Clegg Construction completes York Premier Inn

Contractor Clegg Construction has completed a new Premier Inn hotel in York, on behalf of CBRE Investment Management.

The four-storey development contains 188 bedrooms, built in the centre of the historic city.

The building has been designed to achieve a 44 per cent carbon reduction compared with traditional construction methods – surpassing City of York Council’s 28 per cent carbon reduction requirements.

The energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies include:

• Air source heat pumps
• Heat recovery ventilation systems
• LED lighting
• Photovoltaic panels
• Electric vehicle charging points

It has also achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A.

Also on the construction team: project manager Reach Project Management, quantity surveyor Create.iF, architect The Harris Partnership, structural engineer Simpson Associates, and M&E consultant Thornley and Lumb.

Clegg Construction managing director, Michael Sims, said: “We are tremendously proud to have delivered such a sustainable Premier Inn hotel for CBRE Investment Management and Whitbread PLC.

“The site is a historically sensitive city centre location in York and I am delighted with how the Clegg Construction team conducted themselves with minimal disruption to local businesses and residents.

“This marks the latest in a long line of hotels that we have delivered across the country, and the fourth Premier Inn scheme that we have been involved in.” 

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