Emirates Old Trafford update 8 – ready for the top floor

Offsite precast construction benefits shown at test match ground

Once completed, the hotel bedrooms at the Hilton Garden Inns at the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester will become private hospitality suites during international test matches.

The structure is now ready for the addition of the sixth and final floor. The hotel will have two structural precast cores which are the first to be designed and detailed by PCE Ltd and manufactured from a new adjustable core mould that PCE have invested in as part of the expansion of the companies offering in providing precast structural cores to the wider construction market. PCE have designed the structure using

• precast concrete
• structural steelwork
• and insitu concrete

to ensure that all the benefits of their hybrid structures approach are fully realised.