Trent Concrete to clad Citygate Development in Newcastle
Trent Concrete has secured the £1.3m cladding contract from the Hanro Group for two adjoining buildings in Newcastle, following on from its work at the Quayside development in the city also with AMEC.
The reconstructed stone cladding is to a six-storey office building and a seven-storey prestigious residential development on St. James Boulevard opposite the Newcastle football stadium. Trent's contract covers the design, manufacture and erection of a total of 714 panels forming a spandrel and mullion combination to glazed areas, and incorporating large flat panels to flank and gable sections. Precast concrete was specified in preference to the original brick design for reasons of design and erection speed.
The client and architect visited several completed Trent projects, and were particularly impressed with the Dacre Street refurbishment in London. Indeed, photos of Dacre Street, demonstrating the quality of the precast and the crisp lines achieved, were used in securing planning permission for this development. The majority of the cladding is in an acid-etched reconstructed Portland stone, with low level plinths in a shallow-etched grey mix incorporating mica sand for extra sparkle, and additional small areas in a dark grey mix to match the glazing panels.
Trent worked successfully with AMEC on a previous office building in the Quayside development at Newcastle, and hopes to negotiate further contracts for another two buildings planned on the same site as the current projects.
Developer: Hanro Group
Architect: Ryder Company
Contractor: AMEC Capital Projects
Engineer: WSP North Ltd.
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 it employs more than 200 people.
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