Trent to clad Grosvenor Street office development
Trent Concrete has started manufacture of the façade cladding for a 7-storey office development at 77 Grosvenor Street in London. Trent's £613k contract covers 1250 square metres of brick-faced cladding incorporating a natural Portland stone feature band. The bricks, Coleford Buff, have been specified to complement surrounding buildings and satisfy the requirements of Westminster City Council for a high quality hand made brick in the Mayfair conservation area.
The units are typically 3.7m high and 6m long, and include a combination of plain wall panels and single, double and triple punched window panels.
Engineers Whitby Bird sought Trent's early input on the technical feasibility of a precast alternative to the in-situ brickwork façade originally specified. The precast solution was sought to add value to the project by generating additional floor space at the perimeter, and maintain the pace of construction to achieve a watertight envelope as early as possible. Trent was subsequently appointed following a two stage tender process.
Trent starts on site later this month for a 5 week fixing programme.
Client: Grosvenor Developments Limited
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect: Sheppard Robson
Engineer: Whitby Bird
QS: EC Harris LLP
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 head quartersbuildings, 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
Trent Concrete Limited - e-mail: quality@trentconcrete.co.uk