Morgan Stanley

155,000 sqft of prime quality office space delivered for a global investment bank in a mere 16 weeks.

Project data

Client
Morgan Stanley

Location
Glasgow

Duration
16 weeks

Value
£8m

Size
155,000 sqft

The project involved the fast-track fit-out of 9 floors of Grade A office space in Glasgow’s principal business district to house almost 1600 members of staff in Morgan Stanley’s second largest UK office. The £8m contract, which was secured following a competitive tender process, required to be delivered to an extremely tight timescale driven by existing lease expiries. A number of legacy issues inherited from the base-build that were added to the scope of works during the fit-out placed additional pressure on the already inflexible completion date. The Cat B works involved the creation of highly innovative open-plan workspace, together with collaborative working areas, state of the art conference pods with touch screen technology and a range of flexible office and meeting rooms. In addition to a large staff restaurant on the 1st floor and a fully-equipped gym at ground floor level, an 1800 sqft comms room was constructed, fully fitted out and handed over a number of weeks prior to project completion to enable client IT systems to be installed and fully tested and commissioned prior to occupation.

TESTIMONIAL

"The Sharkey team were a breath of fresh air to their competitors, they thoroughly researched and demonstrated how they were physically going to fit out our building before setting a foot on site as it was still being constructed by the developer. Sharkey remained flexible throughout the project integrating a large number of changes, I have no hesitation recommending them and look forward to working with them again "

- Tim Wright, Associate Director, Mace Group