The Project
The project at The Marriott Hotel, London, involved major interior refurbishment works to the Conference & Banqueting areas to the very busy 4* hotel. The task was to open up a rather dated and cluttered ground floor area incorporating a new bespoke steel staircase, new marble flooring and soft carpet areas. The project also included the full refurbishment of existing rest rooms where all the finishes and sanitary ware was stripped out and all new installed. Lighting, flooring and decoration were also changed more than once due to design changes whilst works were in progress.
4 new meeting and conference rooms were formed, along with a state of the art executive lounge and gift shop. The hotel reception area was fully refurbished and the entrance was altered to add a further automatic door entrance/exit facility to facilitate the number of people coming and going in this very busy hotel. The hotel is used for flight crews who come and go at all times of the day and night. This affected our programme of works as we were constantly stopped from working due to noise restrictions requiring the project to be very delicately managed by our site team in order to mitigate any inconvenience to the hotel guests.
- Client: The Marriott Group
- Sector: Retail Park – Hotel (Leisure)
- Type: Specified
- Procurement: Tender
- Location: Heathrow
- Project Value: £1.2 Million
The Solution
All of the above had to be taken into account to allow the project to be completed whilst we carried out the refurbishment works. The project initially was a 16-week programme. Due to ongoing design changes and working restrictions, the project ended up having a 40-week fit out period.
This has been probably the most difficult project we have carried out to date which proved to be very testing and challenging. However, what has been achieved looks exceptional and has been greatly received by the Hotel management and guests. The project was completed with zero accidents due to careful and studious planning, and all parties working as a team to achieve the desired end-product.
