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PROJECT CHALLENGES:
Planning, urban site, piling, quality management
AWARDS:
Winner of RISC Social Impact Awards, Student Accommodation, 2020
Commercial Development of the Year at the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards, 2019
New-build, 12-storey block with 406 student rooms
Student accommodation with study/bedrooms kitchens, a recreation area, common room, open courtyard, cycle store, plant rooms and ground-floor retail units.
Replacing a demolished 1960s block, we established foundations on an uncontaminated, level site over sleech with 18-20m deep piles with site-specific pilecaps located to work around existing piling. The structure is a reinforced concrete frame, with transfer beams located generally above ground floor retail space. Slab edges were modified to facilitate copper and zinc rainscreen cladding and specific glazing detailing.
