Telford brick supplier contracted to iconic London redevelopment

Brick producer Michelmersh has secured a large order to supply one of London’s most iconic buildings.

The company has been chosen to supply Battersea Power Station with 440,000 purpose made, wire-cut bricks.

The bricks are being produced at Michelmersh’s Blockleys plant in Telford. The contract is in conjunction with Michelmersh’s distribution partner EH Smith.

The bespoke bricks were meticulously chosen to complement the existing built environment of Battersea, matching the conservational standards of the building’s original existing facades.

“Being chosen to deliver this order is testament to Michelmersh’s ability to create a product that meets very particular requirements and match the existing, iconic Battersea Power Station brickwork.” Said the firm in a statement.

The site around the famous power station is being redeveloped into a new community with a mix of residential and commercial development.

Much of the work will be designed to be sensitive to the power station, hence the need for similar bricks.

Michelmersh is no stranger to such projects. In the past, it has completed contracts for many high-profile projects in London including the refurbishment of the British Library, St. Pancras Station, Harrods, the Savoy Hotel and the Victoria & Albert Museum. In the case of St. Pancras Station, it even reopened the quarry where the original bricks used in the station façade were produced to ensure continuity.

The Battersea project is being backed by Malaysian property development and investment business, S P Setia Berhad, together with Sime Darby, and Employees Provident Fund, Malaysia’s leading pensions fund.