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Rugby Mill and Ram Mill, Manchester

Distribution case study, Trisomet ® , Trimapanel ® , ComFlor ® , Colorcoat Prisma®, Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra®

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Quote Text
A key driver and one of the briefs main provisions for construction of Phase 1 and Phase 2 was a colour combination that would make the buildings ‘look current’ and would ‘stand out’.
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(images courtesy of M3 Construction)

 

Main client/principal/sub-contractor: M3 Construction                    
 

Building Systems UK: Trisomet®, Trimapanel®, ComFlor®, Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® and Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel

Colours:                                
Phase 1 Rugby Mill: Goosewing Grey, Sirius, Solent Blue, Aquarius, Atlantis and Zeus.
Phase 2 Ram Mill: Heritage, Jade, Juniper, Sirius, Goosewing Grey and Zeus
 

Date: Rugby Mill completed Winter 2018 and Ram Mill completed Spring 2019

Forming part of four textile mills (Ram, Rugby, Gorse and Ace) located in Chadderton, the former textile mills had fallen into a state of disrepair and council planners deemed the structures unsuitable for occupancy.

Demolition of the former 5-storey Grade II Listed Rugby Mill on Gorse Street, built in 1908, was undertaken in 2014 prior to future development of the site which was prepared for a new mixed-use commercial area that will feature industrial, residential, fast food and retail.

Ram Mill, built in 1907, ceased textile production in 1971 and conversion work to re-purposed the mill in 2018/19, has seen the building transformed into a self-storage, office, business and hospitality events spaces as part of a multi-million pound development programme.

Phase 1 of the development has now been completed and the speculative built facility provides prime warehousing located on the three-acre site. Construction on pre-let Phase 2 is now under way on an adjoining six-acre site and will follow the same design as Phase 1.

Phase 2 will be redeveloped into a new employment site with industrial and warehouse buildings that will feature different colour combinations on the wall elevations, some bespoke to the tenants that will occupy them, ensuring that the units stand out and are uniquely distinctive.

The challenge

A key driver and one of the briefs main provisions for construction of Phase 1 and Phase 2 was a colour combination that would make the buildings ‘look current’ and would ‘stand out’. The industrial units needed to make an impact in this ‘up and coming’ area undergoing extensive development. At concept stage the client expressed a desire to create a building portfolio that would represent the Pin Property’s brand and could be carried through t