Mansell has been awarded a £5.7 million contract for the design and construction of 36 new homes at Lyme Grove, Loddiges Road in Hackney, London, for Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association.

The contract has been awarded under the North River Alliance framework.

The contract will involve the demolition of an existing building and the construction of an eight-storey tower housing 27 one, two or three-bed flats and a row of nine townhouses, comprising three and four bedroom homes. Ten units will be available for intermediate and the remaining 26 will be for affordable rent.

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The scheme has been designed to achieve Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Part of the electricity required by the tower will be generated through photovoltaic panels and the townhouses will feature air source heat pumps and a partial green roof.

Demolition will commence on site this month with construction scheduled to begin in mid-July. The project is due to be completed in October 2010.

(CD/JM)