BBC Music Studios, East Bank, Stratford, London
BBC Music Studios Headline Facts
177 precast concrete panels, covering 2,550 sqm.
Contractor : Mace / LLDC
Architect : Allies & Morrison
Material Finish: Recon. Grit Blasted
105 Carpenters Rd, London E20 2AQ, UK
UAL College of Fashion Headline Facts:
900 precast concrete panels, covering 11,323 sqm.
Contractor: Macegroup / LLDC
Architect: Allies & Morrison
50 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LG
50 Eastbourne Terrace Headline Facts:
475 reconstructed stone panels, covering 1,922m2 of the facade.
Contractor: McLaren
Architect: Sheppard Robson
27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2, D02 KT92
ESB HQ Headline Facts:
2,227 reconstructed stone and brick-facing panels, covering 16,483m2
Contractor: PJ Hegarty & Sons
Architect: Grafton Architects & O’Mahony Pike
Pool St. West, Montfichet Rd, London E15 2JE
Pool St West Headline Facts:
1136 precast concrete panels constructed offsite, covering 16,530m2 of the 3 towers and podium base.
Contractor: Vinci Construction
Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX
The Paul Marshall Institute Headline Facts:
1,170 precast concrete panels constructed offsite, covering 12,124m2. The facade comprises flat wall panels, double height fins, soffits and benches.
Contractor: Mace
Architect: Grafton Architects
113 King’s Cross Rd, Kings Cross, London WC1X 9LR
Kings Cross P2 Headline Facts:
1,023 reconstructed stone panels constructed offsite, covering 9,715m2
Contractor: Kier / Argent
Architect: AHMM
Altus House, Tower House St, Way, Leeds LS2 8GH
Altus House Headline Facts:
1,273 reconstructed stone panels constructed offsite, covering 12,139m2
Contractor : RG Group
Architect : O’Connell East
Watch installation progress video by RG group here:
Wintertide, Northwall Quay, Dublin 1
Wintertide Headline Facts:
674 reconstructed stone panels constructed offsite, covering 6,250m2 of the façade.
Contractor : Bennetts Construction
Architect : ABK
Urbanest, Canal Reach, Kings Cross, London N1C 4BD
Urbanest, Kings Cross Headline Facts:
1,000 reconstructed stone panels, covering 8,000 square meters.
Contractor : Mansells (Balfour Beatty)
Architect : Glenn Howells
The Finer Details :
This 26 storey student accommodation dominates the Kings Cross skyline. Techrete designed, built and installed, 1,000 precast panels covering 8,000 sq m of the facade. The lower levels, in a dark acid etched grey, are complemented by the Portland look-a-like, with two varying depths of a grit blasted finish to the panels at the upper levels.
The installation of the precast took only 34 weeks. The overall construction time was reduced as the installation of the panels (using a telescopic crawler crane) allowed an earlier site start date, whilst the reinforced concrete frame was still under construction. The downgrading of cranage due to the proximity of the Channel Tunnel Railway Line (CTRL) on the northern boundary of the site was an added constraint for the project. A monorail was required for the installation of the panels on the north elevation immediately adjacent to the boundary fence of the CTRL. This was also undertaken whilst the frame was being constructed above.