www.avantauk.com 117 Staff Benefit from Avanta Shop Creation Avanta UK recently completed a comprehensive and multifaceted project for Next Plc, transforming a section of the Dearne Valley Pallet Warehouse into a 9,000 square foot retail staff shop. This involved collaboration with various teams and contractors to ensure the design met Next’s retail style and included essential features like an office, changing room, back of house secure storage area and staff break-out space. Working with Next’s in-house teams and contractors to create a compliant and attractive layout involved working closely with the following: • The Next in-house retail team • Warehouse engineering project team • Loss prevention department • Multiple Next contractors Avanta collated this information and formulated a layout with the architect and liaised with Building Control to ensure design and build compliance. Acting as Principal Contractor, Avanta was responsible for all the health and safety for the project and managing all subcontractors. Key aspects of the project included: • Strip out of existing site equipment • Supply and install 1hr jumbo stud walls with full internal ply lining for mounting shelving and wall furniture • Supply and install column casings, suspended and MF ceilings in offices and lobby • Firestopping • Back of house caging • Barrier protection • Full joinery package including high-spec door sets, skirtings, architraves and fascia. • Decorative spray painting of the soffit and some existing services to give retail specification • Building works included. o Modifications to existing fire stairwell o Cladding and steelwork modifications to form entrance o Automated shop door sets with supporting steelwork o Forming new entrance corridor o Concrete plinths for M&E equipment Other fit-out items on the project included stripping out the existing Mechanical & Electrical equipment and installing full new M&E (exposed) set at 3mhigh tomatch into the retail stores specification. Part of the electrical brief included till set up, power, lighting, data and CCTV. A specialist hard wearing epoxy floor system with decorative flake finish was also installed. The project required meticulous planning and coordination to integrate a new retail space within an operational warehouse, showcasing Avanta’s ability to manage diverse construction disciplines effectively. This project included • Design and Compliance • Construction and Installation The project duration was 14 weeks.
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