Dry Riser Installation In High Rise Development, Ipswich

Date: September 2018Client: Wine Rack, Regatta Quay, Ipswich

The Brief

This high rise development required 3 dry riser systems with a total of 30 outlet valves. The installations will offer full coverage to the 149 new homes and 5,000 square feet of commercial space.

Project Background

The tower block was left unfinished when original developers, City Living, went into administration in 2010. Now, it is being converted into a major feature of the waterfront with 149 flats and 5,000 square feet of commercial space.The first homes on the site are expected to be ready for occupation in the spring of 2019, but the whole project is not likely to be completed until the end of 2020.

The £20million scheme is being completed by property developer John Howard and contractors RG Carter Construction, with £15m from housing and regeneration agency Homes England and £5m from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).