Nokia UK Base Station HQ & Production Facility, Camberley
Philip Kassanis as senior architect at Farrell & Clark
1994-5
Chief assistant to Partner on £16M fast track, construction managed, HQ office and factory project for Nokia.
Resourcefulness tested to full in situation where client changes to brief were unusually large and frequent in the context of an immutable completion date. Range of experience enlarged by working in a project team where all energies were focused on project goals rather than protection and recrimination.
The Project was ‘fast track’ with a 14 month contract period using construction management with design stages overlapping the construction packages.
The Construction was split into 3 phases: a production building providing 100,000 sq.fl. of assembly space; a link building with restaurant, bar and associated facilities; and 80,000 sq ft. office and laboratory accommodation. The contract sum was £16m.
