Recently completed Hybrid Construction projects by PCE
PCE Ltd is the market leader in the design and build of Hybrid offsite engineered structures principally using precast concrete, insitu concrete, and structural steelwork.
It has extensive experience within many construction sectors including custodial, commercial, residential and infrastructure and has an innovative approach to construction methods with the emphasis on efficiency and value engineering.
A six storey fully HybriDfMA offsite engineered structure
Mies Van der Rohe Award RIBA Stirling Prize 2021 winner Kingston University Town House “The buildings external expression seeks to incorporate a visually rich façade in terms of articulation and detailing, with an emphasis on assembly of materials in a manner which is finely detailed ...read more »
Factory engineered ‘kit of parts’ coupled with extensive offsite preassembly
East Village N06, London Speed 625m² residential floor plate constructed every 6 days and 4,750 no. Structural and 560 volumetric prefabricated modular M&E components installed in just 12 months. Safety Over 200,000 site man hours and up to 32 storeys delivered safely. ...read more »
995 apartment high-rise residential development in Manchester
Chapel Wharf, Manchester Safety PCE’s site and management team were constantly dedicated to onsite safety procedures: this was acknowledged by the Main Contractor, with PCE frequently heading the safety leader board and numerous site safety awards. Quality PCE’s kit of parts approach enabled all ...read more »
PCE HybriDfMA Living System student accommodation in Durham
Mount Oswald student accommodation Speed 60 weeks from order placement to completion of 712 rooms. Quality 700+ bedrooms completed on programme defect free. Safety Over 7000 hours completed incident free. Value Integrated offsite solution from pile cap to roof parapet. ...read more »
Offsite hybrid construction solution for multi-storey laboratory building in Cambridge
Capella Laboratory, Cambridge Scale 4,135 precast concrete components, 400 Deltabeams, 4,035m³ of reinforced structural concrete and 250 structural steel units. Flexibility PCE’s Hybrid floor plate design enabled flat soffits thus simplifying M&E services fit out whilst enabling flexibility in partitioning and use of floor ...read more »
PCE’s hyTower® aparthotel project completed in just 17 weeks
Commercial Road aparthotel, Whitechapel Speed 14 storey, 5000m² aparthotel delivered in just 17 weeks. Safety 9000 site manhours delivered without any health and safety incidents. Value Integrated structural modular façade and windows delivered removing the need for external scaffolding. Quality ...read more »
1,805 Precast Concrete Components for 101 dwelling apartment block
Vulcan Mill, Manchester Safety Safety considerations highly prioritised at digital design stage and carefully followed through project manufacturing and assembly stages. Quality PCE’s Quality Standards implemented through design, manufacture and on-site assembly ensured accurate and rapid build process. Speed 1,805 HybriDfMA components ...read more »
HybriDfMA Frame System integrated campus for University of Leeds
Sir William Henry Bragg Building Speed Over 1,750 off-site manufactured structural components assembled in just 32 weeks within a confined city centre university campus creating this complex 15,700m² Biomedical Research facility. Quality PCE’s systemised engineering approach, catalogue of standard structural components and connections enabled ...read more »
Four storey lift and stair cores
Project Sienna, Basingstoke Safety Constructed during the initial Covid -19 lockdown with full implementation, and surpassing, all necessary appropriate safe working guidelines. Quality Components erected into the structures on a first-time fit basis due to the high offsite quality control by PCE during manufacture. ...read more »
PCE’s HybriDfMA Living System approach for 9 storey 5 star deluxe hotel
Dakota Hotel, Manchester Safety Structural Stability provided by PCE’s PreFastCore© system enabled safe access to all 9 floors by the multi skilled site workforce. Quality PCE’s kit of parts approach enabled all structural components, including the façade to be manufactured offsite to the stringent quality ...read more »
Royal Holloway University of London
Electronic Engineering Building, Royal Holloway, University of London Scale A three storey fully HybriDfma offsite engineered structure incorporating over 5000m² of precast floor and roofing units. Flexibility The tight site location required PCE to be flexible with their build strategy, using a three-phase programme ...read more »
Advanced Offsite engineered Hybrid structure in Durham
