Trent Concrete to start work on Sheffield apartment development
Trent Concrete is soon to start work on site erecting the cladding at a high quality apartment development on Tenter Street in Sheffield.
Trent's £704k contract includes: 625 m2 storey-height wall panels in spandrel and mullion format to the flank walls at the end of the 13 storey building; 600 linear metres of storey-height column facings; and 1630 linear metres of slender horizontal fascia bands running around the building in front of the floor slabs and balcony edges.
All the units are cast in a white acid-etched reconstructed stone to resemble Portland Stone, and combine with the other façade elements of glass and curtain walling. Under a separate £60k contract last year Trent supplied 12 structural feature columns in the same finish for incorporation into the main structure of the building.
Axis Architecture specified a crisp white concrete finish to provide the clean modernist lines that were felt to be appropriate in an area of Sheffield dominated by high-rise structures. Tenter Street is located in St Vincent's Quarter, an area close to the commercial centre of Sheffield earmarked for mixed-use regeneration.
Working closely with structural engineers Capita Symonds, Trent developed the design to enable a cost-effective, fast track construction programme.
This is the latest in a series of recent contracts that Trent has secured in the urban residential sector, where precast is gaining increasing recognition. The key benefits precast delivers for this market are: the guaranteed quality and accuracy of finish befitting the high-profile nature of the developments; the certainty of programme and cost which are top priorities when apartments are often sold 'off plan'; and the minimisation of site work and disruption which is so important for city centre residential developments.
Client/Project Managers: Woolf Limited
Architect: Axis Architecture
Engineer: Capita Symonds Limited
Notes
Trent Concrete is a specialist precast concrete contractor, producing high quality bespoke architectural cladding and structures.
Providing a complete solution from detailed design development through skills-based manufacture to on-site erection, Trent Concrete partners with leading developers and specifiers to ensure that their projects gain maximum benefit from prefabrication.
Trent Concrete's precast solutions make a major contribution to improved quality, certainty, sustainability, safety and efficiency in the UK construction industry today.
The company has worked on some of the most prestigious projects of recent years, including The Scottish Office and the Toyota GB Plc and Thames Water headquarters buildings, and the quality of its work is consistently recognised in the form of industry awards. Trent Concrete was founded in 1917 and employs more than 160 people.
Editorial contact: David Walker
Tel: 0115 987 9747
Email: lmason@trentconcrete.co.uk
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