We installed full perimeter scaffolding to support the three-storey roof extension, then engineered the internal access infrastructure the programme required: lift shaft scaffolds, crash decks, birdcage structures, hanger systems, and gallows bracket scaffolds. The gallows brackets supported the gable-end scaffolds around the Art Deco and Victorian lightwell structures at height, providing the working platforms that the building’s geometry made impossible to achieve any other way.
For the low-level banner screening the original façade during exterior works, we painted scaffold tubes to match the background. The structure was there throughout. Guests and passers-by simply could not see it.
Rather than mobilising and demobilising crews around a fixed programme, we maintained a dedicated workforce on site for the full duration. When design changes came, we responded immediately. When additional works were added throughout the programme, our operatives were already there. That continuity kept the critical path moving and meant Drive Edgeware always had access capacity matched to what the project needed at any given moment.
Logistics were managed to the hour. Our logistics manager and yard team coordinated all deliveries and crane operations within the site’s booking windows, working in close sequence with other trades to maintain flow through one of London’s most constrained construction environments. Crane work was essential given the nature and location of the works, and the precision required of every lift.
Constant communication with the hotel, residents, and public ensured that construction and hospitality coexisted throughout. Shift patterns and working sequences were planned around the hotel’s operational requirements, with noise-sensitive periods observed and shutdowns built into the programme from the outset.
