Engineering consultancy appointed to £100m student residential schemes

Engineering consultancy Brentwood has been appointed to carry out full electrical and mechanical design services for three student residential build projects in Leeds valued at more than £100m.

The instructions, delivering a combined 2,079 units, take the Harrogate-based firm’s current residential project portfolio in the UK to around 25,000 student beds.

White Rose View, located adjacent to first Direct Arena, is a new build scheme by student accommodation developer, Unite Students.  

The scheme comprises two towers rising 16 and 26 storeys high, and offering 976 student beds with 10,500 sq ft of commercial space.

Brentwood is providing design of the mechanical, electrical and public health systems throughout the development.

The firm is also consulting on Symons House by London & Scottish Student Housing. The project involves the demolition of an existing office building on Belgrave Street to make way for 351 studios and apartments over 22 storeys.

Brentwood is completing the full mechanical and electrical works design for the project to include LED lighting throughout and the use of high efficiency plant such as CHP to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Hume House on Wade Lane, also in the Arena Quarter, is the third project where Olympian Homes is building 752 cluster and studio bedrooms in a 37-storey new build.  Brentwood is again providing design of the mechanical, electrical and public health systems throughout the development which is set to be the tallest building in Yorkshire and the North East.

Contractor RG Group commissioned Brentwood to work on all three projects.

Jonathan Goodliffe at Brentwood said: “Brentwood is part of a totally integrated supply chain, which is well versed in delivering student accommodation to a high quality in incredibly short timescales.

“Having worked on over 15,000 student beds in the last few years as part of this team has enabled us to optimise our delivery process.

“Everything is detailed within the ‘BiM’ environment, allowing key coordination and installation risks to be mitigated, even whilst construction is proceeding at a fast pace. We are incredibly proud to be playing our part in changing the Leeds skyline with three landmark schemes.”

David Dixon, director at RG Group, added: “Brentwood is a key part of our consultant supply chain and has successfully delivered various schemes for us. The M&E design on projects is always critical to how the projects perform and we see Brentwood as a safe pair of hands when it comes to looking after us. We look forward to our future relationship with the Brentwood team.”

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