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Welcome

Through a highly experienced and skilled workforce and management team, award winning working environments are created and delivered on time, to a superior quality standard and within the constraints of agreed budgets.

As a leading UK contractor, our clients are provided with effective management solutions to resolve design and technical problems in the workplace.

We have an established client base and are proud of our exceptionally high levels of repeat business. We offer our clients unrivalled levels of professional service and quality standards, and our continued success is driven by continued customer satisfaction.

Our extensive knowledge and experience of various contract options has allowed us to be totally flexible in our approach, undertaking projects that vary in size and complexity.

Company

The wealth and depth of the company’s technical knowledge, value engineering and experience in the market place gives us the flexibility to meet all potential clients’ needs, irrespective of how small or large their project requirements might be.

We have an extremely impressive list of clients, large and small, spanning end users through to major contractors. We offer a diverse and varied mix of products and service solutions, dependant on the size and complexity of each unique project. We have experience in a wide range of business sectors, including Pharmaceutical, Defence, IT, Financial, Commercial, Retail, Legal, Public and Government departments.

Mission Statement

To create and deliver superior interior solutions for the commercial workplace, on time and within budget and to provide our customers with unrivalled levels of professional service, and outstanding quality standards.

Vision Statement

To consistently be the Number One preferred contractor for all our customers.

Registered Office:
Stortford House,
231 London Road,
Bishop’s Stortford,
Herts. CM23 3LA

Registered No 2684412

Registered in England and Wales

Services


Range of services Partitioning Systems (demountable and fully re-locatable) Dry-lining and Metal Stud Partitioning Suspended Ceilings Raised Modular Access Floors Mezzanine Structural Floors Joinery Flooring Decoration Other services we can offer Electrical Power and Lighting Data Wiring and UPS Systems Emergency Lighting to BS 5266Pt1 Fire Alarm Systems to BS 5839 Pt1 Door Access/Security Systems Air Conditioning Systems General Building Works Plumbing Heating Window Blinds and Wall Coverings Office Furniture Every contract enquiry, irrespective of size, begins with an initial consultation between Stortford Interiors and the interested client, their representative or architect, to establish the breadth and size of the required work and precise client needs. Based on the established objectives, Stortford Interiors then submits a proposal to the client. The proposal would include fixed price cost estimates, and could include recommendations on design, materials, colours, textures and styles. Once awarded the contract, Stortford Interiors would nominate a Contract Manager, together with a highly skilled team to carry out the installation work and oversee the project through to completion. The Contract Manager is responsible for ensuring the agreed schedule is adhered to, that last minute changes to plan can be accommodated, and that the client receives regular progress and project tracking reports. Throughout the entire project there is constant consultation with the client to ensure total customer satisfaction. Click here to view some recently completed and on-going projects Complete Interior Packages Whatever the size or location of your business, office space will always be an expensive overhead. Every square foot needs to be fully utilised. Stortford Interiors provides cost effective and total 'Turn-Key' interiors solutions attuned to client's individual requirements. This has enabled us over the years to develop our service ability for small to medium size businesses with projects ranging from £500 to £350,000. Whether it is dismantling and re-erecting existing layouts, refurbishing reception areas, creating office space or simply co-ordinating office environments, we provide both the professional skills and expertise. Combined with our customer-focused creativity, we deliver, install and maintain superior interior solutions for all commercial businesses. Our scope of work covers everything from part to total refurbishments of office boardrooms, computer rooms, factories, warehouses and industrial units, as well as schools, colleges, hospitals and work canteens. Click here to view some recently completed and on-going projects

Project Profiles & Gallery

The Thomas Deacon Academy

Queen’s Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Main Contractor: Laing O’Rourke

Value: £1.2m

Architect: Foster & Partners

Scope of works: partitions, glazed screens, doors and frames

The performance requirements for this project included for the glazed screens to meet the Academy criteria of withstanding a crowd pressure point loading of 1.5kN, 30 minute fire rated double glazed screens, and meet an acoustic performance of 42db.

One of the largest state schools in Europe and most expensive state school in Britain, costing £46m, The Thomas Deacon Academy opened in September 2007.

Stortford Interiors worked closely with Laing O’Rourke and Foster & Partners to provide a performance solution to the design requirements of this prestigious project.

Stortford Interiors supplied and installed floor to slab Komfort Polar Double Glazed/PolarTec partitioning systems together with curved feature areas. The installation also included the supply of doors and over panels, as well as integrated fire rated glazed doors to the glazed screens.

Stortford Interiors recently won the 2008 Association of Interior Specialists Silver Award (Partioning - value band over £100K) for this project.

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Donovan Data Systems

Blue Fin Building, London SE1

Main Contractor:Structure Tone UK

Value: £400K

Architect:11.04 Architects

Scope of works:Gustaf Real Wood demountable suspended ceiling systems and British Gypsum plasterboard bulkheads and monolithic ceilings

Donavon Data Systems moved their new data centre and European headquarters to the Blue Fin Building in October 2007. The building embraces the latest thinking on efficient working and reduced environmental impact. The project brief to the architects 11.04 was to create an intelligent modern office environment using recycled, natural and sustainable materials and technology, and a working environment that would be both comfortable and satisfying for staff and visitors.

