72 Cardiff Transport Interchange
CARDIFF TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE
In late 2019 it was announced that ISG had secured an £ 89 million construction project to deliver the Cardiff Transport Interchange building for Cardiff-based developer Rightacres at its flagship Central Square scheme . The project is being funded by Legal & General and designed by Cardiff-based Holder Mathias Architects .
This project is a further development of the relationship between ISG and Rightacres , that has already seen ISG successfully deliver the new Foster + Partners designed BBC Cymru Wales headquarter building and Nr Two Central Square , home to Hugh James and Cardiff University ’ s School of Journalism , and significant public realm improvements . This latest win is ISG ’ s single largest UK construction project of 2019 and takes the contractor ’ s tally of work awarded at Central Square past £ 200 million .
The mixed-use project is one of the largest developments undertaken in the city centre , delivering circa 500,000 sq ft of new space , which includes the 14-bay bus interchange with a covered concourse , 318 apartments for the Private Rented Sector and circa 90,000 sq ft of modern open-plan , quality CAT A office space .
The scheme embraces the construction drive toward efficient practices and modern methods of construction , utilising offsite manufactured bathroom pods and a slip form system to accelerate the construction of the concrete cores of the new building . ISG will use an enclosed four-storey platform on a jacking system to sequentially form the reinforced concrete frame and immediately weather proof each floor as the platform rises up the tower .
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