Portswood Rd, Southampton

• Main Contractor: Midas
• Project Value: £1m
• Works: Drylining, Suspended Ceilings, Plastering,

245 bed Student accommodation with a mix of studios, twodios and premium apartments as well as residents lounge, private dining room, fitness suite, cinema, and study rooms.
With the rooms requiring a large number of pattresses, we used knowledge from previous projects to offer a VE for the use of British Gypsum Habito board.
Habito provides the ability to fix heavy and difficult items such as shelves, radiators and TVs into place without any need for drills or specialist fixings; the strength of the board allows fixing straight into the wall surface. This reduces the need for pre-planned, pre-installed pattressing, not only saving on installation time, it can reduce the overall cost of the build. It also means that interiors can be redesigned time and time again.