OGILVIE Construction has confirmed the project to build new student accommodation in Haymarket Yards in Edinburgh has reached a major milestone with the structural steel framework now complete.
The steel framework creates an undercroft area that provides a ‘striking’ glass curtain wall front entrance of the building and open space for meeting space. It is the platform upon which the remaining six storeys will be built.
The first two levels are constructed with a hybrid mix of primary structural steel and light gauge steel frame. The remaining levels will be built using light gauge steel frame and composite concrete slab panels with the external walls finished with brick and curtain walling.
Ogilvie is building the facility for Aurum UK and when completed next summer it will provide 156 studio apartments, along with amenities including study spaces, a gym, cinema and private dining facility, as well as a roof terrace and shared gardens. The building is a zero-parking development but will provide space for 150 bicycles.
Grier Edmead, operations director, Ogilvie Construction, said, “The onsite team have made excellent progress in achieving this key milestone in the build programme and we look forward to maintaining that momentum through the remainder of the project to hand over a first class facility next year.”
Phil Johnson, director of Woh Hup’s Aurum UK business, added, “It’s really satisfying to see the building take shape and we are pleased that the programme is on schedule so that we can welcome our first students to Haymarket Yards next summer.”
