A HIGHBRIDGE based bathroom pod manufacturer is celebrating after being awarded a £3m contract by Wates Construction to supply 440 bespoke steel-framed bathroom pods for Anthology’s Hale Works development in London.

Designed by Hawkins Brown Architects and due for completion in 2021, the Tottenham Hale based scheme will house 279 apartments and 12,500sqft of commercial space.

Offsite Solutions in Highbridge is manufacturing two pod types at its Highbridge factory for the Hale Works – a bathroom and an ensuite shower room, which will be delivered to site in phases until summer 2020. Each pod will be fully fitted out in the factory with contemporary features.

Chris Powell, project director at Anthology said, “As with all our projects, the bathrooms and ensuites for the Hale Works have a luxurious but understated feel with carefully-selected materials and a simplicity of design to achieve the quality of finish we are looking for.

“The principal reason for specifying a pod solution for this project was to alleviate the issue of space restrictions on site for both materials and labour. Moving construction of the bathrooms entirely offsite and into a factory is a huge benefit for a tower scheme such as this. We found it very useful to visit Offsite Solutions’ factory and the advance manufacture of some pods allowed us to prototype the specification and benchmark quality.”