The College Road project in Croydon, south London, is being built on the site of a former college car park. Designed by HTA Design LLP, it comprises two towers. The tallest of these stands 49 storeys and will house 817 co-living homes, while 120 affordable residential units will be located in the smaller 36 storey tower.  

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The innovative scheme is being developed by Tide Construction, who appointed Century to deliver the façade element after the complex building façade specialist successfully designed, supplied and installed the envelope at Tide Construction’s sister development - 101 George Street. Located next to College Road, 101 George Street is the current holder of the world’s tallest modular building title comprising two linked towers of 37 and 44 storeys.

At College Road, the building envelope is due to take less than 52 weeks to complete. Century’s scope of works includes windows, firestopping, cavity barriers, curtain walling, pressed metal work and installing large format high glazed terracotta tiles from NBK.

The project is progressing with impressive speed. Century Facades is working with Vision Modular Systems to pre-install Reynaers’ aluminium windows at the VMS factory into modular units so they can be installed quickly on-site resulting in improved quality control, less building waste, and a faster site programme.

Utilising its own logistics centre in Edenbridge, Kent, Century is assuring the quality of all components before delivering to site in the sequence of work for greater efficiencies and productivity compared to traditional construction.

The Century team is also maintaining a strict focus on quality control guaranteeing 100 per cent Quality Assurance on site and documenting every stage of the project, supported by photographic evidence.

“We’re proud to have reached the halfway point on this ambitious scheme. It’s an impressive feat and is testament to our team’s experience of delivering challenging building façade projects and the unique benefits of being able to control the supply and quality of materials to site. It’s great to see the project progressing so quickly and we’re looking forward to our next milestone – the completion of the building envelope – in 2023,” said Raja Youchaa, Senior Site Manager at Century Facades.

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