212 APARTMENTS, 23 STORIES: DELIVERING MAST QUAY IN WOOLWICH
LOCATION: Woolwich, South East London · SCHEME: 212 luxury two and three-bedroom riverside apartments across 23 storeys, with retail units and a ground-floor gym and communal areas · CLIENT: Comer Homes Group · TRADES: dry-lining, plastering, tiling, painting, labour and management
THE CHALLENGE
Mast Quay combines riverside apartments, retail units and communal areas in one 23-storey scheme. It was a fast-paced programme, and we were delivering Whyteleafe House at the same time. On a high-rise, the hoist adds its own constraints, and any delay on it affects every floor and every trade.
WHAT WE DID
One contact on two sites. We split our management across the two projects so the client kept a single point of contact on each.
Grew the teams to match demand. As the programme demanded more, we increased the labour on our trades.
Added painting halfway through. Dry-lining, plastering and tiling started from the beginning. Halfway through the build, we added painting and decorating to our package, so we could speed up delivery and keep it in step with the other trades.
The ground floor too. We also completed the gym and communal areas.
THE RESULT
Our part of the project was handed over early. The client valued the extra labour and the added trade because of what they did for the programme.
WHAT TO ASK ANY CONTRACTOR
On a high-rise, ask what happens when the programme accelerates: can the contractor add labour and even another trade without losing control of the sequence?
