Following extensive negotiation and value engineering sessions, Howard Civil Engineering was awarded the groundworks and structures package for the £20m project to build The Phoenix Partnership’s new head office in Horsforth, Leeds.

The project saw ISG construct an 85,000 sq ft head office building for The Phoenix Partnership on a sloping site, which incorporated two levels of under croft car parking facilities.

A key feature of the building is the virtual absence of columns across the four main floor plates, with ISG installing a series of delta beams which span up to 17m within the main office areas to provide uninterrupted sight lines from front to rear. At ground floor level, The Phoenix Partnership’s new headquarters boasts a high-specification main reception area with a double height, light filled atrium, and a combination of cellular and open-plan office accommodation to the rear of the building.

The project represented our first project in partnership with ISG.