Regeneration Project of the Year
Oval Village
Berkeley
8-acre Zone One brownfield site including 4 derelict gasholders; A site wide low carbon energy solution delivering 54.1% CO2 reduction over Part L; Over £150 million upfront capital investment to unlock site; 1,360 homes, including around 500 affordable homes; £28m contribution through the Community Infrastructure Levy and S106; A mixed-use neighbourhood with on-site amenities and 170,000 sq ft of commercial space, including a new Tesco superstore and Oval Works an innovative flexible workspace being delivered in partnership with Landsec; A connected and accessible landscape.
The Interchange
ISG
After almost 10 years since our first project for client Rightacres in Cardiff’s Central Square, the Interchange, our fourth project, is now complete. A final piece in the puzzle for Central Square, the brand-new interchange isn’t just a bus station, featuring space for retailers, residents, office staff and entertainment providers. The facilities, alongside the nearby hubs for Welsh politics and British media, empower a local community. Central Square now provides jobs, homes, and entertainment, ensuring Cardiff remains full of life and prosperity for years to come.
Granton Gasworks Railway Station
Kier Construction
The Granton Station Regeneration Project has made adaptive reuse of a Grade-B-Listed structure, preserving the historical fabric while infusing it with a modern, forward-looking vision. This preservation of heritage adds depth and character, creating a unique sense of place that resonates with both long-time residents and newcomers. It stands out as a paragon of urban renewal, embodying inclusivity, sustainability, and economic revitalisation. Its transformative impact on the community, combined with innovative and sustainable design serves as a shining example of how strategic planning, community engagement and commitment to sustainability can converge to create a model for future urban regeneration initiatives.
InterCity Place
Kier Construction
The InterCity Place project has created an iconic home for the University of Plymouth’s healthcare training. It transformed a 60-year-old building overlooking Plymouth Railway Station into a state-of-the-art facility that will educate future generations of NHS and care professionals. Rated SKA Gold, the regeneration has been completed to the highest sustainability standards, and has been delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner in spite of the considerable challenges posed by a global pandemic and constantly evolving geopolitical landscape.
College Road
Tide and Vision
In 2023, offsite developer Tide completed College Road, providing close to 1,000 homes across two adjoining 35 and 50 storey buildings. The development also provides enhanced public realm and commercial space, contributing to Croydon’s regeneration. The completion of College Road brings the number of homes delivered by volumetric specialist Tide in the borough to 1,483, following the completion in 2020 of neighboring scheme Ten Degrees, with the two developments combining to boost urban renewal. Both schemes were delivered on vacant, former derelict 2,200m2 sites, demonstrating the huge opportunities for volumetric construction to unlock constrained sites for regeneration.
Kitchener Barracks
TopHat
Kitchener Barracks is a project that demonstrates the art of the possible. A heritage, listed asset on a difficult site. Not one where many would consider an MMC solution. TopHat has delivered a beautiful, sustainable project that is recognized for its architectural merits, its world-leading sustainability, its placemaking and one that has become aspirational, being all sold off-plan at higher than local market rates. Kitchener Barracks demonstrates that MMC is a solution that can deliver outstanding developments, not a barrier.
New Victoria Residential Development, Manchester
VINCI Building
New Victoria, Manchester has created a vibrant new city-center residential community, repurposing the area around the station. The team successfully navigated challenges including a Network Rail culvert under the constrained site and many complex interfaces. More than that our whole project team left a remarkable legacy of social value, generating extensive local employment opportunities, economic benefit, multi-level education activities, work placements, apprenticeships, training, and outreach to vulnerable groups, community and charity organizations. Most significantly we transformed site accommodation into a vital drop-in center for homeless people over two festive periods, creating a transferable model for positive social impact.
Design & Construction of the new Maintenance Depot at Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
VolkerFitzpatrick with Stadler Rail Service UK
Stadler’s objective was to deliver a modern, purpose-built facility, ensuring the reliability and availability of trains for decades to come. A cornerstone of a multimillion-pound regional regeneration program, the facility’s enviable green credentials promote sustainability and provide an attractive working environment, enhancing staff wellbeing and productivity. The construction project was carefully planned to ensure that Stadler could continue to run an operational depot while the construction works took place. Building on an operational site required all parties to work in partnership, demonstrating flexibility and innovative-thinking to prioritize and find workarounds that minimized disruption, while ensuring delivery to program.
Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital
Willmott Dixon
The Willmott Dixon team delivered the exceptional Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital Regeneration project to provide the people of Powys with a state-of-the-art facility serving over 20,000 patients annually within a much-loved community building. Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital is an inspiring building; good to its users and good to the planet. It sets a benchmark, proving that budgetary constraints are no barrier to solving difficult technical challenges, nor are they a barrier to the delivery of high-quality, sustainable community assets that have reduced energy consumption by 30% compared to the previous building.
Gascoigne Estate East
Willmott Dixon
The regeneration of Gascoigne Estate East has built a sense of community into the new environment, with high-quality buildings and finishes and external space that draws people together. In achieving these goals, the project team has provided employment to local people, brought new people into construction and given young people and unemployed people new skills, experience and training. The homes are highly energy efficient to make them affordable to run – and to reduce future carbon emissions. By showcasing the innovative combination of offsite and Passivhaus in block F2, this project demonstrates how ultra energy efficiency can be achieved.