£1,720,000.00
Urbanest
Mace (MC)
Kone (Lift Contractor)
London
2024
- Vertical transportation
- Technical project management
Urbanest instructed us as their chosen Vertical Transportation Consultant to review the lift specification and recommendations, provide support during the design stage and carry out periodic site reviews of the works throughout the build phase. Upon completion of the works we also assisted with the review of the documentation and quality of the lift installations at Urbanest Battersea.
The site is made up of four buildings, three of which are dedicated to student accommodation and one office block. The student buildings rise to 14, 17 and 19 storeys, together providing 853 student beds. The adjoining office building spans approximately 50,000 square feet across 11 floors. This landmark development is recognised as one of the largest Passivhaus buildings in the world and the first to achieve BREEAM Outstanding under the 2018 code for residential schemes.
A review of the specification was carried out before the manufacturing of the lifts commenced in order to provide recommendations in line with Urbanest site requirements.
Periodic reviews of the lift installations were carried out during the construction phase to monitor workmanship, assess progress and confirm that all lifts would be ready for handover at building practical completion.
Throughout the project, we remained actively involved from installation to post-completion, providing technical oversight and support to maintain quality and compliance.
Working in partnership with Urbanest and Mace-Kone we saw that items were rectified, reporting on quality, programme and compliance to the Performance Specification.
As the works reached completion, we reviewed the lift installations in detail to verify quality and compliance, confirming that each system was delivered in line with the performance specification issued to the contractor at tender stage.
Following these reviews, we provided Urbanest with an agreed list of defects for discussion with the Main Contractor, supporting a collaborative approach to resolving outstanding items efficiently.
We completed a comprehensive review of the Operation and Maintenance documentation, confirming that all records were complete, accurate and aligned with contractual requirements.
Post-handover, we continued to assist during the defect liability period, offering ongoing technical support to help the client maintain operational reliability and performance across the lifts.
