Type/size: 38 residential dwellings ( 26 houses & 12 apartments)
Location: West Bromwich
Status: Completed 2014
Contract Value: £4.5 Million
Construction Type: MMC- OSM Timber panelised system (Eco 200 by Local Homes) and traditional masonry
Client: Accord Housing Association (In-house scheme)
Awards:
Social or Affordable Housing Award - LABC’s (Local Authority Building Control) West Midlands Regional Building Excellence Awards 2015 (Winner)
Best Design category - National Housing Awards 2014 (Highly commended)
Best Green Scheme - 24 Housing Awards 2014 (Highly commended)
Scheme Overview:
Beaconview is a residential development of 26 houses and 12 apartments on a parcel of brownfield land in West Bromwich.
The proposals re-established the residential use of this highly constrained site, where issues regarding levels, drainage easements and Japanese knotweed had to be considered.
The scheme has been developed, designed and constructed using Accord’s in-house regeneration, architecture and construction teams which are a unique capability based within the framework of a social landlord. The houses are built in Accord’s timber frame factory (Local Homes) which produces low carbon homes designed using fabric first principles. All units adopted the Eco200 Local homes timber frame panel with the site achieving a code level 4 for sustainability.