Double triumph at IStructE Awards for RoC Consulting with Pearl Assurance House Manchester

The IStructE Awards 2023 were held in Manchester on Friday 22 September.  RoC’s entry for Pearl Assurance House/Malmaison Hotel Manchester received two awards, Medium Project and Most Sustainable Project.

The project involved the re-modelling of the basement and 6 upper levels of a Grade II listed office building. The building was constructed in the  1950’s with Portland Stone masonry to the principal elevations.

The scope of the project  involved a vertical extension by addition of two floors and a full width horizontal extension to the rear elevation whilst retaining the principal facades. The basement retaining walls from a pre 1950’s building were re-used in the new scheme.

The existing structure comprised a concrete cased steel frame with clay pot concrete floors supported off pad foundations.

The most sustainable project award was presented as ultimately the re-use of the 52% of the existing structure with an estimated saving of 1300T of Carbon, using the RIBA 2025 targets at 800kg/m2 and reduced by 20% for fit out.

Congratulations to Jon Smith Design Director RoC Consulting and Phil Slaughter on this double award win.