Fourth Gateshead Contract From Bellway Homes

Smoke Control Services has won its fourth contract on one of Bellway Homes’ biggest apartment block developments in the north-east.

One of its ventilation systems will be installed in a fourth block of the 663-unit, 11-block Ochre Yards apartment scheme being developed in Gateshead on the site of a former railway works depot.

The company has already installed smoke ventilation systems to the common areas of three of the blocks in the development, and carpark extraction systems for two of them, in a contract worth £250K to date.

Smoke Control Services was nominated by Bellway Homes to work to their electrical contractor on the project, Simpson & Gregg Ltd.

The company, which aims to share its experience and develop long-term relationships with its clients, worked with architects P&HS to produce a working design for the systems on two of the blocks to allow extended travel distance in the corridors.

Work started on the development, off Rabbit Bank Road, Gateshead, in September 2002 and is expected to be completed by 2012. Three of the eventual 11 apartment blocks on the site - which has river views and looks back towards the Newcastle cityscape - have now been completed, with a further three in various stages of completion.

Paul Hebden of Bellway Homes said the company chose to go with Smoke Control Services because of the existing well-established working relationship.

“Smoke Control Services offers good levels of theoretical as well as practical experience,” he said. “They were competitive and seem to work well in partnership with us, which helps us to achieve our aims.”

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