Wharf Road

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Case Study Details

• Client: A2Dominion Housing Group
• Contract Duration: September 2012 - Autumn 2015
• Contract Value: £57.6m
• Contract Form: JCT design & build
• Contract Location: Wharf Road, Islington, London N1 7RL

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Description

This significant new mixed-use development, situated alongside the Wenlock Basin of the Regent’s Canal, includes 327 new homes (for private sale, shared ownership and social rent) arranged in four blocks ranging from seven to ten storeys, with rooftop play areas and terraces, plus nearly 6,000 sq ft of commercial space.

United House will be working alongside architects FraserBrownMacKenna and project designers Stephen Marshall to deliver the building using the BIM (Building Information Modelling) 3D digital construction technique.

Challenges

The build programme for Wharf Road will require great care and expertise as the double storey basement that United House will be constructing beneath the scheme is situated between listed buildings within a conservation area. All of the apartments in the scheme will meet Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 and commercial spaces will meet BREEAM Excellent.

How we are making a difference

The BIM concept envisages virtual construction of a building prior to its actual physical construction, in order to reduce uncertainty, improve safety, work out problems, and simulate and analyse potential impacts.

It prevents errors by enabling conflict or ‘clash detection’ whereby the computer model visually highlights to the team where parts of the building (e.g. structural frame and building services pipes or ducts) may wrongly intersect.

This allows important decisions about the project’s life cycle to be made reliably ahead of time and maximises productivity on site during the build programme, often shortening construction time and decreasing costly deliveries and site waste.

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