They might not know it, but the traders in investment bank Nomura's new headquarters are enjoying several world firsts. The air on the trading floors stays nice and cool, thanks to the world's largest installation of chilled desks. The crisp, white light is provided by the world's largest installation of linear LED lighting. And, although the project team can't say for sure, this has to be one of the fastest fit-out jobs ever done. It cost more than £100m and the bulk of the work, some 400,000ft2 was done in just eight months by Como, the fit-out arm of Mace.
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