Sustainable approach driving Piccadilly development

A new eight-storey office-led scheme that replaces two buildings at 180 Piccadilly and 48-50 Jermyn Street in London’s West End is using a significant amount of reused steelwork for its main frame.

Said to be an industry-leading initiative, more than 50% of the structure uses reclaimed steelwork.

Much of the reclaimed steelwork has been sourced from the demolition of City Place House, another of developer Great Portland Estate’s (GPE) London projects.

As well as being used at 180 Piccadilly, the salvaged steelwork has also been used for the construction of 2 Aldermanbury Square, which is being built on the City Place House site.

With sustainability at the heart of the project’s design, it is aiming to achieve BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ and WELL ‘Platinum’ ratings.

According to project structural engineer Elliott Wood, 180 Piccadilly is helping to prove the process of reusing steelwork at scale.

“To our knowledge, it is the largest steel reuse project in the UK. To facilitate wider material reuse, Portland stone, granite, marble, timber handrails and glass blocks from the demolished buildings are being salvaged for reuse in GPE developments.

Working on behalf of GPE and main contractor Mace, William Hare is fabricating and erecting the steelwork for 180 Piccadilly and 2 Aldermanbury Square.