Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge has been awarded a contract to construct a £28 million key worker housing development for the hospital site to main contractor, SDC Construction.

Precast Concrete Structures has been awarded the contract to design supply and erect the four six-storey buildings which will provide 100 apartments and a total of 292 beds for hospital staff.

The original scheme was based on an insitu concrete design. PCS worked with the Design Team to change the structure to a precast solution to gain considerable programme and finishing benefits.

The Precast Concrete Structures design utilises twin wall panels which provide rapid erection times and reduced costs for follow-on trades as they are of sufficiently high quality to accept direct decoration without the need for plastering or dry lining.

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The twin wall panels, which are half the weight of solid concrete panel sections, are delivered to site in carefully planned and managed just-in-time process, ready to be craned into position. After erection the panels are filled with self-compacting concrete, which provides the integrity if insitu concrete along with the quality and speed of precast concrete.

External, brick clad, pre-cast concrete panels are used to form the balconies to maintain the brickwork external facade treatment.

The development is a mix of en-suite rooms and flats which will have a range of features including brie soleil, photo voltaic cells, heat exchangers and balconies, in addition to bicycle storage areas – an essential requirement for a development in a city where bicycles are the principal mode of transport.

Erection of the structures commenced on site mid-April 2009 with projected completion during October 2009.

Precast Concrete Structures Ltd has built a reputation based on extensive experience of innovative design and manufacture concepts, and the use of composite steel and concrete materials most appropriate to the project.

For further information contact: www.precaststructures.com or 01453 820960.