The new European headquarters for Tata Technologies has been supporting the diverse excellence in construction industries with the help of British engineering. The headquarters is located at Tachbrook Park in Leamington Spa and will be the base for Tata Technologies engineering services. The £20 million construction project will be the centre for research & development in to emerging technologies for automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery for Tata Technologies.

The site has been built by BAM Construction and was designed by the architects Webb Gray. The 63,000 sq ft office has been designed in order to be compatible and suitable to be awarded the BREEAM excellent rating. In order to receive this accolade, the building must be highly sustainable. For the Leamington Spa site, the key element of making the building energy efficient was the ventilation. The internal airflow throughout the building is controlled by Gilberts’ linear slot diffusers and extract valves.

The offices in the building have been created in order to be adaptable, this means that the space can be changed to suit the requirements of the occupier. In order to make the space as customisable as possible while keeping the ventilation system running at an optimum level, Gilberts advised that its GSL slot diffusers were used for meeting rooms and offices whereas GX extract valves could be installed to provide air changes in more open spaces such as reception and in the restaurant.

The Tata Technologies new European headquarters has supported the British engineering as Gilbert designs and manufactured their components in the UK at their headquarters in Blackpool. Gilberts uniquely engineers their components in house from design to testing and supply, so being used on such a large construction project is great news for the company and for the engineering sector. Since starting to operate 57 years ago, the company has grown in order to become the leading specialist independant air movement business in the UK.