UC's appointment spanned project management, cost management, Employer's Agent and Quantity Surveying, from initial cost planning at RIBA Stage 2 through to Practical Completion in September 2024.

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Bromley Place is a ten-storey, 8,325m2 purpose-built student scheme rising across three blocks, delivered on a constrained urban site within a 15-month main works programme following enabling works. It was the first Unite Students scheme built to their latest bedroom and studio fit-out specification, providing 271 beds across 25 cluster flats and 121 studios, targeted at returning and postgraduate students, with larger bathroom pods, a roof terrace and a gym forming part of the amenity offer.

UC managed procurement on a two-stage basis under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement, bringing the principal contractor on board early to quantify and de-risk the unknowns within the existing structure before committing to a main contract, procured under JCT Design and Build.

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The scheme records the lowest embodied carbon of any development in Unite's current and recent pipeline, using ground granulated blast furnace slag as a low-carbon cement substitute throughout the structure, alongside LED lighting and high-efficiency heating and cooling systems. UC's role also spanned contractor selection, negotiation of the final account, contract administration post-award, and post-contract cost management including the assessment of variations and contractor claims.