The project gave Stortford Interiors the rare opportunity to install a Gustaf real wood ceiling within an extensive network of M/F margins and bulkheads.

StructureTone recently won the 2008 Association of Interior Specialists Gold Award (Interior Fit-Outs - value band over £1M) for this project.

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Hammerson Plc

Grosvenor Street, London W1

Main Contractor: Wates Interiors

Value: £400K

Architect: Stiff & Trevillion

Scope of works: Metal and plasterboard ceilings, drywall partitions, and fibrous plaster ceilings

An extremely fast-track project comprising a wealth of architecturally complex details in an installation over four floors comprising offices, IT training suites, a Boardroom, Restaurant and Kitchen. What must be one of the most impressive Receptions in the West End contains a mass of fibrous plaster features adjacent to a three-storey atrium with additional troughs and lighting at soffit level.

Stortford Interiors won the 2007 Association of Interior Specialists Gold Award (Ceilings – Large contracts £100,000 and over) for this project.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Cornwall Court, Birmingham

Main Contractor: Wates Interiors

Value: £1.1m

Architect: BDG Workfutures

Scope of works: Mineral fibre ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions, joinery

This fit-out was BCO AWARD WINNING PROJECT: “BEST OF BEST” IN 2004. A 100,000 sq/ft remodelling and fit-out of PWC’s existing premises was undertaken to demanding timescales and the building was occupied throughout the entire process. Stortford Interiors undertook mineral fibre ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions and joinery. Extremely close working with our Client’s team helped to ensure PWC’s new office space in Birmingham being named the most dynamic work environment in the UK.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

FLEXILABS

The need for GSK to respond to the new and changing R&D environment led to the development of the FlexiLab concept - a completely flexible laboratory design solution.

Scientists were often impeded by laboratories with fixed furniture, fume cupboards and a rigid services infrastructure with little scope for change.

The novel but fully tested FlexiLab concept allows the laboratory workspace to constantly evolve to respond to GSK's new and changing R&D environment. The need is for a scientific work space that can be rapidly installed and be reconfigured simply when required. The FlexiLab concept provides this with minimal disruption.

FlexiLab principles are endorsed by GSK and being implemented on a global basis. FlexiLabs are being successfully applied throughout all GSK European Operations R&D facilities.

The timescales for installing these projects are extremely tight and involve working in conjunction with a number of other contractors on site. Due to Stortford Interiors' successful high spec, high quality and well-managed installation, work is on going with GSK on this particular project across their numerous laboratories.

Stortford Interiors has been the major contractor for the installation of the ceilings and walls of the FlexiLab system at several GSK sites, including their largest one-off laboratory project - the Triple FlexiLab at their site in Stevenage. The FlexiLab concept uses high spec products based around Komfort Polar silicone glazed full glass partitions, including glass doors and Burgess metal pan ceilings.

Walls & Flooring

Floor to ceiling glass wall partitions divide the laboratory and write-up areas.

Wall Features:
• 12mm toughened glass
• Frameless construction
• Quick installation and reconfigurable

Floor Features:
• Carpeted write-up
• Welded vinyl floor in laboratory

Modular Ceiling

Fully accessible plank and beam ventilated ceiling

Features:
• GSK modified ceiling grid with additional structural support
• Service pods can be supported from ceiling beams in any position
• Pressurised supply air ceilings voids
• 2700mm optimal ceiling height
• 1200mm width clear access into ceiling void
• Supports light fittings
• Facilitates services installation and maintenance

Specification:
• Polyester painted 1200x300mm lay-on tiles
• 100mm linear beam grid
• 10mm drop rods at 900mm centres
• Maximum 150mm to first drop rod from beam joint to achieve structural integrity

GlaxoSmithKline Hertfordshire

Stortford Interiors has an established relationship with GSK, and is recognised as a preferred contractor. As such, project work is on going across several of the GSK sites in Hertfordshire. Some of the more recent projects are detailed below.

Stortford Interiors has also installed specialist plasterboard ceilings and Komfort double glazed partitions to the management suites at GSK's offices in Stevenage.
GSK Harlow and Welwyn

Project work at GSK in Harlow and Welwyn has involved the installation of partitions, ceilings and various types of flooring, together with smaller scale refurbishment work.
GSK Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge
We have been involved in carrying out various partition, ceiling and decoration works in a working hospital environment.

