Project Centre is a leading design, engineering and landscape architecture consultancy that is passionate about designing places for the people that use them.
We designed many of the UK’s iconic landmarks but we are equally adept at taking on small projects that make a big difference to the people using them.
Our approach to integrated design produces award winning results that have won international recognition. What makes Project Centre exceptional is our people, passion and the quality of the places we help design.
We employ over 100 highly skilled professionals who work in multi-disciplinary teams that are tailored to our clients’ requirements so they provide excellent value for money as well as outstanding results.
We work in partnership with clients, and engage with their stakeholders and the wider community to deliver visionary, affordable and practical solutions. If you want to help shape our towns and design safer streets, have a look at the join us page, or give us a call.
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Exhibition Road
As well London’s landmark museums, Exhibition Road is home to 15,000 students and one of London’s busiest underground stations, used by 30 million people every year. This project applies current theories on ‘shared spaces’ by removing barriers and allowing pedestrians and traffic to share space.
Project Centre was the lead highway, traffic and lighting engineering consultancy involved in this project (and was since project inception) which included the following works
• The first phase examined traffic flows in South Kensington in preparation for phase two. Public realm services (street lighting, signalling, paving, signage, etc.) was revised
• The second phase was the radical redesign of 16,000m2 of public realm and the associated engineering along the full length of the street from South Kensington station to Hyde Park.
Traffic data was collected in order to model vehicle and pedestrian flows at individual junctions and across South Kensington. Origin and destination data was used with junction surveys to ensure junction and signal designs met their demands before they were introduced onto the street. Project Centre was also responsible for the complete new drainage design and profiling the street.
The lighting design was based on a linear arrangement of 20.35m bespoke columns coordinated with the geometric design of the surface finishes. Each column provides night time “White light” illuminance which contributes to personal security. LEDs mounted on the columns provide the sparkle, visual diversity and interest needed in this high profile public space to create a world class streetscape
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Project Centre opens new city office - Makes key appointments
Project Centre, NSL’s award-winning technical design consultancy, has opened a new office on London’s Chancery Lane. It has also made recent appointments to strengthen its management team in order to service recent growth.
The changes come following a successful year for Project Centre, with a raft of contract wins.
New framework agreements have also been awarded, including Brighton & Hove, and Islington Council, which is now in its third generation with Project Centre. The London Boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames, and Greenwich, have also signed up to the Ealing Framework Access Agreement.
Keith Hanshaw (pictured) joins Project Centre as Regional Director for East London and the north of the country. He brings with him considerable local government experience, having previously worked at Waltham Forest Council where he served as Director of Public Realm responsible for 250 colleagues across service delivery and strategic activity. Keith will be based in Chancery Lane.
Kevin Donnelly will serve as Regional Director for West London and the south of the country, which also covers Project Centre’s Brighton office. Kevin will continue to be based at the consultancy’s west London office. The strengthened management structure will enable Kevin to focus on service delivery to Project Centre’s existing and new clients in his region, whilst also supporting the growth of other regions.
Paul Chandler has also recently been appointed Technical Director for Transportation. Paul’s remit will include the mini-Holland cycle scheme in Waltham Forest. Paul’s expertise covers both public and private sector, including Oxfordshire and Brent councils.
Mark Raisbeck, Project Centre Executive Director, said: “It’s an exciting time for Project Centre, which continues to excel in delivering its traffic design and engineering expertise to an increasing list of key projects. We have, in all three key roles, a considerable wealth of expertise and skills. Kevin and Keith will also lead their regional teams to on-going growth and demonstrations of excellence.”
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For further information please contact Afrika Morris, Communications Executive, on 0208 991 8897or 07920 278 164.
For further information on Project Centre to go to www.projectcentre.co.uk
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