Designed and built in 1998-2000, Wessex Water’s Operations Centre was the fourth in a series of large-scale, innovative buildings by Bennetts Associates that demonstrated why architectural form was critical to well-being in the workplace and to sustainability.

At the end of 2019, Bennetts Associates revisited the building en masse to see how it had performed and to share results from nearly 20 years of occupation. The original client, engineers and facilities managers were all present, so it was uplifting to see the building in such good condition and to hear that its original objectives had been more than met. In summary, Wessex Water’s chairman said he “wouldn’t change a thing” !