CEF's Data, IT and Marketing office centre Scale 2 storey open plan office structure with clear span suspended first floor area of just under 3,000m². Flexibility Thermally Active Building System incorporated into the soffit of the PCE GT flooring units. Quality PCE’s “kit ...read more »
Paradise redevelopment project, Birmingham
Paradise, Birmingham City Centre Scale Over 2500 precast concrete and structural steel components used to form the two-storey Hybrid structure. Flexibility Hybrid design solution enabled flat obstruction free soffits reducing M&E costs and programme. Quality Offsite quality-controlled manufacture ensured the fit of ...read more »
University of Lincoln student accommodation
Student accommodation at the University of Lincoln Scale 2,700 precast components forming three blocks of student accommodation, up to 11 storeys high. Flexibility Tight site boundaries and a single lane access road required thorough logistic planning and coordination to meet programme and allowance for other ...read more »
HybriDfma secured successful project
North Wales Police Eastern Command, Wrexham Scale Three storey PCE HybriDfma engineered offsite structure to form the headquarters offices and the thirty two cell custodial suite, incorporating holding cells and other ancillary rooms. Flexibility Using in house BIM design enabled accuracy of components, layouts and ...read more »
Bolton Interchange – PCE’s Offsite engineered solution
Bolton Interchange, Bolton, UK Scale Over 850 large precast units and 1,400m3 of insitu concrete. Flexibility Night time construction carried out adjacent to two railway lines in tightly controlled track possession periods. Quality Offsite manufacture ensured the fit of components into the ...read more »
Six large precast concrete staircase units weighing up to 32 tonnes
Clifton Road Bridge, Runcorn Scale Removal and replacement of six large precast concrete staircase units weighing up to 32 tonnes. Flexibility Six highly trained PCE team members, 200 tonne mobile crane executed the project over two weekend night time road closure possession periods. ...read more »
PCE’s rapid response enabled timely student accommodation completion
Birmingham East Side Locks Scale Three hundred tonnes of precast units erected per day comprising of precast concrete crosswalls, solid floor units and load bearing architectural sandwich façade panels and other units up to 17 storeys in height. Flexibility PCE mobilised a thirty five ...read more »
Structural hybrid frame for seven storey hotel at test cricket ground
Hilton Gardens Inn Hotel at the Emirates Old Trafford Scale Seven storey 150 bedroom hotel, part of the Hilton Gardens Hotel brand: the structural frame and balconies formed from just over 500 components manufactured offsite plus 230m³ of ready-mixed concrete Flexibility PCE’s HybriDfma approach ...read more »
Custody Suite for Lancashire Constabulary
Blackpool Police headquarters Scale A 42 cell custodial suite with ancillary rooms and grey concrete façade around the perimeter. Flexibility Utilisation of BIM design to achieve the complex radial layout of the custody suite ensured that all individual precast units and units connections were ...read more »
6,150 precast concrete units for BHR development
BHR development, Berkshire Scale Over 6,150 precast components forming 3 hospital ward blocks and main entrance building. Flexibility The PCE Hybrid structural approach enables the correct choice of structural material to optimise the construction of the building and its use when completed. ...read more »
Car park and retail design and build by PCE at Lexicon
The Lexicon, Bracknell Scale Over 3,500 Offsite manufacture components providing a 5 level multi storey structure for 1,036 car parking spaces and retail areas. Flexibility Suspended car park decks fall in two directions enabled by stepped bearings in wall and beam corbels. ...read more »
470 architecturally finished precast components at St Peter’s Square
Two St. Peter’s Square Scale 470 x precast architectural units each weighing up to 9.6 tonnes and up to 24M² in area for a single unit. Flexibility Variation in shape, size and location accommodated by PCE’s expertise in erection of such units. Quality Maintenance ...read more »
Structural core system for world class academic research organisations
Babraham Research Campus ScaleThree core structures, up to three levels in heights, two combining stairs and lifts, the third featuring a lift only. FlexibilityIntegration of PCE solution for the cores prior to steel frame construction to provide frame stability. QualityBIM designed to ensure perfect fit ...read more »
Precast hybrid car park construction in Stafford
Precast hybrid car park construction, Stafford Scale 14 split level MSCP with a suspended floor area of 27,700m² Accommodating 1,032 car park spaces. Flexibility 133 portal units comprising 2 columns and one beam, cast as one unit to reduce the erection period PCE GT ...read more »