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York engineers Shouksmiths announce £4.4 million student accommodation contract wins

York-based building service engineers, J H Shouksmith and Sons Ltd., has announced new contract wins valued at over £4.4 million.

The first of the new contracts is to deliver the £1.2 million mechanical and electrical building services for The Edge, a new student accommodation block on Burley Road, Leeds, where it is working with main contractor Tolent Construction Ltd.

The Edge will be run by Icon Inc, a new luxury student accommodation provider, created by Park Lane Properties.

Shouksmiths has also been appointed to deliver the mechanical and electrical building services to the Asquith House and Austin Hall student accommodation developments on Servia Road, Leeds.

The project value to Shouksmiths is for £1.8 million and work is due to start on site in the New Year, with completion due in August 2015 in time for the new intake of students.

The company has also just started on site on a £1.4 million mechanical and electrical project at the Court Rooms in Bristol.

Edward Shouksmith, commercial manager, J H Shouksmith and Sons Ltd. said: “We have a substantial amount of experience in delivering successful building services projects for the student accommodation sector, and demand for our skills at the moment is going from strength to strength.

“We have excellent working relationships with our clients’ teams and look forward to working with them on these projects in Leeds and Bristol”.

J H Shouksmith and Sons Ltd. is also working on a number of housing schemes in South Yorkshire and decent homes refurbishment projects in Doncaster.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .