Travelodge Portsmouth

We were delighted to work again for CHG Developments to deliver this landmark development on a main route into Portsmouth.  Having successfully delivered several schemes for this developer, it was great to be approached to negotiate the delivery of this one.

The 152-bed scheme includes the new-specification Travelodge ‘Super Rooms’ and a number of other upgrades to the finishes, which, combined with the architectural details of the building, make this an eye-catching scheme. On piled foundations, the project is constructed from a steel frame with cast in-situ floors and pre-cast staircases – a design which has been developed in collaboration with the whole project team to offer the right solution taking into account structural, fire, acoustic and commercial requirements. This level of multidisciplinary collaboration is typical of our approach and all opportunities for delivering best value against our clients requirements are explored.

The building was designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent and the team carried out a number of cost benefit analysis’ to determine the most robust and cost effective way to achieve such a high standard. It is always possible to achieve additional points by adding additional technology but we feel this adds unnecessary cost and somewhat misses the point of the scheme with a more holistic approach delivering both a better value and higher performance result.