O2 Intercontinental Hotel, London

Already an award winning luxury hotel, in 2022 work began at the O2 Intercontinental to redevelop an existing indoor car park into a luxury ballroom and event space, to add to the hotel’s impressive event and meeting offer.

Project background

The redevelopment required full MEP services to change the function of the space from an indoor car park to a luxury ballroom and event space.

The Peninsula Ballroom spans 1,300 square metres and has capacity for up to 1,700 guests. The space also includes an exclusive street-level entrance, two bars, three meeting rooms, a green room and a designated cloakroom. In addition, the bBallroom can be configured into two soundproofed breakout rooms, each offering the latest audio, visual and lighting technology.

MultiCAD were contracted by Swiftline as the sole MEP supplier for this redevelopment.

Deliverables required

• Stage 5 coordinated MEP installation drawings
• As built drawings

The following software was used to ensure high quality designs, delivered with a quick turn-around: Revit, Navisworks and Pointcloud scan.

Main challenges

The change in function from a car park to a luxury ballroom, offering cutting edge technology for lighting, visuals and audio, involved a significant redevelopment of the services to the space while also ensuring a high-quality final build, appropriate for a luxury hotel complex.

Challenges included coordinating the MEP services in confined spaces, ensuring there were no clashes and that all services could be suitably routed.

Solutions provided

There were two key considerations for this project. Firstly, a quick turn-around on the designs to enable construction to begin as swiftly as possible. Secondly, high accuracy of MEP co-ordination to ensure there were no delays to the project caused by problems on-site, also to ensure all the required services could be installed in the existing building structure.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Richard Huntley and the team at MultiCAD & BIM Solutions for over 5 years now, and I can confidently say they are the best in the industry when it comes to CAD services and BIM work.

The speed, quality, and accuracy of the work they return is consistently outstanding, and they always have a deep understanding of the brief—often going beyond expectations. Richard is not only highly knowledgeable, but also one of the most approachable and reliable professionals I’ve worked with. He’s always available when needed and a real pleasure to deal with.

If you’re looking for a solid, dependable partner in the CAD/BIM space, I couldn’t recommend MultiCAD more highly. They’ve been an invaluable part of what we do at Swiftline.

Jon Jones – Project Director

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