Service: DfMA & Precast Concrete
Client: Midwest
Size: 15 storey
Roscoe were appointed by the concrete frame subcontractor, Midwest, to deliver the design and detailing of the vertical elements for this twin-block 15 storey PRS development at Salford Quays.
Columns were detailed as double-height which provided the frame contractor with a reduced crane lift requirement and a significant programme benefit against the traditional insitu concrete vertical elements that were proposed previously.
Precast Elements Designed and Detailed:
- Double -height columns uitlising both plunge dowels and shoes
- Twinwalls
- Stair flights
- Parapets
- Shaft capping slabs