Café Royal, London

This included numerous state of the art kitchens and food preparation areas, with a revolutionary world first bespoke C02 refrigeration system. In addition they designed and installed; extensive cold stores, staff dining areas, laundry area, spa juice bar, the Regent Street Cafe, a Business Pantry, 8 housekeeping areas and 5 room service pantries. They also worked closely alongside David Chiperfield Architects to design all bar areas with unique bespoke C02 compatible refrigeration with one bar being manufactured to an ellipse designed to fit tightly behind a steel beam formed in a shipyard.

C&C installed a world first of its size C02 refrigeration system, serving over 45+ refrigeration units and coldrooms within the hotel. This system is 40% more efficient than traditional refrigeration systems with a pay back in energy saving of 2 years. The system also as a heat recovery unit fitted which has allowed the hotel to reuse the heat gain to partly heat pool areas.

This project presented C&C with many challenges, one of the main being that the client and main decision makers were based in Israel. This led to many overseas conversations to ensure C&C were working to their exact demands and requirements. The main team of contractors were also from overseas leading to great difficulty in communication onsite, which C&C as with any issue, overcame. The location of the project was also testing. Cafe Royal is situated in Central London, this made the logistics of transporting equipment and access extremely hard.