Cahill Design Consultants (CDC) was appointed by David Miller Architects (DMA) and Osborne Construction, to provide fire safety engineering and acoustic consultancy advice to the design and construction phases of the Parsons North development, located in Westminster, London.
Located on Edgware Road, Westminster, the site consists of 2 residential buildings with commercial space on the ground floor and a basement car park. Building 1 is comprised of private housing and building 2 affordable housing.
CCD provided full design support services to RIBA Stages 2-6.
CDC supported the design and construction of the building in order to meet the functional requirements for fire safety of the Building Regulations 2010 whilst also ensuring the building design met the requirements of the client. CDC also provided extensive CFD Modelling to the project. In addition EWS-1, facade inspections were undertaken over the complete facade installation period, including completion of EWS-1 forms.
Acoustic consultancy was provided throughout the project including planning, design stages, construction support, noise modeling and commissioning tests.
The building was successfully signed off by building control and handed over to the client, Westminster City Council, in 2022.
The building has gone on to win several awards since completion and has recently been shortlisted for a Housing Design Award.