Lock down....

A few preview shots of McCarthys completed project in London. These shots are taken from the staff secure locker room and break out space. The locker space is designed for 250+ staff and is separated from the open plan office environment by walls and a set of glass IN and OUT security gates.  

The total floor space refurbished and furnished was near 10,000sq.ft. 

Breaking out....

A sneak preview 'shot' of McCarthys latest design and fit out project for a large software companies London premises completed this month.

This is a section of the small part of the break out space.

Fast Track..... and then some.

McCarthys have completed and handed over a £1.4M fit out project in Birmingham with a construction period of 7 weeks.

  

Rooms to relax

McCarthys are already through 4 of the 6 phases of our clients Conference Facility bedroom and bathroom upgrading programme, here are a few images of the latest refurbished phase.

Working closely with the client, McCarthys produced the designs, specification, finishes which were agreed within a fixed room cost before going to refurbishment programme and commencement on site.  

Cool down in a cool breakout space

A snapshot of Hardlight Studios, Leamington Spa design and fit out by McCarthys

Open Spaces

McCarthys completed London strip out and refurbishment project for Landlords re marketing of Space

In the Board Room

McCarthys have completed a high end design and fit out of a Board Room in Central London which has include the design, specification and construction of a be-spoke Glass Board Room table. 

The existing board room was dated with dark woods, floor and wall finishes. McCarthys design transformed the space with light and bright fixtures and finishes. 

The inclusion of an architectural floating ceiling with lighting effects and an integrated AV wall allows the space to be used for video conferencing, presentations as well as a more traditional meeting space. 

Phased Progress

McCarthys are near completion of Phase Two of Woodland Grange bedroom and bathroom refurbishment. 

These works are part of a £1M refurbishment programme being undertaken by the client. 

McCarthys are contractors for the works programme but also undertook a detailed design and specification process with the Conference Centre prior to any budgets being signed off. A sample room was refurbished first so the client could get a real tactile 'feel' for the space, design, specifications and colour ways. 

There are six phases within the programme of refurbishment running into September 2014 taking into account 114 bedrooms in total. 

Through McCarthys design process the new  bathrooms have a luxurious feel to them with imported Italian floor and wall tiling throughout.

All fixtures and fittings have been concealed to create neat and clean lines. The toilet and wash hand basins are suspended to allow for easy cleaning. 

Expanding Orders

McCarthys Managing Director Steve McCarthy is delighted with the addition of over £1.4M of project orders received in the previous week. 

"Although we had to wait unit the close of play on Friday for the second of two orders that week to be confirmed, we have received confirmation from two of our clients for a project of circa £400k and one of just over £1M going live with immediate effect."

"This is fantastic for the business and local contractors we employ. Both projects are in Coventry." 

"We (McCarthys) are actively growing the business and these projects are in line with our plans and adding to our confidence going forward" 

McCarthys will be press releasing these project case studies soon. 

£1M Conference Centre Refurbishment underway

McCarthys have just successfully completed the first phase of bedroom and bathroom refurbishments for one of the UKs premier conferencing organisations.

McCarthys initially provided a package of design and visual options for a standard room size and associated budget costs for each option.

Once the design, finishes, look and budget was agreed and set, McCarthys took the design off the paper and refurbished a 'sample' room.

the approval of the sample room kick started the programme of works to refurbish all 114 rooms within the conference complex.

McCarthys are delighted to have handed over the first phase of rooms which are already in use by cliental.

Having advertised the refurbishment programme in the press McCarthys client is delighted with the higher level of bookings and positive feedback received so far and higher level of room rate achievable.  

Looking smart in the Board Room

McCarthys have completed a full refurbishment of our clients Executive Board Room in central London.

McCarthys provided various design, visuals and budget options for the space and narrowed down the design, finishes and cost for sign off before any works took place on site.

The project was then completed in budget and to tight time constraints in an active and busy conferencing building.

The key piece of the project was a bespoke designed and constructed Media Wall and glass Board Room table to seat 12+ people with built-in power, data and AV connectivity.

Case studies available on our website www.mccarthygroup.co.uk

Pizza Order

McCarthys are pleased to have been awarded our first Pizza Parlour fit out for a high street chain.

This fit out is part of a larger rollout programme across the UK over the next 12 months.

McCarthys look forward to securing further projects within the rollout programme.

London keeps calling

McCarthys are due to hand over an office space refurbishment completed on time and on budget next week with another phase of core refurbishment in the offering within the same building.

London is also the home to McCarthys design and fit out of a conference centres main board room, core areas and meeting room spaces. works on site commenced 18th March.

Regional wins for McCarthys

Royal Leamington Spa is now the home of McCarthys 3rd concurrent project.

McCarthys latest project is a Landlord core areas refurbishment joining our design and fit out for SEGA Hardlight Studios and a Leamington Conference Centre 114 bedroom phased refurbishment.

London refurbishment final phase On Time On budget

McCarthys are on track to complete the full refurbishment of a Central London 5th floor office space within the tight project programme agreed at tender stage.

Completing the works in 6 weeks is between 3 - 5 weeks quicker than other Tender quotations.

The core of the project was to strip back a previous tenants fit out and return the space to a fully open plan floor to re-let.

Works included:

Full furniture soft fittings strip out;
Flooring and ceiling strip out;
Lighting, Mechanical and Electrical strip out;
New suspended and MF ceilings;
New lighting throughout;
Refurbishment of raised floor;
New flooring;
Decorations and making good of window frames, walls, skirtings;
Minor external refurbishments

McCarthys are handing back the space to the Landlords Agent with a full set of O+ Manuals.

McCarthys also undertook the Asbestos Survey and reporting for the Construction Phase Health+Safety Manual.

  

Dundee calling

McCarthys have won a competitive tender and now on site with works to split an existing industrial unit to create a subdivision for our clients new tenants.

This is McCarthys first project in Scotland for nearly 10 years.

SEGA Hardlight project commences on site

Following a timely design and specifying period works commenced this week in the heart of Leamington Spa to transform an existing office suite into Hardlight new Studios.

Hardlight is SEGA's third UK based studio and is focused exclusively on creating high quality, innovative game experiences for the mobile handheld platfoms.

mccarthyinteriors are providing Hardlight with a full concept to completion service, design, visuals, specification, fit out and furnishing with CDM-c management.

This is an exciting project for mccarthyinteriors utilising all our core disciplines with a free flowing design scope .  Updates to follow............. 

London calling....

mccarthyinteriors commences works on a 5th floor dilapidations programme for our client in the heart of the Financial District, London. 

The work includes the complete strip out of the floor including furniture and fixings and reinstating suspended ceilings, decoration and floor coverings. 

mccarthyinteriors will be surveying and reconditioning the Landlords Mechanical services as well as upgrading Electrical services.

Works commence mid-February for a period of 6 weeks.  

Pick a chair

mccarthyinteriors offload chairs and commence Phase One build of workstations to our clients new premises in Birmingham.