Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £21m contract for Lewisham and Southwark College (LeSoCo) for the next phase of works on their Waterloo Campus.
The project has been awarded through the iESE Framework to deliver works for public authorities in the South East to which Balfour Beatty was appointed to in 2011 as one of eight contractors. This latest award brings the total amount of work Balfour Beatty has been awarded under the framework to £200m.
The works will involve the demolition of existing 1970s’ college buildings on The Cut near to Southwark Tube station and the creation of a new 7,684m² college building.
The new building will be formed on piled foundations, with the structure created of partially exposed, post-tensioned concrete frame and the envelope created with a combination of feature brickwork, terracotta tiles and glazed curtain walling.
The internal skin of the building will be formed by structural insulated panels to provide an energy efficient, air-tight solution. Other sustainability features include photovoltaic arrays, which as well as generating electricity will also provide an interesting architectural profile for the building, and a CHP system together with a variable refrigerant volume (VRV) cooling system, that allows energy from cooling to be used to heat parts of the building in certain circumstances.
The work will supplement student accommodation created by Balfour Beatty during Phase One of the project, fully enclosing a dramatic atrium area.
Paul Gandy, Balfour Beatty Regional Managing Director for London, said: “Through these frameworks Balfour Beatty is able offer economies of scale to our customers, providing seamless transitions from project to project with experienced and knowledgeable delivery teams. We look forward to delivering the second phase of this project having already delivered £5.9m of design and remodelling of the Thames Tower North, refurbishment of the main entrance and construction of the new atrium.”
The project will be complete in April 2016.