M&E firm wins £1.5m London job

Birmingham mechanical and electrical building services provider J S Wright has landed a deal worth more than £1.5m for a major new affordable housing scheme in London.

The 129-year-old company, which has its headquarters on Portland Street in Aston and an office in central London, is to fit out all 70 apartments and communal spaces at Jolles House on Bromley High Street in Tower Hamlets.

J S Wright will design and build the heating, hot and cold water, drainage and ventilation services for the landscaped development on the site of the previously demolished Jolles House and Blue Anchor public house.

Work on site on the 12-month project is scheduled to start this month.

The contract follows a recent £5m commission from Hill for J S Wright to design and build the mechanical services for 201 affordable apartments in the fourth and biggest phase of its New Union Wharf development on the Isle of Dogs, for housing association L&Q, which is due for completion in late 2021.

Phil Leech, managing director of J S Wright, said: “We are delighted that a development partner with whom we enjoy an excellent association has again turned to our design and build expertise to help meet the growing need for high-quality affordable homes as part of east London’s ongoing regeneration.”