Creating healthy and inspiring workspaces for all
Discover our solutions, expertise and insight for healthy workspaces.
Workplaces built for people
The role of the workplace has fundamentally changed. Hybrid working has shifted expectations, meaning offices must now offer far more than simply space to work. They must be environments that attract people, support collaboration and enhance wellbeing. Organisations are increasingly focused on delivering workplaces that offer comfort, strong acoustic performance, healthy indoor climates and access to daylight. Creating spaces where people can work productively and feel motivated to spend time.
At the same time, sustainability and performance expectations are rising. Commercial buildings are under growing pressure to meet ESG targets, improve energy efficiency and achieve recognised standards such as BREEAM. Accessibility and inclusive design are becoming central considerations, ensuring workplaces can support diverse workforces. Many estates, particularly across the public sector, must balance these ambitions with asset management responsibilities, social value expectations and the practical reality that workplaces are continually evolving.
Office Fit-Out projects are now a regular part of the building lifecycle, often taking place in occupied environments where disruption must be carefully managed.
Saint-Gobain supports organisations in creating high-performing workplaces that meet these complex demands. Our solutions help deliver comfortable, adaptable and inclusive environments that align with modern working behaviours while supporting sustainability and compliance goals.
With expertise across new workspace developments and office sit-outs, we help teams implement staged improvements that minimise disruption while enhancing building performance. By focusing on the long-life elements of the building, the shell, core and permanent systems, and providing evidence-backed products and technical support, Saint-Gobain helps ensure workplaces remain flexible, efficient and desirable for years to come.
Through-the wall solution provides assurance in construction
Technical Support & Training
Delivering high-performing workplaces requires confidence in specification, installation and long-term performance.
Saint-Gobain works across the RIBA stages, working with clients and building owners to develop a cost effective programme of works, as well as working with design and construction teams by providing comprehensive technical guidance, product training and practical support. At every stage of the building lifecycle, we provide solutions that perform as intended and meet safety, sustainability and compliance requirements.
Carbon & Lifecycle Assessment
Organisations are under increasing pressure to understand and reduce the carbon impact of their buildings.
Saint-Gobain supports customers with carbon assessments across products and systems, supported by Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), lifecycle analysis and whole-life assessments for comparable building types. These tools help teams evaluate environmental impact and make informed specification decisions aligned with ESG and BREEAM targets.
High-Performance Interior Systems
GWorkplaces must balance comfort, acoustics, durability and adaptability to support modern working patterns.
Solutions such as InteWall partitions, British Gypsum finishing systems such as Activ Air that tackles airborne VOC’s, and Weber flooring systems deliver durable, high-quality interiors designed for long-term performance. Acoustic solutions, including Ecophon ceilings and specialist flooring systems, help create productive, comfortable environments where people can focus and collaborate.
Glass & Glazing Innovation
Glass plays a central role in modern workplaces, supporting daylight, transparency and occupant wellbeing.
Saint-Gobain’s advanced glazing portfolio includes safety glass and solar control solutions. These sit alongside circular initiatives such as Glass Forever and Saint-Gobain Glass Forever programmes, supporting closed-loop recycling and lower-carbon building materials.
Fire Safety & Compartmentation
Workplace safety requires robust, fully tested systems that protect occupants and building performance.
Vetrotech fire-resistant glazing, firestopping systems and compliant partition solutions support effective compartmentation across offices and commercial environments, helping ensure regulatory confidence and long-term protection.
External Building Performance
The building envelope plays a critical role in energy performance, comfort and visual identity.
External Wall Insulation systems with A1 fire-rated performance, alongside high-quality render systems, help improve thermal efficiency while delivering durable, aesthetically refined façades suitable for modern office buildings.
Office spaces should be stimulating, but not over-stimulating, in order to maximise the performance of office workers and reduce stress. Minimising noise distraction can be one of the most impactful design philosophies to enhance productivity and wellbeing in offices.
Paige Hodsman, Saint-Gobain Ecophon. Workplace Acoustic Specialist
British Council for Offices Member
Active participation in the British Council for Offices (BCO) connects Saint-Gobain with leading developers, architects and occupiers, helping shape best practice in workplace design and performance.
SpecSure Assurance
SpecSure provides a robust framework that helps ensure specified systems are installed correctly and perform as intended. The programme continues to expand across Saint-Gobain workplace solutions, strengthening confidence from specification through installation.
Award-Winning Low-Carbon Innovation
The 30 Duke Street project received a G25 Award recognising the use of low-carbon glazing through the Glass Forever programme. Demonstrating how circular solutions can deliver sustainability without compromising performance.
Shell/Core, Cat A & B
Saint-Gobain's solutions support all fit-out categories (Shell-core, A and B). We have extensive expertise to support fit-out and new office construction across all building types, construction approaches and both heritage and new construction.
Our experts can work alongside the project team and support the most technical of construction challenges.
Kope Partnership: Faster & smarter-built offices
AI for optimised design
Saint-Gobain partners with Kope to deliver Industrialised Construction solutions for office projects.
Prefabricated partitions, glazing and façade elements speed up delivery, reduce on-site disruption, and ensure consistent, high-quality workplaces built for comfort, sustainability and long-term performance.
Delivering Social Value across projects
Saint-Gobain helps organisations maximise social impact alongside building performance.
Our solutions support local employment, skills development, and community engagement, ensuring projects deliver lasting value for both people and places.
A joined-up approach to office building performance
Across the workplace sector in particular, expectations have moved well beyond specification alone. Clients are now focused on how buildings perform over time, whether that is in terms of energy, carbon, wellbeing, or long-term asset value.
One of the consistent themes across projects is the value of getting involved earlier allow for a more considered approach to how different elements of a building interact, this is where the most meaningful value can be created. Read full insight from Client Director for Offices, Daryl Cann
EXPERTISE - CASE STUDIES
MInerva House, London
Built in 1983, Minerva House, on the south bank of the Thames has undergone a
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