- Works to facilitate accessibility - Scope of work undertaken:
- Access Audit to identify priority works required for The Courts Service
- Full Architectural & structural design services
- Accessible WCs
- New shafts for Lifts (evacuation-standard) through 4 floors of historic fabric
- External ramps & steps, signage, lighting, landscaping, bespoke metal/ artwork etc
- Included close coordination in association with The Courts Service
- Programme of works to Courts etc during legal term of the premier courts complex in the country
- To avoid an institutional environment, in the context of a historic public building, the selection of coherent materials and fittings was crucial
- Use of machineroom-less lift, for energy efficiency of operation and architectural conservation of roofscapes
- Creation of victim-support room, landscaped external seating areas, alternative routes etc for stress-relief
- Environmental improvements to public areas with heavy-duty natural finishes and paints
- Relocation of original cast-iron stair flight to form space for lift
- Use of durable materials for hard landscape
