BW completes fit out of Skyscanner offices in Soho’s Ilona Rose building.
BW: Workplace Experts has completed the fit out of Skyscanner’s offices across two floors of the Ilona Rose building in Soho in central London. This 30,000 sq. ft workspace, designed by MCM, enables…
BW supports Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, we take a look at this year’s theme and how BW has been working in this area over the past few years. Mental health awareness is crucial in all industries, inc…
BW’s reverse mentoring programme
In this conversation, we hear from Maddison Cottle-Barker, Commercial Manager at BW, and Anthony Brown, Sales and Marketing Director, about their experience with reverse mentoring, the importance of r…
How task automation will enable more space for human relationships
Some fear the advent of AI but could it actually be beneficial to our careers, freeing our days from the mundane and adding value to our relationships at work? While we’re used to seeing AI put to w…
Cyber crime and cyber criminals – Do you know who’s in your building?
Join us on April 19th – 8.30-11am 5 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7BA The UK had the highest number of cyber crime victims per million internet users in 2022 – up 40% over 2020 figures. BW are deli…
Bring Your Whole Self To Work?
What are the pros and cons of merging your work and personal lives more closely together? We are contractually at work, whether in the office, hybrid or wfh, for a third of our adult lives. There is, …
BW’s 2030 Innovation Goals
Our view of innovation is not limited to new inventions and technologies, but to any idea, method, or approach that gives existing processes a new twist. For a culture of innovation to flourish, we mu…
Meet our growing D+B team
We are excited to welcome Simona, Kunal and Luke to our growing D+B team led by Dan Callegari and Will Randlesome. They are actively seeking new turnkey D+B projects, extending the services of the BW …
August press
‘In Business: BW looks to the future’ Steve Elliott and Anthony Brown discuss their plans to grow while maintaining the firm’s “underdog” spirit: https://bit.ly/3IRLuFI ‘The…
A look at potential solutions to the global supply chain crisis
Why we need to be mindful of the connections between people, business, goods and transportation While the residents of Shanghai quite rightly celebrated their freedom after 60 days in strict lockdown …
2021 financial results
Turnover: £145m Profit after Tax: £5m Net assets: £21.6m Following significant project delays resulting in a reduced turnover in 2021, we experienced a good start to 2022. Currently we have £180…
How the construction industry can best address mental health in the workplace this Mental Health Awareness Week
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, we look at what can be done to talk more about mental health in the construction industry and what support is out there. Experiencing mental health issues at wo…
Will the metaverse go mainstream for construction and elsewhere? – Anthony Brown
There’s currently much discourse around the metaverse, defined as a virtual-reality space where users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users. We’ve already beco…
Successfully managing supply chains in 2022
Why the way you manage your supply chain says a lot about how you do business. From PPE during the pandemic to petrol last autumn to your favourite foodstuffs on supermarket shelves at various junctur…
BW’s 2022 PUV research
Every two years BW employ an independent market researcher to help us understand three key areas: * What are the current and anticipated performance benchmarks before, during, and after a typical proj…
How to optimise the pre-construction period
We examine how the pre-construction period can be optimised to achieve significant cost and time efficiencies The pre-construction period is an important time in the business of buildings. It’s that…
COP 26 Explainer
What is it? COP stand for Conference of the Parties, and it is an annual event where reps from countries around the world meet to discuss measures to address climate change. This year Britain is hosti…
SAP fit out awarded Mixology project of the year!
