PCE Ltd were responsible for the erection of a new precast concrete structure that provides five hundred and twenty five bedrooms in state-of-the-art student accommodation in Portswood Road, Southampton.
Sladen Estates and Peveril Securites joined forces to develop the former B&Q site, appointing Church Lukas as Architects and Bowmer and Kirkland as main contractor who in turn appointed F P McCann as their precast concrete contractor.
With a sub-contract value in excess of £1.4 million, PCE Ltd was responsible for the installation of precast concrete walls, floors, stairs and landings, as well as the bathroom pods and various structural steel components.
Whilst on site PCE, erected over 2,990 precast concrete elements manufactured by F P McCann which formed the generally three storey high six blocks of student accommodation, containing eighty individual flats for multi-occupancy and a hundred and three separate studio rooms, as well associated communal facilities including a gym, movie room, quiet spaces and two retail units.
