Clegg cracks on with Birmingham student flats scheme

CLEGG construction has begun work on a £13.25m student accommodation project in Birmingham.

The Victoria Hall project – made up of three blocks of flats – will provide accommodation for 437 students in the Selly Oak area.

Clegg has previously worked for project developer – also called Victoria Hall – on its Nottingham and Leicester student residences, but this project is the largest build and budget Clegg Construction has been given by the client.

Simon Blackburn, managing director at Clegg, said: “We’re thrilled that Victoria Hall has come back to us for this project, they are an excellent client to work for. We’ve built a really successful relationship with the developers over the years and this build is their most challenging brief to date.

“Not only is it a large-scale project, but the building site is very restricted. It is bound by the new Selly Oak by-pass, a railway line and a brook.

“Therefore careful planning was required to ensure that we make the most of the space available for the building works so that, logistically, the site restrictions did not hinder the space required for the construction.”

So far Clegg has completed a reduced level excavation of the site and begun removing any ground contamination and has started to lay the foundations for the flats.

The residences were designed by O’Connell East architects.