We are delighted that our fit out for SAP in The Scalpel with TTSP, Storey, MESH Construction Consultancy and Seha Technical Services was awarded project of the year, in the 15,000 – 30,000 sq. …
How our pandemic workplace connections have shaped us and what that means for the Dunbar Number
Whether it’s supporting each other through a tricky work problem, being there for Zoom drinks or simply providing a shoulder to cry on, the pandemic has shown our place of employment is not just for…
Extending the City: BW’s work at Elephant and Castle
BW is working on a handful of elements at Elephant Park, a major regeneration project in this particular part of south London, which marks a significant step in this neighbourhood’s evolution. The E…
Bacon Butty Barometer
Price escalation starting to be felt in unexpected ways… The increase in the price of raw materials has been felt across the construction sector with the costs of timber, steel and cement all co…
BW: Workplace Experts and Bulb Laboratories Announce New Joint Venture
BW: Workplace Experts and Bulb Laboratories today announced they have entered into an agreement to jointly deliver high value research, innovation and manufacturing facilities in the science and techn…
One Heddon Street awarded WELL Platinum
A world first at BW Congratulations on One Heddon Street being awarded WELL Platinum – making it the world’s first fully fitted co-working space to achieve this certification. The WELL certifi…
‘Then and Now: What can the 1920s tell us about the 2020s?’ by Anthony Brown
Covid-19 has shaken up all that we were used to, and although it doesn’t make our experience any easier, pandemics are not a new phenomenon. As Dr. Nicholas Christakis describes, “plagues are …
‘The quality of the space reveals the quality of the brand’ – Peter Nagle
As humans and consumers we experience brands in a many ways – whether consciously or sub-consciously, we know that our purchases are a reflection on us; from the clothes we wear or the car we may (o…
Re-inventing the City
Anyone who has walked around the City of London in the last six months will attest that it’s a vastly different place from the bustling hub of activity at the beginning of the year. The atmosphere o…
McKinsey & Company wins best ‘Fit Out of Workplace’ at the London Regional British Council for Offices Virtual Awards
Congratulations to McKinsey & Company who picked up best ‘Fit Out of Workplace’ at the London Regional British Council for Offices Virtual Awards last week. This fresh and unique space…
10 ways life and work has changed for the better in 2020
While our passion for sourdough might have waned and we’ve harvested our tomato plants, there are other positive elements of the last six months that we may want to hold onto, going forward Explorin…
Built With: Sustainability
Whilst our impact on projects is big, our impact on the environment is small. Working with our site supplier, Eurotec, we have reduced single use plastic cups by 100% and bottles by 95% this year; and…
Built With: Social Enterprise
Social enterprise is a significant and fast growing part of the UK economy, and considered the future of business. Social Enterprise UK are the national body for social enterprises – businesses with…
Built With… Love for London
We started our business in London and are delighted to have worked on so many iconic buildings, both decades and even centuries old, as well as more recent additions. Together, these make the capital…
What we are reading this week – July 27th
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the world of workplace this July. Covering a Covid-19 construction update, pandemic proofing, the homeworking revolution and rebuilding construction…
Talkin` about the quarantine generation, Anthony Brown featured in Workplace Insight
The year is 2045. It’s well over twenty years since the Covid 19 pandemic created chaos and fear throughout the world. But just like the ‘baby boomer’ generation who were born, celebrated and ch…
2019 financial results
Turnover: £201m Profit after Tax: £5.7m Net assets: £20.8m We understand that in these unusual times, balance sheets are scrutinised like never before. BW is a privately run company, rated by the…
‘Leveraging real-time data for construction analytics’ Procore [webinar] featuring Rob Frank and Maria Russo
Technological advancements are accelerating the pace at which construction companies can implement Business Intelligence and analytics programmes. Business analytics implementations which previously w…
‘After the COVID-19 crisis: Rebuilding Construction’, Spec Finish webinar
The COVID-19 crisis has sent a shockwave through our industry and required us to radically rethink the construction process. As we start to emerge from the initial impact and look forwards it has beco…
What we are reading this week – June 29th
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the work of workplaces today. Covering how to empower employees in the workplace, why offices cannot simply go away and the future of workplace meet…
What we are reading this week – June 1st
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the construction world today. Covering the return to the office when the lockdown lifts, how Microsoft is addressing the future of office space and…
What the private sector has to learn from the public sector
We’ve all seen what incredible things can be achieved when the public and private sector pull together in these difficult times: several Nightingale hospitals constructed in a matter of days, not mo…
