The area around Coventry mainline train station is undergoing an impressive transformation as regeneration comes back to Coventry. And Wilo UK has had a major role to play in the stand-out building in the new development providing all the pumps for the new home of Coventry City Council.

Designed by international architecture and urban planning practice Allies and Morrison, the Friargate Masterplan brings to Coventry a world-class commercial district that provides opportunities for work, living, visiting and staying. Situated within a 37-acre site linking Coventry Railway Station with the city’s retail core, Friargate if the most strategically significant mixed use scheme seen in Coventry for a generation.

Comprising 3,200,000 sq ft of mixed-use development, once completed, Friargate will deliver a total of 25 efficient and sustainable buildings, including Grade A office buildings, shops, restaurants, two hotels and new homes, high quality landscaped public spaces and the create 15,000 new jobs.

The stunning red-brick façade has been designed to reflect the traditional materials used in some of Coventry’s finest buildings, including Coventry Cathedral, with the building already a prominent part of the city’s skyline.

The project featured a wide range of Wilo pumps providing primary and secondary heating, chilled water and Cooling water pumps as well as a domestic cold water booster set.

“This has been a major project for us and its extremely rewarding to see a plant room that is so impressive at the base of this impressive new building,” says Wilo’s Gary Wheatley. “It’s a perfect case study for us, highlighting so many of the pumps we produce working closely together in a single plant room, in a major project like this one.”