Gt. Jackson Street, Manchester

Plot E of the Great Jackson Street masterplan provides 399 residential units and 7,266 sq ft of commercial space spread over three high-rise towers, peaking at 30 storeys in height. A shared basement car park is provided for residents beneath the three plots. Accommodation is provided by a combination of townhouses, apartments and homes designed […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 8th August 2018

Embankment West, Manchester

Embankment West provides 356 private rental apartments and 147 medium term aparthotel units across three towers. The towers are 17, 15 and 17 storeys respectively and are each served by a single core with extended travel distances. DFC provided full fire engineering services including smoke control analysis of the extended corridors in each block to […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 7th August 2018

Green Lane Mills, Leeds

Green Lane Mills involves the refurbishment of 5 existing mill buildings to create 55 residential units. DFC provided the smoke control design for the main atrium block. Residential units open directly onto the naturally ventilated atrium environment and our computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis enabled the architectural vision of an unenclosed atrium environment. The design includes the retention […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 6th August 2018

Circle Square, Manchester

DFC has been appointed on Circle Square to provide fire engineering on the landmark development on Oxford Road in Manchester. Circle Square will provide over 1.1million sq ft of residential, commercial and public space, creating a new destination for Manchester city centre. Ranging from an underground entertainment venue, to high rise Grade A commercial offices […]

Posted by Tina George
On 3rd August 2018

Trinity Riverside by Affinity Living, Salford

DFC was appointed by Affinity Living part of Select Property Group, on the Trinity Development: Riverside and Riverview projects to provide fire strategy advice for this large scale 683 apartment scheme. Efficiency was the key for our client, extended travel distances made possible by enhanced smoke ventilation to the common corridors which increased occupant and […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 22nd November 2016

Square Gardens – First Street, Manchester

Square Gardens is Europe’s largest co-living development on a vast 830,000 sq ft site in Manchester. The scheme comprises three blocks, including a 45-storey tower and a 28-storey block, which together provide a total of 2,224 new apartments to rent. The project also offers a total of 1,187 new build-to-rent (BTR) apartments across the three […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 10th November 2016

Altair, Altrincham

DFC have been appointed to provide fire safety advice from concept stage. The initial project is an 8 storey residential and commercial scheme which will attach to the existing ice rink. The ice rink creates a number of fire safety challenges both during construction and in the final condition that the DFC team are engaged […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 6th January 2016

Allegro Exchange Square, Birmingham

DFC provided fire safety adivce on Allegro at Exchange Square, a Built to Rent (PRS) development. The development comprises 600 apartments across four buildings, ranging from 8 to 25-storey. The buildings are served by single stairs and featured a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. Phase 1 was completed in 2019, with Phase 2 […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 6th January 2016

Royce Road, Manchester

The Royce Road scheme is a new Private Rental Sector (PRS) residential project in Hulme, Manchester, under development by City South Manchester Housing Trust, and designed by OMI Architects. The scheme will consist of three blocks of residential accommodation providing approximately 66 two-bedroom flats, located over four storeys (Ground to Third Floor). DFC are providing […]

Posted by Design Fire
On 3rd December 2015

Leaf Street, Manchester

The Leaf Street development is a new residential scheme in Hulme, Manchester, under development by City South Manchester Housing Trust, and designed by Mecanoo Architecten. The project consists of 20 townhouse dwellings to the North of the site, and four independent (but physically connected) apartment buildings to the South of the site, providing a total […]

Posted by Design Fire
On 3rd December 2015

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