A new 586-bed student accommodation scheme in Sheffield is to be delivered by ISG. The £33 million project is close to the two universities in Sheffield, fronting onto Ecclesall Road, and it is designed by developer Valeo. “We are delighted to partner with ISG to create our latest student community
A new-build development in the heart of Dublin will benefit from Saint-Gobain Weber’s webertherm XM, a lightweight External Wall Insulation (EWI) system. The Binary Hub, Dublin’s largest Purpose Built Student Accommodation, will provide accommodation for 471 students, easing the pressure on the city’s student housing shortage. The luxury development provides
A new 586-bed student accommodation scheme in Sheffield is to be delivered by ISG. The £33 million project is close to the two universities in Sheffield, fronting onto Ecclesall Road, and it is designed by developer Valeo. “We are delighted to partner with ISG to create our latest student community building in Sheffield. Our staff is excited about bringing Valeo’s new brand of student experience to the thriving city of Sheffield,” said Peter Haspel, Managing Director of Valeo Management. The 14-storey building will include high-specification and spacious communal facilities, as well as a central club lounge with extensive balcony on the ninth floor overlooking the city, along with a lounge and study space, a café, private dining, cinema and gym. Accommodation is configured around four, five and six bed clusters, as well as a number of studio apartments – all with en-suite facilities. Each bedroom will also benefit from advanced technologies, such as super-fast Wi-Fi available in all rooms. The demolition of an existing garage structure on the site has already been concluded by ISG and the firm is now set to begin building the concrete frame building, featuring traditional masonry with brick feature panels to its façade. In addition, the contractor will also create car parking spaces for seven retail units, which will occupy the ground floor of the new building. “The global popularity of our higher education institutions sees demand at record levels for places and high-quality student accommodation at our top universities. Purpose-built student residential facilities play a hugely important role in the overall housing mix within our cities, and this major project signifies that Valeo has ambitious development plans across the UK,” said Tim Harvey, Regional Director for ISG. The scheme is expected to approach completion in summer 2019.
A new-build development in the heart of Dublin will benefit from Saint-Gobain Weber’s webertherm XM, a lightweight External Wall Insulation (EWI) system. The Binary Hub, Dublin’s largest Purpose Built Student Accommodation, will provide accommodation for 471 students, easing the pressure on the city’s student housing shortage. The luxury development provides ‘cluster apartments’ with between 4 and 8 bedrooms and en-suite shower rooms. It is well placed to serve Trinity College and the National College of Art & Design and the building has been meticulously designed to ensure it is stylish, safe and convenient. The accommodation includes facilities such as a gym, laundry, study rooms, bike store, landscaped gardens and 24-hour maintenance and security support. The Binary Hub is owned and managed by Aparto Student, a new student housing group launched in January 2017. The main contractor of the project is Bennett Construction Limited, which took the opportunity to work with a number of innovative materials and systems, including the use of a Sandwich Panel System (SPS) for the main structure. The webertherm XM external wall insulation system was applied to the façade, achieving a high quality, cost efficient build, with improved speed of construction and high thermal performance. In this project Weber calculated a high energy efficient target U-Value of 0.16W/m²K, with the render coat and decorative finish offering a durable, water shedding capacity to protect the building fabric. The system specified 140mm mineral fibre insulation applied to the SPS system which has been covered with a 6mm mesh cloth reinforced coat of weberend LAC, a polymer-modified, cement-based mortar. This is applied in two passes before weber PR310 primer is applied, followed by webersil TF decorative finish to achieve a textured render finish in Chalk. “A project of this scale hasn’t been constructed in Ireland in a number of years,” explained Michael Keogh, contracts manager at Bennett Construction. “And building student accommodation to such a high standard makes a very positive statement in the industry and will bring benefits to so many.”