Osborne Clarke, London

One London Wall, London EC2

Main Contractor: Wates Interiors

Value: £350K

Architect: The Harmsen Group

Scope of works: Metal and plasterboard ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions, joinery

Another award winning project demanding a plethora of distinctive architectural detail from Stortford’s. Angled sloping dry-walls around the central core of the building and reception area form meeting rooms complemented by glazed partitioning. M/F and metal ceiling expanses are broken up by curves, bulkheads and upstands to add visual interest and to signify different areas for different office functions and activities. Further flexibility is facilitated by curved glazing and curved solid walls. Joinery and Doorsets completed Stortford Interiors' scope of works.

demanding a plethora of distinctive architectural detail from Stortford’s. Angled sloping dry-walls around the central core of the building and reception area form meeting rooms complemented by glazed partitioning. M/F and metal ceiling expanses are broken up by curves, bulkheads and upstands to add visual interest and to signify different areas for different office functions and activities. Further flexibility is facilitated by curved glazing and curved solid walls. Joinery and Doorsets completed Stortford Interiors' scope of works. demanding a plethora of distinctive architectural detail from Stortford’s. Angled sloping dry-walls around the central core of the building and reception area form meeting rooms complemented by glazed partitioning. M/F and metal ceiling expanses are broken up by curves, bulkheads and upstands to add visual interest and to signify different areas for different office functions and activities. Further flexibility is facilitated by curved glazing and curved solid walls. Joinery and Doorsets completed Stortford Interiors' scope of works.

Hertz Cars

Uxbridge, Middlesex

Main Contractor: Wates Interiors

Value: £430K

Architect: Ridge

Scope of works: Mineral Fibre Suspended Ceilings / Dry-wall Partitions / Curved Feature Walls / Glazed Partitions / Glazed and Timber Door Sets

Stortford Interiors employed their considerable glass and dry-wall partition knowledge to satisfy the aesthetic and performance requirements of Hertz Cars new European Head Office. The works involved the installation of a series of acoustic rated glass partitions with dry-wall interfaces to form a contemporary offices configuration spread over three floors.

Full height glass and timber doors created a modern working environment that was complimented by curved and raking bespoke feature walls.

Stortford Interiors worked in close conjunction with the specified product manufacturers to ensure lead times were minimised and critical dates met.

The quality of this prestigious installation was recognised by the ‘Association of Interior Specialists’ who awarded the works a ‘Highly Recommended’ accolade.

Cancer Research UK

Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge

Main Contractor: Laing O'Rourke

Value: In excess of £1M

Architect: Anshen Dyer

Scope of works: Metal ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions

A prestigious interiors fit-out for one of the industry’s major protagonists. The full range of Drywall products and solutions complemented by high quality metal ceilings and glazed partitions to specialist areas.

Imperial War Museum

Duxford - Airspace Exhibition building

Main Contractor: Laing O'Rourke

Value: In excess of £900K

Architect: Hok International Ltd

Scope of works: Drywall partitions and ceilings, structural partitions and ceilings (Knauf SBS)

Colin McEvoy and his team undertook the strip-out and refurbishment of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in late 2005 and early 2006. This drywall-based project called for walls in excess of forty feet high and for structural walls and ceilings to demanding specifications. The Client's preparations for this project involved moving all his full size planes - from Spitfires to Concords - out of the area to be refurbished and then back in again. One of the East of England’s major tourist attractions is now full of Stortford Interiors' work!

London Academy

Edgware, Middlesex

Main Contractor: Wates Construction Ltd.

Value: £605K

Architect: Sir Norman Foster & Partners

Scope of works: Metal and plasterboard ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions, joinery

A five-month fit-out at one of the new wave of flagship Academies. Full height glazed partitions grace a four-storey high atrium running the entire length of the building. Further glazed partitions and doorsets create a network of classrooms, quiet study areas and staff rooms. Stortford Interiors also undertook all the M/F and metal ceilings and fit-out elements to the Gym, changing rooms and WC blocks. This project was notable for the majority of the installation being undertaken by Stortford Interiors' directly employed fixing crews.

Tiffany & Co.

Sloane Square, London

Main Contractor: StructureTone UK Ltd

Value: £400K

Architect: Househam Henderson

Scope of works: Drywall partitions and ceilings, structural partitions and ceilings (Knauf SBS)

Over three phases, Stortford undertook the Drywall and Ceilings – M/F, fibrous plaster, mineral fibre – to Tiffany’s flagship store interlinking London’s Old Bond Street and Albermarle Street. And all to Tiffany’s unique and exacting standards (replicated in stores throughout the world). Premium West End retail space such as this meant that all deadlines were non-negotiable and activities continued around the clock when necessary.

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Red Lion Square, Holborn, London

Main Contractor: StructureTone UK Ltd

Value: £485K

Architect: Tilney Shane

Scope of works: Metal and plasterboard ceilings, drywall partitions, glazed partitions, joinery

A fascinating project with a variety of demands brought about by the building’s distinctive shape and the age of some of its parts. Some areas required minimal attention; others needed refurbishing to a functional standard, whereas high profile areas such as the Auditorium and the Board Room (both photographed here) were built from scratch to state-of-the-art specifications.

“Once again, another successfully completed job delivered by Stortford Interiors, on a project that was commercially very tight, with a drop-dead programme date and a client who sought only the highest standards of quality”
Mark Ballantine Operations Director Refurbishment Division, StructureTone UK