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04 April 2014 | Updated 01 January 1970

SIPBuild UK has been chosen to supply one of the biggest regeneration contracts in Europe which includes a town centre complex at London’s Battersea Power Station and construction of a new US Embassy.

The UK supplier of structural insulated panel (SIP) buildings will supply and fit a timber frame and SIPs throughout the top four floors of a high-spec new build at Nine Elms in the borough of Wandsworth, south west London.

The project is the first time the builder. JMH Group, has commissioned SIPs technology, although the ground floor will be built with steel, its usual material of choice.

Chairman Marin Jakisic explained: "SIPs proved a cost effective way to meet the Code Level 4 sustainability regulations for new build because its insulating and acoustic properties are very good, and they have other advantages for inner city construction projects.”

Work began on the project at Blore Close, SW8, in late January and JMH Group expects to be finished by September. SIPBuild UK will be onsite for four weeks to fit a timber frame across the top four floors, build a timber lift shaft and install structural insulated panels across four levels and the external walls will be given a brick outer face.

The Blore Close building is part of a massive development on the south bank of the Thames which will see 16,000 new homes built and enough business space to support 25,000 jobs. It includes a new park running from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station and a new Tube stop on the Northern Line as well as the £650 million US embassy; an 11-storey cube made of glass, expected to open in 2017.

Article written by Mike Gannon | Published 04 April 2014

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