Trent Basin, Nottingham...
- Sectors
- Residential, Modular
- Status
- Completed
- Value
- £47m
- Client
- Blueprint Regeneration Ltd
- Services
- Civil and Structural Design
The development of approximately 200 new homes including a mixture of low-rise residential and 7-storey apartments.
Visuals by Trent Basin
Key Features
Detailed structural design associated with RIBA work stage 03.
Minimal operational and embodied carbon emissions to keep in line with both RIBA and LETI best practice guidance for 2030.
Net-zero carbon housing development.
The site lies at the eastern edge of Nottingham’s Waterside Regeneration Zone. The Basin was originally used for timber trade with large dockside buildings and lightweight prefabricated huts set around its dock edges.
Dice developed a bespoke Structural Comparison Matrix to transparently compare various framing options, assessing each option for embodied Co2.
The design of a customised carbon calculator tool which enabled us to undertake a preliminary assessment of the embodied carbon content of a typical 3-storey terraced house, a maisonette, and a 7-storey apartment block.
Car-free development keeping in-line with sustainability credentials.