fill the tank. 7Formation was also responsible for the management of mechanical, electrical, life support systems, GRP lining, glazing, theming, graphics and special effects.’

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SIG Valor Park

Project Description

Client: SIG Plc
Location: Slough, Valor Park
Duration: 20 weeks

Acting as Principal Contractor 7formation were tasked with converting an existing warehouse and office building to suit the specific operational requirements of SIG. The works were completed over a 20-week programme.  Externally works included the mass filling or a 12,500sq ft rampway serving the dock levelers and re-casting 200mm thick reinforced slab to form the new concrete apron.15 dock levelers were removed, works included importing leveling and compacting approx. 2000 tons of filling
material and placing 1100 tons of concrete. 400m2 of cladding was de-skinned to allow structural steel alterations, to close existing apertures, and introduce 8no roller shutters. The warehouse floor is approx. 75,000sq ft. Within this space 1km of 12m high racking was installed along with a 2000m2 steel framed mezzanine. The warehouse was fully serviced with Wi-Fi, CCTV,
Fire alarm system, along with motion sensor lighting. Office Areas. The existing offices were refurbished to suit the requirements of the incoming personnel. This included Suspended ceilings, flooring, air conditioning, a canteen complete with appliances and furniture, a fully completed data system, comms room, CCTV, meeting rooms, transport and sales counters and racking. The 70-workstation office fit-out also included, the refurbishment of the toilet areas, ceramic tiles to floors and walls, the provision of faith and first aid rooms.’

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The Inn Collection – The Ambleside

 

 

Project Description

Client: The Inn Collection Group
Location: Ambleside
Duration: 26 weeks

‘7formation were tasked with the full refurbishment of The Ambleside Inn (Formally known as The Queens Hotel). This project was completed over a 26-week programme for our client – The Inn Collection Group. The works would involve extensive structural alterations to the ground floor, walls, and the main staircase was removed to provide an open lobby style Bar and dining experience. Reclaimed beams and cladding were utilised to create bespoke seating areas, with a mixture of carpet and timber floors completing the look. The works would also include the refurbishment of 30 guest rooms along with new customer toilets, the project was handed over on time in readiness for the Christmas festivities.’

Decathlon Surrey Quays

Project Description

Client:   Decathlon UK
Location:   Surrey Quays

Project Light is a mixed-use development at Canada Water in Southwark, aimed at delivering a new style town Centre, with homes and a range of commercial and community outlets across a seven-acre site. French sports retailer Decathlon awarded 7formation the contract to deliver their 100,000sq ft retail space and offices as the client’s new flagship London store.

The retail space over two floors would require the installation of lifts and escalators. The store that would house equipment for over 70 sports also included state-of-the-art interactive golf simulators, a mini badminton court, and bike testing stations. Situated on the first floor 7formation carried out a full fit-out of works to develop the companies open plan office space. Structural walls were removed, a raised mezzanine area was built.

A 500m2 Jumbo wall was installed to segregate the office and retail areas. Specialist screeds were laid in readiness for the bespoke floor finishes. The works would also include the installation of a staff kitchen/leisure space along with glass meeting rooms. Suspended ceilings were installed throughout the first-floor office space. Toilet areas received ceramic tiles to walls and floors along with bespoke vanity units and cubicles.

7formation was responsible for coordinating the Electrical, Mechanical AC, and IT installations in both the retail and office areas. Flooring, decoration and an extensive signage installation completed the works. In addition to the main works, 7formation also developed bespoke Yoga and MUGA areas. The works were completed within a 14-week programme.

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Footasylum

Project Description

Client: Footasylum
Location: Bullring & Grand Central – Birmingham
Duration: 16 weeks

Working in collaboration with Footasylum, 7formation have completed an ambitious 16 week project to create Footaslyum’s new flagship store, which is 10x the size of the previous store!

To start the project, we were tasked with the strip out of the unit, and taking it back to a bare unit. We completed a full fit-out of the 2-level store, including the stock rooms and staff room. Within the project, we removed the previous escalator to replace it with a brand new double-width staircase, installed 6 different floor finishes with accompanying light tracks, and installed a suspended light feature and feature lighting blocks to finish the look.