Where marble, stone and wifi meet
Most of us take being connected to wifi for granted – at home we simply plug in and go. But when it comes to an office building it’s not always so simple.
One Horse Guards Road. Credit: Tony Baggett - stock.adobe.com
The Government Property Agency (the GPA) provides services to many different types of buildings, from a GPA-managed state-of-the-art hub such as 23 Stephenson Street in Birmingham and fully refurbished offices such as 3-8 Whitehall in London, to typical office spaces up and down the country. And then there are the listed buildings.
Many government offices, particularly in Whitehall, have listed building status and One Horse Guards Road in London - part of Government Offices Great George Street (GOGGS) - is a perfect example. When architect John Brydon designed the building back in 1898, paving the way for the future installation of a major shared wifi network was not on his mind.