{"id":18169,"date":"2014-07-15T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=18169"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T11:57:04","slug":"other-finalist-me-london-hotel-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/other-finalist-me-london-hotel-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Other finalist – ME London Hotel, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MEhotelJul14\"<\/a>FACT FILE<\/strong>
\nArchitect:<\/strong> Foster + Partners
\nStructural Engineer:<\/strong> Buro Happold Ltd
\nSteelwork Contractor:<\/strong> Severfield (UK)
\nMain Contractor:<\/strong> Gleeds Management Services Ltd
\nClient:<\/strong> Melia Hotels International<\/span>The ME London Hotel is a new five-star hotel and residential <\/a>development in Aldwych, central London. It consists of 157 rooms and 86 apartments and incorporates a retained seven-storey fa\u00e7ade<\/a> from Marconi House that previously stood on the site.<\/p>\n

The new building is 10 storeys high and is structurally complex in order to achieve the architectural layout and flexibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing structural steelwork for the primary frame was the only way of satisfying the required criteria,\u201d says Julian McFarland, Buro Happold Project Engineer.<\/p>\n

A nine-storey high central stone clad atrium is the building\u2019s main feature. The structure of the atrium is a load bearing braced steel frame<\/a>, a substantial structure that provides stability to the building.<\/p>\n

Open plan areas at the lower levels were required for function rooms, a restaurant and bars. However, the floors above needed a frequent column grid<\/a> to limit the structural depth and to maximise their ceiling heights.<\/p>\n

The conundrum was solved by installing a series of storey high transfer truss<\/a> structures within partition lines between the first and third floors.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy using steelwork we were also able to maximise the number of floors within the frame, even inserting an extra floor at the client\u2019s request,\u201d sums up Nick Ling, Foster + Partners Project Architect.<\/p>\n

Judges\u2019 Comment<\/h3>\n

At the Five-star ME London Hotel on the Aldwych, storey-height steel trusses are used effectively to carry several storeys of bedroom spaces across the long-span public areas needed at the lower levels. The trusses support the regular square grid for the bedroom floors, and have been closely integrated with the distribution of building services.<\/em><\/p>\n

This prefabricated steel solution is light, and eased construction on this confined city site.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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