St Pancras Campus is ready for handover

Developer W.RE’s central London mixed-use St Pancras Campus has reached practical completion.

Working on behalf of main contractor BAM Construction, Elland Steel Structures fabricated, supplied and erected 2,000t of steelwork for the project.

Steelwork was used to create the desired long spans for the five-storey office block, which sits adjacent to two concrete-framed residential buildings.

Designed by Stirling-Prize winning architects Caruso St John, the St Pancras Campus is said to have a classic feel, utilising handset brickwork in the residential elements and sandstone and pre-cast concrete cladding for the commercial building.

The steel frame also forms an architectural feature in the offices as it is exposed throughout the structure, creating a modern industrial office environment. Enhancing this design, the steel to steel connections are for the most part hidden, allowing the frame to have a clean smooth appearance.

The office floorplates also have exposed concrete soffits, where the bottom flange of the steel beams are expressed, alongside exposed building services, which are accommodated within bespoke cellular beams.