Sackville Road

Back in 2020 we were contacted by McMullen Facades on behalf of main contractor Midgard to design and supply the Masonry Support for the Sackville Road project. Designed by Whittam Cox Architects, the former trading estate near Hove Station was transformed into an intergenerational neighbourhood featuring over 800 modern homes, including 564 Build to Rent units, 10% affordable housing, and 260 care community residences.

The development provides long-term tenancy options and state-of-the-art amenities such as communal lounges, dining areas, shops, restaurants, and co-working spaces. With 70% of the site dedicated to public and green spaces, including roof terraces and landscaped gardens, the project aims to foster a vibrant and connected community.

When designing Masonry Support for Block D of the project CFS encountered a hurdle of a Soffit which was unusually split into 3 sections – a front section, back section and a central GRC section.

Whilst the front and back sections were easily supported with from the underside of our masonry support angle, this left the 550x2000mm GRC section completely unsupported. As a solution, we fixed 2 Brackets per panel to the underside of the downstand which meant that the central GRC section was now supported.