CIOB Awards 2024: Public

The new suite, which was constructed in the middle of a live police station site, consisted of 22 detainee cells in a north and south wing, a charge desk at the centre of the facility, a two-storey office space, interview rooms, exercise areas, visitor rooms and various other facilities.

A late addition to the scope of the project was a forensics grade medical inspection room, which came just 12 weeks before practical completion. The conversion of a nurse’s office required multiple changes, including the upscaling of the air handing unit.

However, in liaison with the Home Office inspector, with whom Moore had also established a rapport during the pre-contract stage, the necessary products and works were procured and installed without extending the programme.

Project: The Covid Memorial, St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Client: St Paul’s Cathedral
Scope: Double-height, elliptical timber portico within the cathedral, a physical memorial to all those who died due to covid
Form of contract: JCT minor works with contractor’s design
Value: £1m

Although she has worked on many heritage projects, this was Kat Cary’s first job as project manager for Sir Robert McAlpine. With a micro-team of two full-time site personnel, including herself, and five part-time staff, Cary was responsible for every aspect of the project from design management and programming to managing trades on site, cost control and administering the contract.

The memorial is a double-height elliptical structure – a glulam frame clad in English oak that visitors can walk within – in the North Transept. It is the first project of its kind to be built in St Paul’s for 150 years.

As well as working around cathedral activities, Cary had to adapt the design to accommodate its sloping floor. With the nation’s gaze upon her, Cary delivered a quality of structure that befits its purpose.