Project Description

Oxygen Tower, Manchester

Main Contractor: Russell WBHO

Architect: John Matthews Architects

Scope: Curtain Walling, Windows, Doors, Sliding Doors, Rainscreen Cladding, Soffits, Copings & Steel Balustrades.

Oxygen Towers is a 32-story landmark development in the centre of Manchester, housing 12 penthouses and 361 2 and 3 bedroom apartments.

The development consists of 3nr separate towers, constructed via pre-cast concrete single skin panels and utilises 120m tall curtain walling screens, presented as strips with window and spandrel inserts utilising Aluprof MB70 and MB86 vents.

The gable ends feature full height Curtain Walling that include the largest lift and slide doors to undertake CWCT sequence B testing in the UK.

With over 5,000m2 of glazed products, this project has an indomitable effect on the Manchester skyline and demonstrates CASU’s capacity to deliver complex high-rise schemes with challenges including onerous acoustic requirements (13nr different glass specs), and difficult logistics due to the footprint of the site.

Delivered during COVID, CASU are enormously proud to have completed these works to the level and quality that were achieved.