œ20 million luxury contract for Amec

Amec Construction has won a œ20 million contract to build a complex of luxury apartments in Kensington, London for Hutchinson IDH Developments - part of the Hong Kong international conglomerate, Hutchinson Whampoa Property Group.

The new development will be constructed on the site of the recently demolished College House building in Wrights Lane. Construction of a reinforced concrete frame is now underway to provide space for three and a half levels of car parking.

Above this there will be three adjoining buildings known as Sovereign, Regent and Consort Courts. The ground and upper floors will provide 18,000m2 of space for 133 one, two and three bedroomed apartments and a leisure suite. Overall completion is scheduled for early summer 1998.

The building will be constructed with in-situ concrete slab floors and blade columns with a structural steel roof finished in asphalt, insulation and paving on flat surfaces and slate for sloping surfaces. The elevation will be largely brickwork, render and metalwork features.

Pictured: Artists impression of Royal Gate Kensington Apartments, which is to be built by Amec. Architect is the Halpern Partnership, QS is Cyrill Sweett, structural engineer is Waterman Partnership and service engineer is Waterman Gore.