The project is situated on the former printing works site off West Paddock, next to the Civic Centre in Leyland, and will offer 75 new apartments featuring supported living facilities across three stories, along with a single-storey pavilion building. The residential component includes two wing blocks connected through a central core that further links to the pavilion, which houses a café and amenities for both visitors and residents, as well as plant, bin, and cycle storage areas. Sustainability of the building has been improved through the incorporation of both solar panels and air source heat pumps.

CampbellReith was responsible for the design, management, and reporting of the geotechnical site investigations necessary to underpin both planning and foundation design.

The three-story residential wing blocks employ load-bearing masonry with 200mm thick precast floor slabs supported by masonry walls. The central core area and pavilion are constructed from steel-braced structures, utilizing 200mm thick precast hollowcore upper floor units, with mechanical equipment located on the roof of the central core.

Through meticulous coordination at the ground floor level, the need for transfer structures has been minimized, although column positions and portal bays adjust between the ground and first floors to accommodate architectural layouts. Due to the site’s varying ground levels, the ground floor slab incorporates steps across its footprint.

The building’s structure is supported by strip foundations, while higher load requirements have necessitated pad foundations under the steel-framed central core and pavilion columns.

The structure’s facade features masonry, interspersed with isolated timber panels and curtain walling, which are supported at the base and laterally secured to upper slabs or steel beams.

The external areas surrounding the building have been carefully landscaped to complement the facilities and incorporate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) within the landscaping. The drainage directs runoff via the newly constructed SuDS prior to discharge into the public sewer network at greenfield rates.

New vehicular and pedestrian access points were designed in collaboration with the Highways Department.

CampbellReith’s services encompassed the full spectrum from design and planning to tendering and appointing the Design and Build Contractor, Caddick Construction. Our appointment was subsequently novated to Caddick for construction completion.