Caunton worked for Clegg Accommodation Solutions Ltd. supplying and erecting steelwork for a 760-bedroom student accommodation development in Sheffield. This project employs over 700t of structural steelwork – comprising a steel podium over the basement car park, which in turn supports five, stepping to seven storeys of modular construction.
Steelwork is gaining an increasing market share in the residential market, as perceived historical problems associated with vibration and acoustics have been overcome. The speed and flexibility of steel means that students are in residence more quickly and with steel totally recyclable achieves future sustainability benefits. Not that anyone needs to remind Sheffield of the strengths of steel!
Adding to this sustainability theme, the site is in fact a former industrial site. This area in Sheffield is called Kelham Island - so called as it is constrained on the northern boundary by the River Don.