{"id":73777,"date":"2020-03-24T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=73777"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:46:18","slug":"equipoint-building-into-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/equipoint-building-into-homes\/73777\/","title":{"rendered":"mac-group to convert landmark Equipoint building into homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mac-group.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mac-group<\/a> has won a \u00a317m contract to convert a landmark 1960s 10-storey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipoint.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equipoint<\/a> building in Birmingham into more than 200 apartments<\/h2>\n<p>mac-group will undertake a \u00a317m comprehensive renovation of the Equipoint building, including all the installation of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/engineering-transformation\/70478\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M&amp;E services<\/a>, new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/selectaglaze-create-quieter-office\/72805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thermal-efficient windows<\/a>, insulation and new lifts. It will also add a roof-top extension, which will be used for additional apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The site, adjacent to the Swan Centre development on the A45 in Yardley closed in 2019 and landlord\/owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanvillagegroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Village Group<\/a> (UV) is now preparing to transform the site into 247 one- and two-bedroom apartments for rent and to buy in a \u00a336m scheme. Work has begun on site and completion is expected in Q2 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmpconsultants.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PMP Consultants<\/a> have been appointed as the project manager and quantity surveyor, and Nolan Associates are the structural engineers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">it was working with UV and architects D5 Architects to ensure the smooth delivery of the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8211; Ray O\u2019Sullivan<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ray O\u2019Sullivan, director at mac-group, said: \u201cThis is a significant development, transforming a well-known office building in a very prominent and well-connected location into much-needed homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Sellman, chief executive of Urban Village Group, said: \u201cWe are enormously excited at the prospect of transforming one of Birmingham\u2019s major landmark office buildings into a fantastic PRS development providing high quality homes for hundreds of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale of this development clearly illustrates our ambitions to become a major force in the PRS sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Equipoint is in a fantastic location and will be very popular with people working in the city and those that need to travel to London or further afield by train, plane or car.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mac-group has won a \u00a317m contract to convert a landmark 1960s 10-storey Equipoint building in Birmingham into more than 200 apartments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,676,997,675,572,656,586,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-heritage","11":"tag-housebuilding","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-insulation","14":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>mac-group to convert landmark Equipoint building into homes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"mac-group has won a \u00a317m contract to convert a landmark 1960s 10-storey Equipoint building in Birmingham into more than 200 apartments\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/equipoint-building-into-homes\/73777\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"mac-group to convert landmark Equipoint building into homes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"mac-group has won a \u00a317m contract to convert a landmark 1960s 10-storey Equipoint building in Birmingham into more than 200 apartments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/equipoint-building-into-homes\/73777\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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