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Opus provides multi-disciplinary expertise in building-related services from design and construction to asset management. Our experience and capability covers the complete range of building types and uses from correction facilities to retail and from offices to hospitals and schools.

Opus’ capability and experience in buildings covers:

  • Architecture and interior design
  • Civil, structural and geotechnical engineering
  • Building services engineering (mechanical, electrical, data/communications, hydraulics)
  • Fire engineering and building compliance
  • Facilities & property management
  • Property acquisition & planning assistance
  • Project management
  • Landscape design
  • Sustainability and asset management

Our professionals offer a wealth of experience, technical expertise and innovative ability. The team’s unique, integrated service has helped many of our clients turn their building development visions into a reality. Our architects’ and engineers’ project work is focused on building design that is creative and inspired, yet firmly grounded in the principles of design excellence.

Our asset management and facilities management consultants ensure that buildings are managed to continue to meet our clients' needs and budgets.

Our genuine one-stop design and management capability is truly flexible – the disciplines listed above can be provided singly, in any combination or as a total, multi-disciplinary service package. The co-ordinated service we provide targets lower initial spending, minimised risk, faster project turn-around and tighter quality control. Sustainable design principles are used extensively in our project work, resulting in reduced operational and maintenance costs. Our property management processes follow on from our sustainable design ensuring that our clients' needs from their buildings are optimised, and their investment protected.

Opus building professionals are committed to understanding client needs to ensure that we deliver innovation, value for money and superior quality in our solutions.

 

Feature Projects

 
Penyrheol School, United Kingdom

A new £9.9m school designed by Opus is complete, following an arson attack that devastated the original building. Opus undertook the civil, structural and geotechnical engineering design of the new Penyrheol School in Swansea, which has been re-built on the site of the old teaching block, which was destroyed by flames.

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Environment Centre for Wales, United Kingdom

Opus undertook the civil and structural engineering design for the £7million Environment Centre for Wales which was opened by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The Centre was built with the environment in mind; Photovoltaic panels have been installed to generate electricity from sunlight, ground-source heat pumps air-condition the building using minimal energy and at low cost, and a rainwater recovery system is used to reduce dependency on mains water supply.

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Premier Business Park, Luton, United Kingdom

Opus carried out the architectural and interior design for this prestigious new office development located on a former industrial site in Luton. Designed to a high specification, to serve as a new business headquarters, Premier Business Park comprises of an office and adjoining warehouse building with 12 further units for sale or lease to local businesses.  

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Brisbane Square, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane Square is the latest landmark high rise tower for Brisbane, rising 40 levels above the Brisbane River at North Quay. The $198 million project comprises of 81,000 square metres of gross floor area and 50,000 square metres of net lettable floor area.

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