The Exchange Student Accommodation, Hotham Street, Liverpool

The Exchange Building, an 11-storey, three-phase student accommodation facility on Liverpool’s Hotham Street, marks the second phase of an exciting redevelopment project for the city.

Cladding contractor, BAK UK, has specified URSAPAN across the vast new build structure. URSA has supplied over 1000m² of URSAPAN to the cladding contractor as part of a £35m student accommodation project in Liverpool. Under the scheme, 500 student homes are to be created in a multi-storey environment on the site of the former Odeon cinema on London Road/Hotham Street. A swimming pool, gym and two landscaped gardens also form part of the ambitious city centre development set for occupation later this year.

As appropriate for a prestige, high-rise residential and multi-occupancy building, superior materials have been specified throughout including URSAPAN. The scheme has been halted for several years due to issues surrounding development funding. Now under new ownership, the design and construction have been scrutinised, and it appears that a combustible insulation may have been used in the original cladding system. This has since been replaced and new work completed using URSA’s specialist product.