Architect and Builder November/December 2018 | Page 80

Trend Group Gavin Dickinson Business Development Director Cell: 083 603 1111 Email: [email protected] Web: www.trendgroup.co.za Established over a decade ago and with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Trend Group has carved out a unique niche for itself as a solutions driven office interior design and refurbishment specialist, featuring both design-and-build and project management capabilities, covering all aspects of the fit-out process. Working on a tender, fixed-price or project-management basis, our contract teams achieve results over- and-above what is expected, helping us to forge strong ties with our clients. Clients vary from those with a vacant office that needs to designed, built, and fitted-out, to clients with an existing design that simply needs to be built, to international clients with their own in-house design teams that require roll-out assistance. We also partner with and enabling a healthy and conscious implementation of the manner in which end users makes use of the office space. The clients brief also required a Gold LEED star rated interior project, which played a large part during the design phase when acquiring the right material selection and construction methods to be able to achieve a high end sustainable interior project within the given budget. Materials such as low VO paint and glue, joinery items with low formaldehyde content and finishes with high green or sustainability ratings was specified for LEED accreditation. Other factors such as sustainable LED light fittings, Dali systems implementation for day night alight harvesting and sustainable mechanical design were also taken into account during the design phase for LEED accreditation. Throughout the floor area, various allocated areas were allocated recycle bins for ongoing LEED and sustainable end user implementation. external professionals to provide a full range of consultancy and construction services spanning the commercial, industrial, and retail sectors. We assign a dedicated project manager who orchestrates everything, including customised delivery methods. This ensures that projects are not only completed to your full satisfaction, but ahead of schedule and within budget. 80 Citibank