Building / block / estate
Pendleton estate (9 blocks)
Thorn 23,
Spruce 23,
Ellor Street Blocks 16/32
Whitebeam 12,
Hornbeam 12,
Beech 10,
Holm 10,
Malus 8
Salix Court N797 is 7 storeys (Block 35)
Plane Court N794 is 7 storeys
Address
Salford
Local Authority
Salford
Storeys / height
Cladding
ACM, identified in the 2017 national testing programme
Owner / Landlord
SP+
Original design architect
Michael Hyde & Associates (MHA Architects)
Latham Architects (NOT FOUND) - consortium architect for the SP+ PFI which expressly included ‘refurbishment of 1,253 properties, including the area’s nine tower blocks’
Original consent ref/date
1960
Overcladding 12/61953/HYBRID approved 29/8/2012
SP+, reported to Salford Planning and Transportation Regulatory Panel 16/08/2012
Remediation ref/date
Remediation lead
Pick Everard (architect, lead designer and principal designer)
Litigation
Pendleton Together Operating Ltd went into legal dispute with KEEPMOAT over the Pendleton work. On a Keepmoat design-and-build PFI the ACM specification may have sat with the contractor or a facade specialist under novation rather than with Lathams
Source / Evidence / Links
- ACM, identified in the 2017 national testing programme
- Latham Architects NAMED by four independent sources: Construction Enquirer 17/08/2012, Place North West 16/08/2012, Wikipedia (Pendleton Together), Municipal Dreams 22/11/2016. Consent 12/61953/HYBRID names no architect. Construction Management 17/08/2026 and Pick Everard for the remediation. NOT FOUND on Companies House.
- Michael Hyde & Associates features in Kingspan’s Routes to Compliance_ Fire Safety Technical Bulletin p.8:
Fire performance was also a central design focus for the towers and fire barriers are being installed within the rainscreen at floor level on each storey. Paul Chadwick from Michael Hyde and Architects commented: “Our main concern when designing the refurbished towers was to create properties that the residents could be proud to live in and which enhanced their lives. The thermal performance provided by the Kingspan Insulation products will increase the energy performance of the homes whilst also being compliant with fire regulations above 18 metres.
- https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/515870-green-light-for-430m-pendleton-pfi
- https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2012/08/17/430m-salford-regeneration-project-approved/
- https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/remediation-work-completed-on-nine-salford-resi-blocks/
