Heritage & Special Projects

Complex heritage restoration and signature new build projects call for a different degree of care.

Expertise and passion combined.

Complex heritage restoration and signature new build projects call for a different degree of care. They often require targeted and highly bespoke solutions. Our Special Projects team is dedicated to providing those schemes with the technical excellence and expertise they need.

Combining traditional, established skills with a contemporary approach to design, we work in partnership with our clients, designers and architects. This is to ensure that the end result is beautiful in every detail, reflecting the best of both old and new designs, techniques and finishes. Also at our disposal, is the wide range of technical knowledge and engineering skills available across Sir Robert McAlpine and a network of some of the finest artisans and specialist craftsman operating in our profession.

We undertake bespoke and highly technical schemes. Many of our clients view themselves as custodians of these properties. Work often needs to be carried out in either occupied spaces or complex locations, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations and the surroundings.  The experience of our people draws together conservation, signature new build, refurbishment, highly technical building services, and complex engineering.  To complement this expertise, we also rely on our knowledge of stakeholder and community management for some of the nation’s finest residences and landmark buildings.

We are leaders in BIM level 2 for heritage projects and can provide holistic expertise. This encompasses design, pre-construction, the management of temporary and the management of conservation works, fine bespoke finishing and sustainability solutions. It also supports the handover and aftercare of the buildings.

As a stand-out service in the industry, our Special Projects team of passionate experts offers you the luxury of a managed, considered and competent approach.

RIBA Stirling Prize: Courtauld Connects, The Courtauld Institute of Art

  • Preserving history: Restoring the iconic Elizabeth Tower

    Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects team, renowned for its expertise in handling complex heritage and conservation projects, worked meticulously to restore the Elizabeth Tower and bring back its former glory.

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  • Redeveloping and restoring the historic Inner Temple

    Project Pegasus saw our Special Projects team undertake the complex redevelopment and refurbishment of three areas of the historic Inner Temple. Known formally as the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, it is one of the four Inns of Court which administer education for future and current barristers.

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  • Courtauld Connects Phase I: Restoring The Courtauld Institute of Art

    We are so proud to have been part of the team delivering Courtauld Connects at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, which has  been voted the winner of the 2023 Peoples’ Poll on the RIBA Stirling Prize.

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