Leading building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth more than £10.5m to help regenerate a former industrial district of East London.
The mechanical and electrical design and build specialist, with offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London, is to equip the first two phases of a new 580-home canalside development at Fish Island Village in Hackney Wick.
Developer Hill, working in joint venture with housing association Peabody, has commissioned J S Wright to supply and install the mechanical services for 423 one, two and three-bedroom private and affordable apartments.
The apartments will be spread across 13 buildings with wharf-inspired designs – in keeping with the warehouses and industrial buildings that used to be on the site – in an area that has attracted a growing number of creative people and entrepreneurs.
J S Wright will provide the accommodation with energy efficient combined heat and power by installing a centralised energy centre and a pipe network to deliver low pressure hot water from the unit to each apartment through heat interface units.
The company will also equip each apartment with energy efficient underfloor heating and an eco-friendly internal rainwater system as well as install a booster set and tank room for delivering instant cold water to all the properties.
The brief also includes fitting a mechanical ventilation heat recovery system that will use the outgoing air from each apartment to heat incoming fresh air.
J S Wright will also install sanitary ware and above-ground drainage for the buildings, along with building management controls including M-Bus wiring for metering each apartment’s energy consumption.
The 26-month contract is scheduled for completion in September 2019. The commission follows the firm’s award of a £4.5m contract by Hill to deliver the mechanical services for phase 1B of 1,500-home Blackwell Reach in Tower Hamlets.
Marcus Aniol, Managing Director of J S Wright, said: “We are thrilled to be able to play such a key role in delivering new energy efficient homes to a vibrant canalside community that is restoring the vitality of its great local industrial heritage.”
J S Wright, which was founded in Birmingham in 1890, specialises in the design and installation of mechanical and electrical (M&E) services for the hotel, residential, social housing, student accommodation, leisure and commercial sectors.
The company was voted one of the UK’s Top Ten Specialist Contractors to Work For in the 2016 Construction Enquirer Awards, and named H&V News Building Services Contractor of the Year in 2015.
