European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Having assisted this inter-governmental science organisation for the past decade, its proposed UK HQ within the University of Reading’s Whiteknights campus was granted planning permission in February 2024. We have been alongside the ECMWF on their journey towards a modern collaborative work environment for their expanding workforce from business strategy, brief writing, site negotiations through to consultant selection and now – during the design development and delivery by the Government Property Agency (GPA) – in a technical advisory role to the ECMWF to help embed their end-user requirements into the evolving design. Since 2021, our remit was expanded to include their new European office in Bonn, Germany, as well. This includes the added challenge of achieving a comparable level of quality for the two very different UK and European projects.

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