Leading building and civil engineering contractor Farrans Construction has completed a multi-million pound recladding and remediation project at Beacon Tower in Bristol for its client 3SIXTY Real Estate.
Beacon Tower was originally designed as a commercial office block and has since been successfully redeveloped into a residential block comprising of 44 apartments over 7 floors.
The building required the removal and replacement of the existing exterior HPL cladding and render system, to ensure the materials are fire compliant and completed to retain the original appearance.
Farrans has over 80 years’ experience of delivering world-class construction and civil engineering projects across the UK and Ireland, with more than 650 highly-skilled people operating from offices in London, Belfast, Edinburgh and Leeds.
Clare Taylor, Contracts Manager on this project for Farrans, said: “Beacon Tower is an excellent project to add to our portfolio of successfully completed recladding projects in England. Building safety has to be the highest priority and we understand that schemes like this with buildings which are in use can often come with additional complexities. For example, throughout this process the Beacon Tower apartments remained occupied, with work completed in a manner which involved very minimal disturbance. We were approved by Homes England to deliver the Beacon Tower recladding scheme.
“We would encourage landlords and property owners to avail of the Cladding Safety Scheme which is accessible to fund the remediation of cladding on high-rise residential buildings. Our team is available to provide expert advice to take your project forward.
“Our team has been pleased to continue our presence in the Bristol region throughout this project, having recently completed the new Keynsham Recycling Hub for Bath and North East Somerset Council. We are also on site at Bristol Airport delivering a transformational public transport project with our JV partners Griffiths.”
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