Weston鈥檚 new 拢40m HQ building has been specially designed to provide space for social distancing and health safeguarding on all floors, with touch-free automatic entry barriers and touch-free automatic lifts.聽聽
The Weston Innovation Centre represents a new 拢20m 49,000 sq ft addition to the existing 拢20m business park known as the Stansted Business Hub in Takeley. The new office has a hotel style entrance, brasserie restaurant, bar/lounge, multi-storey atrium and an on-site gymnasium.
The company said that it 鈥渨anted to create an outstanding new headquarters building which would exceed staff expectations and deliver a really enjoyable and exhilarating place for work, downtime and productivity鈥�.
Weston Group has sold the Weston Innovation Centre building to Uttlesford District Council and then leased the building back from the Council, providing Weston with headquarters premises and the council with a long term investment asset.
The glass fronted building was designed by Weston Group鈥檚 in-house architectural design studio, working in conjunction with interior designer Oz Lancaster.
Chairman and managing director Bob Weston said: 鈥淭he new state-of-the-art HQ building sets a benchmark for quality in terms of headquarter buildings and provides office space, amenities and leisure facilities to help ensure we deliver the very best working environment within the housebuilding industry.鈥�
Access to the first floor is provided by a curved double staircase which rises through the atrium. The underside of the double staircase is polished black with runway lighting, a design inspired by the Dolce & Gabbana flagship store. There is also high-speed lift access to all floors and other stairwells. The building is complete with three floors of open plan office space. Each floor of the Weston Innovation Centre provides breakout areas with coffee machines and comfortable seating.
Part of the top floor of the building, bordered by floor to ceiling glass windows, acts as a corporate suite for entertaining VIP guests with a model room filled with scale-models of the group鈥檚 various developments, alongside panels and photography on the walls explaining the history of Weston Group and its legacy for guests and employees to view. There is also secure underground parking for staff.
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