Following their recent lease agreement in Minerva in South East Amsterdam, Huawei has appointed Savills as project manager for the fit-out renovation of their new office space.

In the 2016-2017 period, Huawei will be moving to the new office location in phases and to that end it has instructed Savills Building & Project Consultancy for the project management activities during the design, tendering, contract formation and execution stages.

The selection for the design team started in the Q4-2015/Q1-2016 period and the Final Design for both project phases was completed in May 2016. Tendering and contract formation took place in May-June 2016, while phase 1, approximately 4,000 m², will be completed in Q3-2016. The building work for phase 2, approximately 1,750 m², will take place in the period Q1-Q2 2017.

Among other things, the renovation work includes the creation of a new main entrance and experience centre, internal fit-out work on the floors with offices, modification to the electricity and water systems including Access Control, CCTV and IT hardware, video conference rooms and a restaurant of approximately 500 m² with flexible meeting rooms.

Marc van Niekerken, director Building & Project Consultancy, says: “We are very pleased with this assignment from Huawei, and look forward to successfully carrying out the renovation, optimizing the work environment for Huawei and its employees.”

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Huawei has over 170,000 employees and is active in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than one-third of the world’s population.