Eric Wright wins £30m Lancaster Canal Quarter job

Lancaster City Council has picked Eric Wright Construction to deliver nearly 140 affordable homes at the Coopers Fields in Lancaster’s Canal Quarter.Coopers Field is an early phase of Lancaster’s Canal Quarter regeneration. The 0.9 hectare city centre development site consists of Upper and lower St. Leonardgate surface car parks.The council has appointed Eric Wright under a pre-construction services agreement to collaborate with the design team under early contractor engagement protocols, taking a major step forward in making the ambitious housing vision a reality.Phil Brown, commercial director at Eric Wright Construction, said: “We have a long-standing relationship with the area, having delivered the Caton Court project and the Luneside student accommodation project and look forward to utilising our knowledge of green buildings and passivhaus principles developed on previous schemes to deliver a highly sustainable project .”The Coopers Field project is led by the council’s housing team with Anderton Gables acting as its retained consultant project manager and PRP as its architect for the scheme.