Winvic Construction Ltd and client CASL Lisbon Street have topped out at its Lisbon Street development in Leeds, a 24-storey purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project.
A celebration was held in conjunction with Winvic’s client CASL Lisbon Street and project fund CA Ventures on the twenty-fourth floor of the development.
As the construction of the concrete framed building has reached the twenty-fourth floor, the aluminium rain screen cladding, which fits in with the wider Lisbon Street development has been installed to the lower floors.
Final decorations have also been completed on the lower floors and the Winvic team is currently installing partitions on level 17.
“The Lisbon Street project in the centre of Leeds has been progressing very well and it was great to celebrate the topping out milestone with our client and the scheme’s funders, CASL Lisbon Street and CA Ventures. With other projects also being constructed adjacent to ours, on the wider Lisbon Street site, there were challenges to consider, but the team’s collaborative skills have ensured that we’re right on programme for completion in summer next year.
“I’d like to thank the Winvic team for their ongoing hard work and to CASL Lisbon Street for putting their trust in us to complete their 548-bed development.”
Mark Jones, Managing Director for Multi-room, Winvic
Located on the corner of Lisbon Street and Castle Street in Leeds city centre, the project comprises 548 single occupancy, en-suite student bedrooms contained within a single tower block.
When complete, residents will be able to enjoy a 1,593 sq ft first floor roof terrace and a range of shared amenity spaces, including a cinema room, fitness centre, games room and TV lounge.
Winvic has also been trialling an innovation to reduce the carbon associated with hot works, replacing gas fired boilers for roofing activities with electric boilers.
Winvic has been promoting cross-contractor collaboration at the former International Swimming Pool site Lisbon Street, as the PBSA project is one part of a four-plot development also comprising Build to Rent apartments and commercial spaces.
Winvic took over the Lisbon Street PBSA project in October 2023 and it is due to complete in August 2025.
In September, Winvic Construction also became the UK’s first construction and civil engineering firm to use Skyline Cockpit – a pioneering technology that operates tower cranes from a ground control system.
Winvic Construction Ltd is a leading main contractor that specialises in the design, build and fit-out of industrial, multi-room and commercial projects, and the delivery of large-scale, complex civils and infrastructure schemes for both public and private sector clients.
The award-winning company has been privately owned since its formation in 2001. It has an impressive register of repeat public and private clients and end-users, including prominent developers, global brands, funds infrastructure owners and operators.
