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Our Experts

Based in our office a stone’s throw from Borough Market in the heart of Southwark’s thriving Bankside, our welcoming and diverse team is working on some of the most prestigious and innovative projects in the UK and across the world.

From sustainability-focused offices and commercial premises to cutting-edge healthcare facilities and from award-winning education schemes to major new residential communities, we are supporting schemes across a huge range of sectors. Find out more about a selection of our projects below.

You are always welcome to visit or contact us to find out more about our services and discuss how our team can support your next project.

Mark Terndrup

Mark Terndrup
Managing Director,
Building Services
South

A Chartered Engineer with 30 years’ experience. With a passion for zero carbon strategies, he maintains a ‘hands on’ role in the business with specialisms in the commercial fit – out, refurbishment and new build sectors, as well as large – scale residential and mixed – use schemes. His considerable experience allows him to simplify complex designs, reducing the time spent on reaching practical solutions. Encouraging his team to innovate, Mark actively engages in problem solving to create best – value design solutions. He actively promotes sustainable solutions as part of a holistic approach to building design, driving sustainability and reduction of whole –
life carbon.

During his career, he has built – up an extensive portfolio, including recent projects such as 100 Fetter Lane, Rolls – Royce London HQ, Charlotte Tilbury’s new London HQ, Angel Court, Fen Court, The Avenue, Jersey International Finance Centre, Kings Cross T1 and P1, The Clarges Estate and 6 Bevis Marks.

Richard Whitehead

Richard Whitehead
Managing Director,
Structures

Richard is a Chartered Civil Engineer with extensive experience of commercial, residential and retail sector building construction. He has been with Waterman for over 25 years. Richard became Managing Director of Waterman Structures in 2020.

He brings a breadth of experience in a variety of residential, retail and commercial schemes, including new – build, refurbishment and fit – out. He has a strong practical and technical background and delivers sustainable structural solutions with a particular emphasis on low carbon design.

Richard is experienced in co – ordinating and understanding the needs of multidisciplinary teams and has held a project lead role for a number of major schemes including Jersey International Finance Centre, 8 Moorgate, The Marq and The Avenue.

He is passionate about mentoring young professionals in their careers and has taken a lead role in Waterman’s scholarship and intern programme.

Paul Moore

Paul Moore
Director,
Infrastructure and
Environment

Paul joined Waterman as a Regional Director in 2019 and has over 20 years’ experience within infrastructure engineering and environmental planning. He has been pivotal in increasing our infrastructure and environment team’s profile in the Central South region, and he is a committee member of both the Bournemouth & Southampton Property Associations. His current projects include Meridian Water and Purfleet Centre Regeneration.

Andrew MacDonald

Andrew McDonald
Director,
Infrastructure and
Environment

Andrew joined Waterman in 2007 as Head of the Highways and Transport Team. Since then, he has gone on to lead pre – planning services in our London Office and became a Regional Director in 2011. Andrew advises on complex multidisciplinary projects and has significant experience in the residential sector, including local plan land promotion of strategic land sites. Key projects in Andrew’s portfolio include Newhall Harlow, South Maldon Garden Suburb, Purfleet Regeneration and Richborough Power Station.

Net Zero
& Sustainability

We ensure sustainability and net zero principals are embedded in every project at every opportunity.

Acquisition
& Appraisal

The ability to accurately assess the true value of any acquisition or asset is pivotal in the decision making process of any scheme.

Planning &
Design

Exemplary designs need the best site teams to bring them to life, and we take great pride in helping you realise your vision.

Construction & Development

We cover all sectors and span all engineering and environmental disciplines, bringing the right expertise at each stage.

Operation &
Asset Management

Our in–house expertise provides you with a total solution to help you manage and operate your assets.

Divestment

We recognise the need to optimise the value of your assets whether they are newly constructed properties or existing building stock.

Project Lifecycle Support

Latest News & Projects

Landmark Lucent redevelopment lights up Piccadilly Circus

Located behind London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights, Landsec’s major redevelopment and extension known as ‘Lucent’ is now complete, offering 144,000 sq ft of high-quality office, hospitality, retail and residential units.

With the commercial space behind the lights previously empty since the 1950s, the building required an extensive annual maintenance regime. To help unlock the site’s potential, Landsec worked with Fletcher Priest Architects to design a striking eight-storey ‘island of serenity’ which has seen the revamped facility become as unique as its surroundings.

With wellbeing at Lucent’s heart, 20 landscaped terraces and an internal wintergarden featuring a three-storey living wall offer a wide range of collaboration and breakout spaces. The dynamic, open floor plates are designed around a central open-air atrium that unites the floors, flooding every storey with natural light, whilst a roof-top terrace and restaurant offer exceptional views across London. This focus on amenity space provision and optimising user experiences resulted in Lucent achieving a WELL ‘Gold’ rating.

 

In a recent statement, Marcus Geddes, Managing Director for Workplace at Landsec said: “Access to amenity is fast becoming one of the biggest drivers in leasing decisions, with businesses looking for spaces that can attract and retain the best talent. The combination of office space, retail and unparalleled restaurants and leisure on site make Lucent a new destination in its own right.”

Following our engineering input for 2017’s Piccadilly Lights renovation, Waterman’s structures team returned for this latest scheme. Our retrofit specialists collaborated with Landsec and Fletcher Priest Architects to help deliver their vision and maximise the existing structure’s potential. To facilitate the feature open atrium and additional storeys, we made key design interventions to the basement and superstructure, including a new roof truss spanning 36m across the existing buildings, carrying the three new floors above.

Driving down the building’s embodied carbon footprint was a major project goal, seeing as much of the existing building fabric retained as possible, whilst key new materials such as steelwork and concrete incorporate a high level of recycled content. Lucent is targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ and NABERS 4.5-star ratings.

Working in this bustling location with live commercial premises at ground level, main contractor Wates ensured the building’s transformation took place without closing the existing retail outlets at Piccadilly or effecting the advertising lights.

Andrew Sherlock, Waterman’s Director for Structures, commented: “We are extremely proud to have been part of the team delivering this exceptional sustainability-focused scheme. This was a unique opportunity for the design team to help shape the future of one of the UK’s most famous landmarks, creating a vibrant new facility which will provide a contrasting sanctuary to the bustling streets of Piccadilly Circus.”

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