What we are reading this week
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the construction world today. Covering Q1 London office market analysis, the twist on the four-day workweek and how Covid-19 may transform the way o…
What we are reading and listening to this week – May
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the construction world today. Covering what comes after lockdown, how to prepare office buildings to reopen and five initiatives to help occupiers m…
The office: a social hub no virtual space can replace – Anthony Brown, Sales and Marketing Director
Many are seeing the benefits of being away from the office right now as COVID-19 takes its toll. The daily commute is mere seconds, there’s better coffee on offer, not to mention an improved work/li…
What we are reading this week – April 27th
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the construction world today. Covering the touchless workplace, future liquid workforce, adapting customer experience in the time of coronavirus, an…
The Shifting Geography of London – Anthony Brown, Sales and Marketing Director
When we last looked at the issue of London and the south east’s shifting geography, it was clear then that there were some marked changes afoot. No longer could you be sure to be rubbing shoulders w…
What we are reading this week – April 13th
Welcome to our round-up of the news that matters in the construction world today. Covering all things workplace, projects in other countries and some updates from our sister companies HITT and SHAPE. …
Covid-19 site update
March 25, 2020 — BW: Workplace Experts announce a temporary suspension of site operations on some sites where we are unable to guarantee safe distancing and therefore fulfil our commitment to th…
Construction Leadership Council (CLC) guidelines – Covid-19
Our projects remain operational following specific site operating procedures to protect our employees, subcontractors and all those whose jobs can absolutely not be done from home. The Construction Le…
COVID-19. It’s Business as Usual But With a Difference
Clients and partners, There will be specific communications from us about individual projects, but I wanted to update you on our overall approach to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Our primary responsibil…
5 articles to put a spring in your step this March
The days are starting to get longer, brighter and supposedly warmer (despite all the rain). This can only mean one thing; spring is in the air. Here are five articles we are reading this month, coveri…
5 articles to make your January commute less tedious
Covering everything from the benefits of being the underdog, the new four day working week and the impact of streaming music on the environment, here are some of the things industry experts are writin…
Built With: Our personalities
Sharing our latest film which explores how our personalities impact how we act at work. Personal values determine the choices people make, and are therefore at the centre of how a company performs. Th…
Future Female Leaders show the power of public speaking
What a great evening listening to all the amazing presentations at EG’s Future Female Leaders programme with Ginger Public Speaking. Very proud of our Business Development Manager, Helen Lowe an…
BW employees, our most important asset
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Black and White Party 2019
Huge thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday at Wild by Tart. We had a fantastic evening catching up with clients, consultants and suppliers. Check out the photos from the night below: http:…
Strengthening our presence in the customer experience world
We have strengthened our presence in the customer experience world by becoming NPS accredited. Our Customer Experience Manager, Maria Russo passed the Satmetrix NPS accreditation this week making BW t…
Meet the Future Female Leaders
Thrilled that Helen Lowe is joining so many brilliant women on EG’s Future Female Leaders programme with Ginger Public Speaking. Find out more: https://www.egi.co.uk/news/meet-the-future-female-lead…
Firm behind HQ fit-out for Beatles music label sees profit jump – Jordan Marshall, building magazine
We are pleased to release our 2019 financial results on the Building Magazine website this month. See below or visit their website to read more: https://ubm.io/2Wey7p4 BW expecting turnover to pass £…
Mental health awareness week
In 2017, a total of 5,821 suicides were recorded in the UK. Of these, 75% were male and 25% were female. The construction industry is particularly affected by this illness, more than a quarter of cons…
7 things to think about when installing a staircase
Our Senior Project Manager, Vas, has installed a number of staircases over the last couple of years and has become a bit of an expert on what to do to make sure the process runs smoothly. Here’s his…
Interview with Mel and Cheryl on their experience in Cambodia
Two of our workplace experts, Mel and Cheryl recently went on a life-changing experience to Cambodia with our sister company, SHAPE, to support a local education programme organised by the charity, Se…
World book day 2019
To celebrate World Book Day 2019, we asked our workplace experts what their favourite reads were. Here’s what they said. Steve Elliott: CEO for Dummies Victoria Ward: ‘Harry Potter series’ by J….
What our Sales & Marketing Director, Anthony Brown, learned in 2018 – great piece in mix interiors last month!
