News & Blog Downloads Vacancies Contact Us ABOUT PROJECTS PRODUCTS OAG SELECT FORTIGLAZE 135 BISHOPSGATE SCROLL DOWN 135 Bishopsgate is an office and retail redevelopment in the City of London EC2. Originally built in 1988, the building was wholly occupied by RBS until British Land commenced redevelopment in June 2017. The redevelopment includes refurbishing the interior, improving connectivity with the street, installing terraces & green spaces, and expanding the retail provision. Just a short walk from Liverpool Street Station and accessible from both Bishopsgate and Exchange Square, the building provides more than 280,000 sqft of creative workspaces which will be home to businesses including McCann Worldgroup and Mimecast. It will also be home to Italian marketplace Eataly’s first UK location – the largest stand-alone food hall in the country. OAG were engaged early in the design process, working alongside the architects and main contractor to provide samples of glass and ironmongery and a scaled visual mock-up of the ‘Feature Portal Cladding’ for the East elevation. As well as the eye catching blackened stainless-steel portal with a debossed pattern on the East elevation, OAG designed, supplied & installed a number of structural glazing & cladding elements to form the new retail & office area. This included a bespoke steel, flush glazed system, working with a specialist company for the façades to the Ground & 1st floor, East & South elevations, and to the 1st & 2nd floors on the Great Eastern Walkway; plus various entrances, doors, screens and balustrades as shown below: Two office main entrances and the retail main entrance complete with revolving doors & pass doors Two draught lobbies to retail areas as well as multiple automated & bifold doors to retail areas OAG Fortiglaze fire rated screens across 12 floors, within the lift lobbies and on the 1st floor reception Eurobond firemaster insulated wall and ceiling panels of various sizes with 120 minutes fire integrity and insulation Fire rated windows and doors with 30 minutes fire integrity The 1st floor balustrade Two 5m terrace bifold door screens on level 8 One 13m terrace bifold door screen on level 10 One 5m terrace screen on level 7 Three plant room screens on levels 8 & 10 Bespoke louvred screens on the ground & 1st Floor Bespoke louvered service road gates with cyclist entrance door Control room within the service road. “OAG were fantastic in supporting the project team. The exemplary design and delivery of their works helped overcome a challenging programme and evolving project brief. OAG were flexible in the installation of their works and met all quality expectations; the ideal CM Trade Contractor.” George Axson, British Land We are proud to have worked on such an iconic building and are pleased to announce that we have also recently been awarded the redevelopment of 155 Bishopsgate. We look forward to updating you on this project over the coming few months. A great health and safety record As with all our jobs, the quality assurance on this project was tightly monitored throughout. We had skilled management on site and our own health & safety team carried audits every 2 weeks. British Land carried out their own audits each month, reviewing the installed works and any works in progress. Meeting the design intent We produced custom-made laser welded steel curtain wall sections to ensure that the seams were neat and barely noticeable, and that the contour of the steel shape would be maintained with minimal distortion and stress. To create the specific blackened stainless-steel panels for the portal, we worked with Christian Pohl. The whole team went to great lengths to achieve the desired finish and colour. The process included applying the colour to the stainless-steel by means of electro-chemical reaction and then bead-blasting. Together this resulted in a deep, rich colour appearance and ensures superior durability. LOCATION: 135 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2 CLIENT: BRITISH LAND & GIC ARCHITECT: FLETCHER PRIEST MAIN CONTRACTOR: SIR ROBERT MCALPINE PROJECT MANAGEMENT: M3 SIZE: 434,000 SQFT GIA USES: OFFICE, RETAIL, PUBLIC REALM START DATE: JANUARY 2018 STATUS: COMPLETE PROJECT VALUE: £6M+ SCOPE OF WORKS GLASS ENTRANCES GLASS FACADES BESPOKE GLASS SHOP FRONTS GLASS FIRE & SMOKE DOORS SIMILAR PROJECTS 200 GRAY’S INN ROAD ALDGATE HOUSE 1 UNDERSHAFT ACCREDITATIONS OAG Limited Company No. 06077937 © OAG 2020 – All Rights Reserved T: 01494 492700 info@oag.uk.com OAG Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking statement Privacy Policy & Cookies OAG Environment Policy