Latest news about ongoing PCE projects
Dakota Hotel Manchester
Dakota Hotel 12 – Hybrid frame construction complete
Hotel superstructure design and build in Manchester PCE Ltd has completed the offsite manufactured Hybrid solution within the contract period, delivering certainty for client GMI Construction. PCE's offsite engineered Hybrid frame included a brick faced [...]
Kingston University Town House
Kingston University update 12 – external escape stair assembly
... and how temporary propping collars are being successfully utilised Rapid progress is being made with the architectural colonnade structure on the site of the Kingston University Town House project near London. PCE Ltd worked with Willmott [...]
Durham University
PCE’s HybriDfma solution for Durham University underway
Design and procurement of the offsite manufactured components has started Interserve Construction Ltd has appointed PCE Ltd to provide structural solutions on a design and build basis using an offsite manufactured crosswall construction and architectural [...]
Paradise, Birmingham
Paradise update 15 – combined lift and stair cores
Offsite engineered precast concrete modular units PCE Ltd are currently working on the 17 acre Paradise redevelopment project with a contract value approaching £5 million to design and build a two storey Hybrid structural frame at [...]
Chapel Wharf, Manchester
Chapel Wharf update 13 – the top 5 offsite construction advantages
Crosswall construction with precast concrete Construction work by PCE Ltd is progressing at an impressive pace on the site of developer Dandara's nine hundred and ninety five build-to-rent apartment scheme at Chapel Wharf in Salford. [...]
Royal Holloway, London
Royal Holloway update 3 – precast and insitu concrete with structural steelwork
Collaboration is the key for successful project outcome The Hybrid construction approach adopted by PCE Ltd is very much in evidence during the latest construction phases the future home of the Royal Holloway University of London [...]
Bolton Interchange
Bolton interchange update 2 – £48 million bus station podium
Precast concrete units arrive on site The new interchange has been developed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Bolton Council and will include a new bus station opposite the current train station in Trinity Street according to [...]
CEF, Durham
CEF Durham update 3 – GT flooring units provide structural frame solution
Programme savings and reduced floor thicknesses result The lift and stair cores are of CEF's new data, IT and marketing centre in Durham are being constructed with PCE Ltd’s Prefastcore system, which provides a safe, fast and dimensionally [...]
University of Lincoln
Offsite techniques enable construction when space is at a premium
Three blocks of precast student accommodation The site of the most recent student accommodation project in Lincoln would present a real challenge with more "traditional" construction methods. The site is a particularly tight one, being [...]