The Big Question – What did you learn from 2018 (no mention of Brexit please)? ANTHONY BROWN, SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR OF BW: WORKPLACE EXPERTS Was almost every day a revelation in 2018? It felt…
Anthony Brown on the meeting room naming debate
Naming stuff is a precarious business. And you don’t have to look too hard to find examples of it going horribly wrong. Sometimes it’s personal. David and Angie Bowie’s son, for instance, loathe…
Customer experience in the digital age
Another insightful morning at our CX Networking Club last month. This edition of the seminar series focused on the topic of Customer Experience in the Digital Age. The event hosted a line-up of expert…
Interview with Paul Etherington on his experience working in occupied buildings
Minisming disruption to occupants when working in occupied building is a number one priority for BW. We talked to one of our more experienced PMs, Paul Etherington, who shared his experience and some …
English National Ballet dancer sponsorship
We are delighted to announce we are sponsoring English National Ballet ballerina Claire Barrett. Claire grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and moved to the UK to train with English National Ballet Sch…
Built with: a warm welcome
We are delighted to welcome Betsy, Rupert and Mergim who are joining BW as our latest Graduate Trainees. Based at three of our current projects, they will be spending the next year being exposed to al…
BW: Workplace Experts recently released financial results
BW: Workplace Experts recently released financial results for the year ended 31 December 2017 The Company posted annual turnover of £150.9m, an increase of 50% from the previous year, and operating p…
Technology in the workplace
One of the most commonly talked about issues amongst workplace professionals over the past few years has been the ability of data to transform the way we think about, plan, design and create workplace…
Ceilings – a new perspective
Just a few years ago the conversation between fit-out specialist, designer, end-user and client about ceilings would have been a short one, particularly in the commercial office sector. It wasn’t qu…
Blockchains keep us together
Our Sales & Marketing Director shares his thoughts on how blockchain will impact fit out… How encrypted databases and cryptocurrencies could transform the way contracts are managed and payments …
Management buy-out of BW
Excited to announce that BW directors have completed a management buy-out (MBO) of the business. The deal gives the senior management team a majority shareholding of 60%; BW founders and co-owners Cra…
Delighted to announce our second global alliance partner, HITT in America!
Thrilled to announce our second global alliance with US based turnkey construction company HITT, following a similar partnership with Shape in Australia. HITT provide a wide range of services from cor…
Successful 2nd seminar on artificial intelligence
We were delighted to welcome a full house of clients for our second client forum in our new office. Monica Parker delivered a provocative, inspiring talk in our office today. Artificial intelligence, …
‘Untapped Technology’ – Vicki Webb featured in building
Brexit and the skills crisis could be what the construction industry needs to make some really innovative break-throughs that will improve efficiency and productivity. The UK construction industry is …
Built With: Support – Mental health awareness week 2017
One in four of us experience mental illness at any given time. The construction industry is particularly affected by mental health issues, one person in our sector commits suicide every other day on a…
Best fit out of a workplace – BCO Award
We are thrilled to announce that our project with Estée Lauder Companies and MCM Architecture won the ‘Best Fit Out of a Workplace’ BCO award last night. Now housed in Fitzrovia’s One Fitzroy p…
Ensuring quality on our projects
We understand that quality of construction solutions and proposed design management are two of the most important factors for our clients However, quality can be subjective so mock-ups are critical to…
Is happiness the solution to the productivity paradox?
