CWA appointed to major city living projects
CWA has been appointed to deliver all of the civil and structural engineering work for three major West Midlands residential projects.
The Birmingham-based consultancy has secured contracts to carry out the work on projects at One Hagley Road at Five Ways in Edgbaston, St George’s Urban Village in the Jewellery Quarter and Point North at the Waterfront in Brierley Hill.
The work on the £125m trio of projects is being carried out on behalf of Colmore Row-based Seven Capital. More than 1,000 homes will be created by the various schemes, which involve converting former office buildings and the old Kettleworks in the Jewellery Quarter into residential accommodation.
The construction work is expected to create 600 jobs, and many of the homes have already been sold off-plan reflecting the upturn in the residential market.
Some 270 units are being created at One Hagley Road, 550 in the Jewellery Quarter and a further 180 at Brierley Hill.
CWA director Steve Wedge said: “These are three of the biggest city living projects being carried forward in the Midlands and will create homes which are badly needed in the region.”
Jewellery Quarter-based CWA was established in 2011 as Copeland Wedge Associates. The consultancy provides civil and structural design consultancy services to a wide range of sectors including leisure, residential, education, health, industrial, retail, infrastructure and public bodies.
Major clients include Willmott Dixon Construction and Housing, Balfour Beatty, Seven Capital, RO Developments, Prologis, IM Properties, Speller Metcalfe, Wates Construction and Bullock Construction.
The company has delivered buildings for major end-user clients including West Midlands Police, Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Housing 21, Midland Heart, Rooftop Housing, Orbit Homes, Chevin Homes, Wrekin Housing, University of Warwick, Aston University, Coventry Sports Foundation and Marks and Spencer.
