REPAIR | RENEW | RESTORE

Gunning London is a CIOB-chartered building company and principal contractor, delivering refurbishment, roofing, heritage restoration and maintenance across London and the South East.

For more than 25 years, we’ve worked across the commerical, education, heritage and residential sectors, with particular expertise in live, occupied buildings and a dedicated Fire Division for passive fire protection.

We’re framework suppliers to leading London universities including University of the Arts London, City St George’s and Birkbeck University of London. We deliver regularly for property managers such as Rendall & Rittner and D&G block management, and for councils including Newham, Camden and Harlow across their social housing and commercial stock.

For us, the key to successfully working with such a diverse range of clients is our commitment to forming lasting partnerships and collaborative working practices, understanding their needs and delivering them.

Our Principles 

We started the company with three principles, and they still guide everything we do:

How we deliver matters as much as what we deliver.

Treat everyone fairly and with respect.

Go above and beyond what our clients expect.

Our Directors, Tom Gunning and Mike Gawadzyn, are actively involved in every contract. That means quick decisions, values that stay front and centre, and a genuine partnership from first conversation to handover and beyond.

Our expertise

Specialist procedures for minimising disruption to residents in occupied buildings.

We bring the same principal contractor discipline we apply across our most critical programmes to every fire safety project

Delivering frameworks and projects across multiple locations in university campuses and schools.

Experience of short contract timescales, bespoke design requirements, high quality fitout and finishes.

Extensive experience of conservation and heritage methods in period buildings.

Why use Gunning London

PEOPLE

From working in live buildings to balancing the demands of all stakeholders, it’s about building positive relationships, from gaining and maintaining a client’s trust, to anticipating needs and adapting to feedback.

COMPLEXITY

From tight timescales to multi-site estates, specialist conservation requirements to resident liaison, our expertise and experience means we can deliver on the many differing needs of our clients.

PARTNERSHIP

We collaborate with your team, aiming to deliver a positive experience every step of the way, from an initial expression of interest to the benefits at handover and beyond.

What our clients say

  • “I would like to note the high standard of workmanship and finishes throughout the completed works. The quality of the final installation was recognised during the walk-through, and we would like to thank Gunning and the wider team for their efforts in achieving this.”

    Cristina Macia-Briedis, Senior Project Manager – Fulkers Bailey Russell

  • One of the company’s key strengths lies in its ability to manage challenging projects with efficiency and care, always maintaining clear communication and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Their commitment to quality workmanship is evident in every stage of a project, and their teams are skilled, reliable, and respectful – qualities that are invaluable on site and throughout the course of a project.

    Terry Pearce, Director – McCoy Pearce

  • Dan Pace and Ryan in particular were very observant to our client’s needs in regard to access and communication. Our university has many different departments to communicate with, and access is always a problem. Dan and Ryan would postpone work in particular areas if the areas were busy and re-attend at a more convenient time. The overall quality of the work was 10 out of 10, a few snags at the end but happy overall. We will be looking for Gunning’s for future work.

    Ben Wilson – Contracts and Compliance Manager Birbeck University

  • I would like to thank all of you; especially Gunning London. They have shown an outstanding level of professionalism and a sensitive attention to detail, and in spite of all variations and unforeseen items, they have managed to deliver the project on time. I would like to add that their final account was a fair reflection of the overall works conducted.

    Fanos Katsaris – Architect and CAD Manager, Goldsmiths University

  • Gunning London have successfully undertaken numerous specialist repairs and external refurbishments to many of The University of the Arts London’s broad portfolio of listed and heritage assets across London. Their attention to detail and use of specialist subcontractors has resulted in some exceptional exmaples of conservation standard works, exceeding my expectations.

    Michael Banks – Fabric Maintenance Manager, University of the Arts London

  • Throughout each of the projects Gunning London have provided both a professional and reliable service every step of the way. The team delivered the project from start to finish with the highest standard and we look forward to working with them again in the future.

    Emily Sheppard – Senior Property Manager, Rendall & Rittner

  • I just want to say you have done a brilliant job and completed to such a high standard, the client is absolutely thrilled with it as am I. You managed everything so well – so thank you. We look forward to working on further projects together.

    Cara Evans, Partner at Appleyard & Trew

  • The team was very responsive throughout. They understood the challenges we faced working in a ‘live’ environment and assumed responsibility for much of the day-to-day management of the project, from the scheduling through to workforce inductions. Up to a third of all of the work required had to be completed outside of normal office hours and they have been very supportive throughout.

    Bart Michalski – Space and Planning Manager, University of London

Get in touch

The team at Gunning London would be more than happy to discuss your next project, complete our contact form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.