45A PORCHESTER ROAD, ROYAL OAK, LONDON W2

Contract: JCT Design & Build 2011
Value: £4,200,000
Duration: 84 weeks
Completed: April 2014
Architect: Chartered Practice Architects
Project Manager/Cost Consultant: Brown Lock Partnership Limited
Structural Engineer: Simpson Associates
Services Consultant: Silcock Dawson & Partners

Mixed use Design and Build project to form nine luxury apartments with two floors for Educational use and a sub-basement for car parking. The new build project required the creation of a two storey reinforced concrete basement, transfer slabs at ground and first floors with another three floors of ‘flat’ slab structure for the residential space. The basement was created with a combination of ‘zero’ and traditional steel sheet piling including a substantial temporary works scheme.

The building is largely clad with insulated render on SFS framework with powder coated aluminium windows and doors designed to meet Secure by Design and Level 4 Code for Sustainable Homes.

Architectural enhancements to the external elevations include projecting feature fins together with a number of terraces with glass balustrades. The high quality nishes are consistent with the client’s target market and included, under floor heating, whole house ventilation (driven by heat recovery units located in a roof top plant room), AV installation, high quality kitchen and bathrooms with specific enhanced detailing.