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April 19
Located in the central London district
of Fitzrovia, the 80 Charlotte Street
development is using an architecturallydriven
bespoke design, which includes all
internal steelwork being left fully-exposed
within the completed building.
Referred to as an industrial-look, the
exposed steelwork, combined with the
9m × 6m column grid pattern, creates
a contemporary and spacious office
environment.
“The exposed internal steelwork and
the connecting bolts will be a feature
element within the building, so all of the
end plates are flush and the beams and
columns are all being repainted once
they have been lifted into position in
order to get the best possible high-quality
decorative finish,” said Bourne Steel
Divisional Manager Kevin Springett.
Steelwork supports precast flooring
planks to form the project’s floors. Because
the underside will be left exposed, the
precast planks have been manufactured
with a high-quality finish.
Working on behalf of Multiplex, Bourne
Steel has erected 3,200t of steel for the
project, along with the installation of 4,800
precast planks.
Overall, the 35,000m2 scheme
comprises three separate buildings: the
main 80 Charlotte Street part - a ninestorey
new build that infills a rectangular
block that is also bounded by Whitfield
Street, Chitty Street and Howland Street -
as well as the adjacent 65 and 67 Whitfield
Street.
The latter are two existing structures
that have been renovated, with each one
receiving three new steel-framed floors
enabling them to offer 1,114m2 of offices
and 4,180m2 of residential space.
The 80 Charlotte Street development is
due to complete in December 2019.
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Trimble has launched Tekla
PowerFab, a new software
package for steel fabrication
management. Said to have been
created specifically for steelwork
contractors, Tekla PowerFab
offers collaboration across
project teams throughout the
whole structural steel workflow.
Cleveland Bridge has secured
a contract for the prestigious
refurbishment of the Humber
Bridge, a structure it helped
construct more than 40 years
ago. Working alongside Aecom,
it will undertake the inspection
of eight main cable panels, which
each measure 18m in length.
Plans have been revealed for a
new Tees Crossing, which is
aimed at relieving congestion on
the busy A19 Tees Viaduct.
Two options are being
considered including a new
two-lane bridge parallel to the
existing viaduct. This would carry
traffic travelling northbound
while the existing viaduct would
be widened to allow for an extra
lane of southbound traffic.
Known as the Tees Viaduct
Capacity Enhancement Option,
the scheme has been budgeted
to cost between £200M and
£250M.
Ask Real Estate, in a joint
venture with the Richardson
family and PATRIZIA, has
exchanged a pre-let agreement
with Whitbread for a
200-bedroom Premier Inn hotel
at First Street, Manchester. The
hotel operator will occupy the
top five floors of a new 16-storey
mixed-use development, which
secured planning permission in
December 2018. Construction of
the new building will start this
summer with completion due in
early 2021.
London & Quadrant (L&Q) and
Countryside Housing have
formally received planning
consent for its mixed-use Beam
Park regeneration scheme on the
old Ford Dagenham plant in East
London. When the master plan is
complete in 2030, Beam Park will
provide over 3,000 new homes,
a railway station next to a public
square, as well as a medical
centre, and retail and commercial
space.
Forward Protective Coatings
has added a powder coating
division at its Shirebrook works
to compliment the current
wet spraying operations. The
company’s Managing Director
Peter Everington said the onestop
coatings service will give
added benefits to existing
customers as well as new clients.
Bespoke design for central London
mixed-use scheme
Canalside apartments launched in Manchester
Stevenage Borough Council and Mace have
announced the signing of a major new
agreement to work in partnership on the
long-term transformation of Stevenage
Town Centre.
Known as SG1, the agreement builds
on a vision for regeneration developed by
the council over several years and seeks to
create a whole new quarter of five distinct
character areas on the western side of the
town centre.
The mixed-use regeneration scheme
includes plans to create a series of new
streets within Stevenage, as well as a
redesigned, modern town square.
The development will also create new
public spaces, alongside a public services
hub that will bring together key council
services in a single building. The hub will
Elland Steel Structures has completed
the steelwork for the first block for a new
residential scheme beside the Manchester
Ship Canal.
Known as Manchester Waters, the project
will help regenerate Pomona island, a strip
of land adjacent to the Canal, which has been
identified as a new destination for business,
residential and leisure by the local authority.
It is being developed by X1 with
Liverpool-based Vermont Construction as
main contractor. In total, the scheme is set
include a new library and health facilities,
allowing residents easy access to high
quality services at one location.
Work is expected to take place over
several phases with the first construction
project commencing in 2020.
Cllr Sharon Taylor, Leader of Stevenage
Borough Council, said: “This is an exciting
time for Stevenage and the future of our
town centre. Signing this deal with Mace
highlights our ambitions to grow our town
and improve the services and amenities we
currently offer to residents.
“We’ve seen a number of smaller
projects already completed in our
town centre as part of the regeneration
programme including Market Place, Vista
Tower and more, but SG1 will be one of
the critical elements in driving significant,
positive changes to our town.”
Stevenage appoints Mace for
town centre regeneration
to deliver five blocks in two phases, with
the first two blocks (phase one) due to be
complete by early next year.
The initial two steel-framed blocks are
10-storeys and 12-storeys high and will
contain a total of 216 apartments. These will
be a mix of studio, one, two and three-bed
units.
The planned second phase will consist
of three blocks of 15-storeys, 17-storeys and
19-storeys that will bring a further 526 new
homes to the market.
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