Goggs East (Government Offices Great George Street), London SW1
About the Project
- Principal designer: Foster and Partners
- Client: HM Revenue & Customs
- Principal contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
- Principal engineer: Waterman Partnership
- Contract value: £82.7 million
Goggs was a historical building in the centre of Whitehall which was badly in need of being refurbished and brought up to date to cater for HM Revenue and Customs' modern collaborative working methods.
A simple refurbishment just to keep the building standing would have cost £60 million. The £148 million design and build project offered value for money by creating additional usable space, an increase in occupancy levels, reduced maintenance costs and improved well being and staff productivity.
Over 1,400 windows, 500 rooms and 2.1 miles of corridors were refurbished, and 8.5 miles of wall removed, all without access to three sides of the building and with 30 per cent of it underground. The scheme also features a refurbished circular court, a new restaurant, library, plus numerous 'touchdown' locations in the original wide corridor.
The project was delivered within budget and two months ahead of programme and has allowed government to bring policy and key strategic staff on to one, impressive site.
The Judges said:
"This is the second phase of the project which began with the regeneration of the Treasury. It upgrades and improves the major Edwardian building by using cushioned roofs to create new light spaces and providing new facilities for HM Revenue and Customs in a single corporate headquarters."