J S Wright lands London contracts worth £3.5m

BUILDING services provider J S Wright has won contracts on two London regeneration schemes that are being developed at a cost of £60m.

The Aston, Birmingham, company will help to revamp almost 200 affordable homes within a low-rise estate in North London and a tower in West London after securing a commission worth around £3.5m.

J S Wright, which also has a London base, will be designing and building a temporary plant room serving 66 of the homes in the first phase of Camden Council’s Bacton Low Rise Estate redevelopment in Gospel Oak, part of Camden’s Community Investment programme.

The installation is part of a £1.8m mechanical and electrical services fit-out deal with developer Rydon in which J S Wright will be teaming up with long-term partner R J Electrical and Birmingham project consultants Rolton Group.

J S Wright will also be designing and installing hot and cold water, extract ventilation, above ground drainage and lighting services for the properties on the council estate, which is undergoing a £50m revamp that is scheduled for completion in 2017.

The services will be powered by the temporary plant before that is replaced by a new energy centre in August 2015, when work will begin on the remaining 284 homes on the estate.

J S Wright has also secured a £1.8m contract with Rydon to design and build new heating, ventilation and boosted water systems for 120 apartments within the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in North Kensington.

The central plant will also serve nine new flats and a remodelled nursery that J S Wright will be fitting out as part of the £10m revamp of the 1970s tower.

The project is scheduled for completion in September 2015.

Marcus Aniol, managing director of J S Wright, said: “We are delighted to be reinforcing our association with Rydon by being placed at the heart of such major community regeneration projects in London.”