TORSION REVEALS INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES
Construction has begun on a new purposebuilt student accommodation scheme which will provide rooms for University of Lincoln students. Pine Mill is being delivered by Torsion Developments in a joint venture with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC.
The development on Tritton Road will include 361 ensuite bedrooms including seven accessible ground floor bedrooms. The townhouses will be arranged in a series of seven, four-storey linear blocks, which overlook private and secure landscaped courtyards.
With frame contractor
Sigmat working to a 28-week development schedule, they are using a range of sustainable building techniques and ensuring the development does not disrupt the surrounding environment. Pine Mill is due to be completed ahead of the 2021 -2022 academic year.
David Worsley, Director, Torsion Development said: “We have a number of measures in place to ensure our construction work does not disturb surrounding ecology. To protect local wildlife in the dyke adjoining the site, we have fenced off the area and introduced a silt trap to ensure that surface water from the site does not contaminate the dyke. We are also segregating waste and have ensured a number of existing trees, ones without specific preservation orders, have been retained.”
With the construction industry ramping up its use of modular construction, early engagement in the design process has enabled the project team to take advantage of the offsite manufacturing process – with 400 plasterboard packs and 354-bathroom pods being craned in.
While the process uses all the same materials, standards and codes as conventional buildings, a lightweight steel frame construction made up in the factory negates the need for onsite build and avoids excess waste. The offsite construction allows Torsion and Sigmat to complete the build in around half the time – with less risk of complaints about noise and disruption on site. The PBSA scheme also employs a sustainable drainage system, with top water attenuation ensuring that the main drain does not get overloaded in the event of a flood.
Once the scheme is complete the site will also include electric car charging points.
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