Capital were commissioned by Savills, on behalf of Aberdeen UK Property Fund to manage the delivery of an ACM & EWI cladding replacement scheme to 3.No blocks Athena Court, and its two wings, Apollo Court and Aphrodite Court comprising of a mixed use retail and residential development located on 180 High Street in Stratford.
Capital acted as Design Coordinator, Project Manager, Contract Administrator, Structural Engineers, Clerk of Works and Principal Designer for the project and were responsible for managing the initial investigation works and option appraisal, formulating and agreeing the design solution with the D&B contractor, appointing third party consultants for independent sign off (i.e. Façade Consultants, Fire Engineers and Approved Inspectors).
We were also responsible for developing and formulating the employer’s requirements and contract documents, coordinating the design team, Contract Administration and agreeing sign off and handover procedures on site.
The scheme came about as a result of the existing cladding panels failing the BRE test for combustibility. The client therefore decided to replace the existing combustible panels with panels of limited combustible / A2 panels. The EWI areas were also replaced as again the existing EWI areas did not meet the required performance.
Services
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01Design Coordination
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02Project Management
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03Contract Administration
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04Structural Engineering
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05Principal Designer
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06Clerk of Works
The design and statutory solutions were developed through a process of detailed investigations, significant consideration in terms of the design solutions, third party input in respect of design approval and sign off and close cost control (approved inspector and fire engineer). Planning Permission was achieved via a non-material amendment planning application and Building Regulation Approval via an Approved Inspector. The project started on site in Oct 2019 with works completed in May 2022.
The project was procured using a two stage D&B approach which meant that the costs were developed by the contractor on a package-by-package basis which, when agreed and combined would represent the final contract sum. Capital proposed this procurement route as the client required the works to start as soon as practicable, whilst meeting the strict governance procedure of an investment company. Once the contractor was appointed for the first stage under a PCSA, we coordinated the investigations and opening up. This allowed the team to understand the current cladding failure and for the development of the options appraisal and detailed design.