Across the developed world, people are working longer hours and with better technology than at any time in history. Yet their productivity is not increasing. This counter-intuitive outcome is the prod…
Built With: Awards
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for two awards at the BCO’s annual Awards Programme. The first project to have been shortlisted for ‘Best Fit Out of Workplaces’ is our…
The welcome rise of a new and sophisticated approach to the supply chain
A growing awareness of the importance of the supply chain is driving a new partnership between firms and their customers. Buyers are no longer satisfied merely to know that the products they buy meet …
Personality and the future of work
We were delighted to welcome a full house for our first Occupier Forum hosted at our new offices at 5 Old Bailey last month. The topic for the morning was Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace, and we…
New beginnings
And we’re in – nothing like being your own client to put the pressure on! BW has now officially moved into its new offices at 5 Old Bailey, relocating from Southwark. In line with our key objectiv…
The workplace of 2030
There’s a lot of talk in the media about what Millennials want from their offices. However, as far as BW know, no one has asked Millennials to share their thoughts on the topic. It is for this reaso…
Built Without: Defects
Our aim is to deliver every project defect free at practical completion… It isn’t an airy target, but a combination of hundreds of micro-changes happening at BW to adopt and share best practice. O…
Built With: Change
We are delighted that all our sites supported the Rainbow Laces campaign, in collaboration with Stonewall and real estate specialist, JLL last week. The aim of the Rainbow Laces campaign was to genera…
Built With: Good stock
With strong take-up across London and the south-east office market, occupiers have an appetite for Grade-A office space. UK commercial developers and fund managers are responding with refurbishment ac…
Built With: Loud noises
Unpredictable Noises in the Workplace ‘The building’s easy, the architecture’s easy. It’s thinking about how to use the buildings that really is challenging.’ So said Frank Duffy, founder of…
Built With: Micro changes
Ten Most Common Workplace Tweaks It’s a bit like moving into a new house. You might immediately carry out some major alterations but often what makes your new home truly liveable is the hundreds of …
Built With: Refurbishments
BW are pleased to be involved in the flourishing Croydon office market where demand remains high in the town centre for ‘Grade A’ offices. With Croydon office availability dropping from 1.8 millio…
Built With: Stamina – Surviving MIPIM
You may have noticed our MIPIM strap line was Built With: Stamina… It wasn’t chosen lightly: back-to-back meetings, late nights, the occasional glass of rosé, seminars, walking up and down Cannes…
Built With: Bonding! just an average day in the BW office
Last week the BW team and brave guests braved torrential rain, howling wind and hail stones the size of ice-cubes and ventured south of London to host their first Clay Pigeon Shooting encounter at Bis…
Capital state
BW’s Sales and Marketing Director recently spoke at an industry seminar where discussion turned to why business in the UK is so London-centric, he noticed a change in mood surrounding this subject. …
Sustainability at the heart of BW’s 2016 projects
BW are delighted to announce that we have secured repeat business with one of our prime SKA Gold projects: Generation Investment Management LLP. Given Generation’s focus on dedicated, long-term inve…
Feeling inspired by Mix Inspired this week
Anthony Brown joined the Mix Inspired London panel to discuss what Londoners want from their workplaces today. Last week, Anthony Brown joined a panel of fantastic speakers at the first Mix Inspired L…
Mixing it up with Steve Elliott
Mix Interiors reflects on what’s been happening at BW in its November issue. With the recent announcement that BW have reached the symbolically important £100m turnover milestone, Mix Interiors foc…
The defect is in the detail
BW has set out our stall for 100% Defect Free completions by 2018. We have set out our stall. The objective is to be 100% “Defect Free at Practical Completion” or DF@PC by 2018. There are a number…
BW reaches £100m turnover milestone
Robust Business Demand as BW Reaches Record Turnover Milestone BW has reached £100m turnover, confirming the company as one of the UK’s leading workplace experts and underlining the appetite for gr…
Our recent research reveals “what clients really want”
New research commissioned by BW shows what clients value and, reassuringly, ‘price’ wasn’t at the top of every client’s list. BW recently undertook a research project to find out the current p…
Building the new BW with Steve Elliott
BW CEO Steve Elliott gave an in-depth interview to Building magazine, which appeared in its July edition. In his wide-ranging discussion with Joey Gardiner, Steve outlined his vision for BW, his passi…
BW leads the industry for satisfaction, reveals new research
New industry benchmarking research commissioned by BW shows that the workplace experts outperform competitors by a significant margin in several core aspects of excellent project delivery. According t…
Full steam ahead for Maersk’s new technical facility
Maersk, the global shipping company, has brought in BW to deliver the Fit Out, M&E, IT infrastructure, audiovisual and services on its new command and control hub in Maidenhead. The enhanced, high…
Quality that’s out of this world for Jupiter
BW has been engaged as Fit Out partner to Jupiter Asset Management, working on the firm’s new corporate headquarters in London Victoria. Jupiter is creating a high-specification, architecturally-dri…