PROJECT
OLYMPIC HOUSE, BELFAST
SITTING AT THE HEART OF TITANIC QUARTER, OHMG’S NEWLY COMPLETED OLYMPIC HOUSE PROJECT OFFERS GRADE A OFFICE ACCOMMODATION… OHMG DELIVERS SPECTACULAR GRADE A OFFICES TO TITANIC QUARTER
W ith its prominent position on the Queen’s Road beside the award-winning Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) building, the Olympic House project delivered by OHMG is a spectacular achievement by the Newry firm. The high quality of Olympic House follows the standard already set by the PRONI building and Gateway Offices. The palette of quality materials used includes “white limestone” offset by generous amounts of floor-to-ceiling glazing to ensure excellent day lighting standards. The two entrances are highlighted by the use of bronze cladding. These and other key design features of the building will be living testimony to the overarching quality objectives set for the Titanic Quarter development. The Grade A Olympic House
development consists of two elegantly linked office blocks of six and seven storeys with a basement carpark. The shell and core fit out involved the provision of toilet cores and lift lobbies on each floor, two passenger lifts, two reception areas on the ground floor and four staircases which includes a feature steel frame staircase with precast concrete treads and landings. The superstructure consists of a concrete frame with an envelope of stone cladding and extensive curtain walling spanning over two floors in certain areas. Two tower cranes serviced the raising of the framework. The structure ‘sits’ on a black plinth at ground level with a white granite façade rising upwards, deliberately designed to replicate the neighbouring PRONI building.
Multiple façade alignments and material interfaces required in-depth design co-ordination between OHMG’s supply chain and the client’s design team, said Nigel Spratt, Project Manager for OHMG. “The intricate design required a multitude of meetings between ourselves and specialist subcontractors to co-ordinate interface details, requirements and attendances.” The façade required extensive pre- planning. “It consisted of various technical aspects that included deep window reveals and stone clad sills. Also, at the Queens Road entrance a section of the second floor slab projected out on three elevations effectively cantilevering the structure over the main entrance. This required temporary propping until the roof structure was completed.” Rainscreen cladding elements were
“This project demonstrates the skills and experience OHMG has in delivering these types of complex buildings.”
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