calfordseaden was appointed to provide M&E services for Catherine House, a 1,000 room student housing block in Portsmouth, operated by The Student Housing company. Bedrooms are either arranged in clusters with a shared kitchen and lounge area or self contained studios and one bedroom apartments. 

The project consists of the refurbishment of an existing commercial building and a new build extension, providing a unique challenge combining a change of use/refurbishment adjoining a new build.

We carried out pre-planning engineering and sustainability services, preparing all relevant documents to accompany a planning application. Post planning the appointment continued to carry out a stage D+ design for tender purposes with on-site quality inspections and witness testing on behalf of the client.