We are delighted to have completed another residential new build project providing much needed community housing. On two very constricted sites adjacent to an operational station and railway line in Woodlands Park Road, we built two separate 3 storey blocks providing 15 apartments and 2 dayrooms for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The structures comprise light gauge steel frames with facing brickwork external walls, aluminium timber composite double glazed windows under flat insulated roofs covered with a single ply membrane. PV’s have been installed at roof level which are connected to the landlord’s supply to serve the common parts with excess energy being directed back into the grid. The accommodation comprises 8 x 2 bed and 7 x 1 bed apartments, together with 2 dayrooms with a central courtyard providing secure amenity space to the East apartment block.
The project was secured following a single stage tender under a modified JCT 2011 design and Build contract. Significant challenges on the project included removing contaminated ground and hazardous materials, working adjacent to a live railway and station which required a BAPA with Network Rail, the execution of Party Wall Awards with adjoining owners, and minimising intrusion on neighbours in a relatively narrow urban road.
The outcome was successful with the provision of 15 energy efficient new homes being provided offering generously sized rooms with high levels of natural daylighting and good quality fixtures and fittings.
Client: London Borough of Greenwich
Employer’s Agent: Frankham Consultancy Group Ltd
Contract Value: £3.08M
Contract Start Date: October 2019
Contract End Date: April 2021