Combined terracotta-faced and reconstructed stone cladding for luxury residential development
Trent Concrete has won the £1.43m cladding contract for three luxury apartment buildings at the high-profile, mixed-use Imperial Wharf development adjacent to Chelsea Harbour.
Trent's works include 3600 square metres of acid-etched reconstructed Bath and Portland Stone combined with 760 square metres of natural terracotta-faced wall panels.
The GIMA terracotta tiles are cast onto a concrete panel with deep shadow joints to replicate the appearance of a rainscreen tile system.
The developer and architects selected prefabrication due to the requirement for the fastest possible programme time without compromising on a high quality finish, as many of the apartments have already been sold.
Trent Concrete negotiated the contract with St. George Central London Ltd. based on a budget programme and price, and starts installation on site in September for a phased completion period ending in April 2002.
Developer: St. George Central London Ltd. (For further press information please contact Caroline Coskry at TTA Public Relations
Tel: 020 8770 9720
Fax: 020 8643 5393
Email: CarolineCoskry@tta-pr.co.uk
Concept Architect: Broadway Malyan
Detailing Architect: A & Q Partnership (London) Ltd.
Engineer: jsa Consulting Engineers
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 using its own teams, 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 200 people.
Editorial contact: David Walker
Tel: 0115 987 9747
Email: lmason@trentconcrete.co.uk
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