Bloomberg place

The £1bn European HQ of media empire Bloomberg, standing on 3.2 acres in the middle of the City of London, was designed in partnership with Foster + Partners. Achieving a BREEAM Outstanding rating, the 1.1million Sq Ft office space for Bloomberg’s 4000 London based employees, achieved the highest design stage score ever achieved by any major office development.

• Project: Bloomberg place, London (UK)
• Architect: Foster & partners
• Contractor: Sir Robert Mcalpine

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Vexcolt designed and delivered the requested bespoke expansion joint that met Foster + Partners design brief. The joint was successfully displaced from the structural gap in order to not disrupt the floor finishes. The joint provided the necessary +/-4mm movements at the 8mm sightline. The joint utilized a slip membrane to reduce the friction between the slab and the rubber sections. And a water proof membrane was used to protect the slip membrane and provide a watertight solution.

Foster + Partners tasked Vexcolt to create a non invasive expansion joint that would not break up the slab floor finishes. The proposed joint had to be no wider than 8mm in sightline and had to provide +/-4mm of movement. The structural gap was in the middle of a 1000mm wide slab paver so any solution had to displace the joint to ensure the aesthetics of the floor finishes were not disrupted.