- Gold winner: Patrick Phillips MCIOB
- Durkan
- Project: Atkins House/Benjamin House/Concert House/Orchestra House, Ilford
- Scope: Construction of 354 homes in four blocks including a 24-storey tower, completed in 133 weeks
- Clients: Durkan Estates, Southern Housing Group, M&G
- Contract: D&B
- Value: £67m
This former music building redevelopment was a tough logistical challenge for Patrick Phillips, being located on a large brownfield site in a densely populated area, bordered by the North Circular road and with only one access route.
During groundworks, two wells were discovered under the building footprint, but Phillips redesigned the piling works, creating a larger pile cap to safely bridge the well gaps.
For the superstructure, he analysed different methodology options, before switching from traditional crane-assisted construction for the core walls to slipform concrete. This resulted in substantial cost and time savings by slashing the crane presence on site, with the 23 storeys of the tower’s core built in just 30 days.
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