The Forge wins BCO Innovation Award 2024

The BCO Regional Innovation Award has been given to The Forge, with this acknowledgement: 

The Forge followed a unique procurement route in championing design for manufacture (P-DfMA). Digital tools were used to conduct research around performance and productivity. This not only informed the design itself but gathered data which will guide future projects beyond the site boundaries, helping inspire the wider industry. Sustainability is a key focus of the project, which was the first UK commercial development designed and built to meet the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon standard. The final design consists of two buildings offering a generous and welcoming reception, courtyard space and quality amenity areas. 

Located by Southwark Bridge Road, The Forge replaces a tired portal frame warehouse and office building with two new buildings offering 139,000 sqft of best in class, sustainable workspace. It is Landsec’s first Net Zero Carbon development and the first major commercial development in the world to be built using the highly sustainable platform approach to design for manufacture and assembly (P-DfMA) developed with Bryden Wood. 

We are thrilled that this significant building and process has been recognised by the BCO judges in this new regional category. A huge thank you to our client Landsec, to partners and collaborators as well as our fantastic Piercy&Company team.

Find out more about the project here.