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Designed for your success

Every business has a story to tell, and your office is at the heart of it.

Whether you’re looking to optimise your current workspace or make your mark on somewhere new, our creative designers work with you to create a space that encapsulates your brand, increases output within your business and boosts your company culture.

Open planned office designed by office design company Arke

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About Arke

We offer a full range of commercial office design and build services tailored to your business needs. From initial design concepts, fit factors and budgets, through to the implementation of the highest quality office environments, we provide our clients with a bespoke service that encapsulates their brand essence and aims for the future.

Occupiers FAQs

The cost of an office fit out is dependent on the works required and the specification of the materials used, as well as the cellularisation; more offices and meeting rooms mean more cost. As a guide this can range from £80 to £250 per square foot.

To allow for office fit out works you will need the following approvals

  • Current Building regulations – the office must be designed to meet building regulations
  • Licence to Alter – this is a licence from your Landlord issued once they have approved your fitout proposals. Increasingly, landlords are requiring more detailed information prior to granting consent, and early advice is strongly recommenced
  • Wayleave – this is issued by the landlord to allow your telco provider to install communications infrastructure

Flexible working needs to be addressed by giving staff a variety of work scenarios within the office environment. As well as formal desk space, areas should be given to quiet zones, collaborative areas, relaxed seating areas and breakout locations. The provision of a room and desk booking system for remote workers should also be considered.

Established in 1990, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is used to assess a building’s environmental performance.

Measuring nine key criteria, transport, health and wellbeing, energy, water use, materials, ecology and biodiversity, waste, management, and pollution, it focuses largely on life cycle value.

A successful BREEAM certification ensures that buildings are compliant in sustainable construction, operation, and design.

Our aim is to maintain or enhance the building’s BREEAM rating with our fitout design.

SKA rating is the “environmental assessment method, benchmark and standard for non-domestic fit-outs”, led and owned by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS).

Developed in 2009 a SKA rating helps landlords and tenants assess fit-out projects against a set of sustainability good practice criteria.

Our design team is fully conversant with all aspects of SKA and will incorporate these within our proposals.