The new 14 storey social housing development will comprise of two main cores with clusters of apartments surrounding each. 117 apartments in total – 15 supported housing apartments, 77 general needs social rented apartments, and 25 shared ownership apartments. The apartments will sit above two commercial units at ground floor and a private courtyard space.
Working with Carillion Construction, the London & South East Division of SES will be responsible for the design and installation of the mechanical and electrical (M&E) services on the first residential building on the scheme. This multi-million pound M&E project is expected to get underway this summer and be completed early in 2012.
Derek Joiner, Divisional Director for SES, London & South East division said, “A fundamental part of our delivery on this project will be the early engagement and use of our off-site prefabrication facility - SES PRISM. Constructing services modules in a factory environment and delivering them to site not only helps reduce delivery and congestion concerns in the city centre, but is gives us total control over timings, quality and costs of the programme, from the outset.”
Recognised for its first class completion of the Piccadilly Place redevelopment in the heart of Manchester with Argent and Carillion in 2010, SES was a natural choice to be part of the team on the new project. John Rodaway, Account Director for Carillion Construction, confirms that “SES was a major contributor to the success of Piccadilly Place, to such an extent that we nominated them as one of our preferredBuilding Engineering Services Contractors for the Kings Cross redevelopment project.
“There is no doubt that SES’s in-house design team, coupled with its prefabrication facility, will greatly assist us in the development of risers and plant room pipe work systems, all of which will help remove an element of risk from the site and enhance our drive for zero accidents.”
Immediately adjacent to Kings Cross railway station, the new 67 acre development will be home to 8 million ft²of mixed use space, 500,000ft²of retail outlets and 4.9 million ft²of office space as well as 2,000 new homes.
SES is currently working on a number of other projects in the London area including Holland Park School and the new Woolwich Civic Centre for London Greenwich Council.
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