Project Overview
Nolan Associates designed the 17 storey precast concrete student accommodation tower for McCann Precast. Nolan Associates have also provided the 1,630 fabrication drawings for each of the individual concrete wall panels which feature the brickwork cladding and insulation, stairs, and floor units.
There are 84 cladding panels with brickwork, 112 stair flights, 815 internal and external wall panels and 619 floor units. All 18 storeys of drawings are complete with the majority of panels cast and stored ready for installation.
The ompletion of the shops in 2018, was followed soon after by the opening of the Sainsbury’s store. The student accommodation was completed in time for the start of the 2019 academic year.
The 30-acre site used to be a battery factory. Specialist contractor J Carey carried out the remediation works to decontaminate the ground.
The site was developed by the Harvest Partnership, a joint venture between Land Securities and Sainsbury’s, was contracted to Interserve to construct the new Sainsbury’s supermarket, a 418-bed student accommodation scheme, 11 other shops and parking facilities. Interserve also prepared the site for a petrol station, undertook hard and soft landscaping and installed a footbridge over a canal.