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Another win for the
city of Leicester
Following the dramatic demolition of Leicester Council’s former office buildings, in March this
year work began on a £19.3m mixed use development in Leicester, New Walk.
With a programme of 78 Trespa rain screen cladding. Due to the site being such a
weeks, the development Building B is constructed with a small footprint, the planning of
comprises two five storey logistics is a key element and the
buildings. Building A is an office reinforced concrete frame from recruitment of a Logistics Manager
block with an undercroft car park, basement level to the 4th floor. is also in progress.
and Building B has an undercroft The top floor is set in on all sides to
car park, three retail units on the form a perimeter balcony and built This small site, once completed,
ground floor, and four storeys with a structural steel frame. The will be much more sympathetic to
made up of 54 residential units. façade is formed with a brickwork its surroundings and the historic
covered SFS frame, punched New Walk conservation area. For
AB windows running full height and example, there will be hard and
Trespa rain screen in fill panels. soft landscaping to bring a new
A hybrid steel and concrete public square to life. Testament to
structure has been adopted Whilst work has been progressing the fact the area will be a place
for the project using the latest well, there have been challenges. people want to live and work, the
BIM technology. Building A is There was a late design change development is already making
steel frame built off a reinforced of the retaining wall at the site positive headlines. Last summer
concrete transfer slab. Metal deck boundary from sheet piles wealth management business
floors and precast stairs will be to CFA piles due to the close Mattioli Woods announced it would
installed in sequence with the proximity of the adjacent roads be taking the a large proportion of
frame erection. The façade is a mix and neighboring buildings. The the new office space, bringing 450
of full height curtain walling and team quickly implemented a new jobs into the city centre. This
recovery programme to ensure the is great news for the city centre,
procurement of key subcontractors and the team at New Walk are
was aligned with the revised doing a fantastic job and bringing
build strategy and would not this project to fruition.
compromise the completion date.
Moving forward, the next
critical milestone will be the
commencement of the structural
steelwork for Building A. The
team are in the final stages of
pre-planning the overall logistics
strategy and access for the
façade works which will include a
combination of perimeter scaffolds,
mast climbers, MEWPs and hoists.
The site cleared ready for us to start earlier this year
following demolition of the former council buildings
In the early stages of the
job when we first erected
the tower cranes, we invited
Leicestershire Fire & Rescue to
carry out a practice tower crane
rescue alongside Northfield
Construction, the frame
contractor
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