Plot 6, Silverthorne Lane

Plot 6, Silverthorne Lane is a major purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development providing 706 rooms and studios in four blocks within Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone. The constrained brownfield site is bordered by active railway lines and the historic Feeder Canal, creating complex planning, logistics and infrastructure interfaces. The project maintained programme certainty to enable student intake while responding to key client decisions and ambitious sustainability objectives, including Net Zero Carbon in construction and biodiversity net gain.

G&T provided Cost Management and Employer’s Agent services, establishing robust programme controls to maintain momentum and provide clear visibility of delivery risks. A revised construction programme was adopted as the baseline, with progress monitored against the prevailing critical path to improve transparency and support proactive risk management. Detailed procurement schedules were introduced to identify key client decisions and protect programme certainty, while carbon cost monitoring was a central focus as construction progressed.

Plot 6 now forms part of a greater canal-side community combining high-quality accommodation with study, leisure and outdoor amenity space designed to support resident wellbeing. The scheme has helped to steer the wider regeneration of Silverthorne Lane and Bristol’s Temple Quarter while transforming a former industrial site into a more sustainable neighbourhood. G&T’s Cost Management and Employer’s Agent input supported  programme, cost and carbon visibility as the development progressed to completion.