Westlakes | St Clement’s Oxford

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St Clement’s Oxford
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Civil and Structural Engineering

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Alice House, at St Clement’s Oxford, is a purpose-built development of managed student accommodation providing 140 studio bedrooms in two five storey blocks. Westlakes were appointed by Developer Newmark Developments as civil and structural engineers for the project.

The existing site was a public car park adjacent to the River Cherwell, partly in a flood plain and an EA Flood Zone 3. The scheme comprised the construction of two narrow, parallel buildings either side of a public right of way leading from St Clements Street to a footbridge over the river.

The drainage system was designed to prevent flooding of the site in a 1 in 100 year storm event including allowance for climate change.

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