Birmingham contractor scoops £17m contract for London development

Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth more than £17m to fit out one of London’s biggest residential developments.

The 129-year-old company, which has its head office in Aston and an office in London, will design and build all the mechanical and electrical services for the first phase of The Silk District in Whitechapel.

J S Wright will provide the services for a total of 412 homes and communal areas that make up the first phase of a larger development that will total 648 homes being built on the site of a former storage facility, for joint venture partners Mount Anvil and L&Q.

The company will provide the services for The Jacquard and The Georgette, two buildings of 20 floors and seven floors respectively that also include a residents’ workspace, cinema room, gym and a 24-hour concierge.

Their total of 412 studio, one, two, three and four-bed apartments will comprise 303 for private sale and 109 affordable homes to be managed by L&Q.

Work is scheduled to begin on site later this month with completion scheduled for September 2021.

J S Wright is already in the process of fitting out Mount Anvil’s new 598-home Keybridge development in Vauxhall with mechanical and electrical services as part of a record-breaking contract worth more than £27m.

Phil Leech, managing director of J S Wright, said: “We are delighted that our long-established and highly successful partnership with Mount Anvil has led to the opportunity to play a major role in the regeneration of a vibrant area of east London.”

Founded in Birmingham in 1890, J S Wright designs, builds and maintains mechanical and electrical services for the hotel, residential, social housing, student accommodation, leisure and commercial sectors. The company recently launched a new residential maintenance company, Wright Maintenance, serving property managers and homeowners across London.