Jon Noble, Associate Director Alex Sargent, Principal Engineer July 21, 2019 Building Bond Street Jon Noble, Associate Director Alex Sargent, Principal Engineer

Bond Street Conception Funding and Governance Contractual Arrangements Design Development Costing Cost Reduction Materials Construction Method Utilities Drainage Managing Cost on Site Questions

Bond Street - Connected The Great Estates Grosvenor Crown Portland

Bond Street - Influential Retailers  Hotels Restaurants Art Culture

Bond Street - Disjoint + £1b annual turnover + Global renown for Art, Luxury Retail and Fashion -Aging infrastructure -Traffic dominated -Unable to cope with 74% increase in pedestrians for Elizabeth Line?

Bond Street – Conception 2015 Concept design led by Publica on behalf of Westminster City Council, and New West End Company

Bond Street – Concept - Fenwick

Bond Street – Concept - Fenwick Size/weight Time - disruption Cost

Bond Street – Concept – Shared

Bond Street – Concept – Central

Bond Street – Concept – Town Square

Bond Street – Concept - Old

2015 - Funding and Governance Design adopted Funding sought: New West End Company (bid) Private funders (inc Great Estates) Transport for London Westminster City Council GLA Growing Places Fund £10m found and committed

2015 - Funding and Governance Strategic decisions and sign off Strategic Board – Key funders, Councillors, Council/TfL Executive Operational Decisions Project Board – NWEC, Westminster Council, TfL Design decisions Westminster Council, WSP, NWEC, FM Conway, NRP, Publica

Project and Contractual Arrangements FM Conway / WSP hold key WCC frameworks: Highways maintenance management and public realm projects  Street lighting and design Structures Typical public realm projects procured via framework arrangement Larger projects would be tendered on a design and build arrangement WCC  FM Conway  WSP

2016 - Design Development Concept Feasibility Initial Detailed Base scenario Objectives Feasibility Traffic modelling Engineering review Initial Consultations Traffic Order Surveys Detailed Pavement Design 3D Design Deliverability Construction Redesigns Minimising disruption

Costing –Design Lifecycle End of Stage Known items Increase cost Value engineering Check against project aims

Design after initial design

Costing – Concept Design Scope of works Location (extents) Type of change ‘Rules’ for competing demands Priority Quality asperations £££££££££££

Costing – Feasibility Design Scope of works Location (extents) –side roads, gateways Drainage (£5m) Quality asperations Cornish Granite  Portuguese Fenwick Corner  Simplified Contract rates Street lighting (refurb) Kerbs (1.8m  915mm) £££

Costing – Initial Design Statutory Undertaker Utilities Kerblines adjusted Recessed covers Requesting early works to avoid post project work Ground Penetrating Radar Change to pavement design Relocation of lamp columns to avoid basement Materials - Agreement Choice (test panel) Size Laying patterns

Costing – Initial Design: Communication

Costing – Initial Design

Costing – Initial Design

Costing – Initial Design

Costing – Detail Design Paving Design Kerb margin design (for construction) Town Square concrete base Sets/slabs Construction made easy (consistent construction depth) -Safety +cost Town Square - Flush Other Covers

Additional Funding Additional WCC funding: Drainage Capital Works Programme Maintenance funds for road resurfacing

Additional Funding Developer Contributions: Public art - Frink Statue, Commemorative Plaques Planting Benches Sympathetic private forecourt works extending the public realm

Additional Funding Developer Contributions: Enhanced Northern Gateway

Construction

Costing – Construction Costs Management of site crucial to delivery to budget Productivity vs disruption Communications Winter vs summer construction On site storage Retail - lost revenue claims?

Costing – Construction Costs to others

Costing – Construction Costs to others

Costing – Construction Costs Managing cost change Agreed protocol for change All changes recorded, PD notified, PM review No payment until agreed. Description (reason) Photo (evidence)

Design and Build Contract Benefits: Value engineering includes constructability issues Known unit pricing Collaborative design changes Challenges: Whether savings get passed on to funders is contract dependant Designing out of ‘Quality’

Final Accounts Contractual arrangement Project Arrangement

Final Accounts Finance Discussions

Final Accounts Finance Discussions Review of Draft Final Accounts sense check missing items items not delivered check rates against agreed Recommended changes to FM Conway Update project costs (how does this impact upon the project) Negotiated compromise Both parties keen to finalise Both parties want to see value

Questions