Laing the Jeweller George Street

SJS delivered a sparkling performance in delivering the fit-out and refurbishment for Laing the Jeweller at its new three story Flagship premises on 72 George Street, Edinburgh. Laings are Scotland’s oldest family jewellers having been in the jewellery trade since 1840. The finished store is of the highest quality and is now the jewel in the crown of Edinburgh’s prestigious retail street.

The overall contract involved the fitting out of the former Barclays Bank building in a prime corner location on the intersection of George Street and Frederick Street, creating two stunning floors of jewellery and luxury watch retail space, one floor of staff and office accommodation and a complete new eye-catching shopfront.

In additional to the full fitout project, SJS produced and installed the highest quality bespoke manufactured joinery display cases, furniture, feature wall panelling, service counters and timber shopfront within our state of the art production facility, all of which provided the exceptional quality finish befitting of such an esteemed jeweller.

The full works comprised

• Installation of new feature metal staircase and associated balustrading
• New ceilings, walls and floors
• Full M&E Service installations (power, lighting, AC, ventilations, heating, plumber work, IT/Data, security, fire alarms, AV and audio systems)
• Removal of existing shop front and installation of new timber feature shopfront
• Stud partitioning to create offices, workshops, staff areas and customer/staff toilets
• Formation of new lift shaft and installation of luxury passenger lift over 3 floors.
• Internal glazed screens to form display window bays.
• Formation of a new Rolex Room
• Roller shutters
• Sash and case window refurbishment
• Decoration and feature wall linings
• New floor finishes by Phoenix Flooring Services Edinburgh
• The coordination and management of the clients Brand Fitout specialists.
• Manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture, display cases and window displays

The contract was successfully delivered within a tight and challenging timescale in the lead up to the busy Christmas period allowing Laings to open for the significant festive trading. Careful planning, a proactive teamwork approach with the clients design team and good communication throughout enabled this project to be delivered in a very challenging city centre location with minimal disruption to neighbouring retail and residential properties that remained fully occupied during the currency of the works.

“We’re extremely proud of our new luxury showroom it’s a true celebration of timeless beauty and craftsmanship blending contemporary design with the traditional splendour of the Georgian period.” – Michael Laing OBE

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