Structural Engineering, Interior Design and Conservation
Structural Design
This article on the engineering skills shortage at a local company applies to structural engineering as well as manufacturing. All engineering is a mix of visualisation, problem solving and communication together with the important mathematical and physics background.
Wotton under Edge based Renishaw on how to tackle the skills gap
Progress in Eastcombe, Stroud with the construction of large retaining walls. The walls are on a steeply sloping site with the lower level incorporated into an extension to a house and the upper level forming a terrace accessed from the new first floor. Constructed from Stepoc hollow blocks with reinforcement they can be installed quickly without the need for shuttering.
The architect is Design for Living and the contractor is InShape Stroud.
We have been working with Able Canopies to design the supporting structural elements for this shade sail canopy in Lancashire.
Taking apart a house by removing the roof of this house in Crudwell with Jagged Edge Design architects. The proposal is to extend the useable floor space at first floor level by reconfiguring the roof.
We work with Able Canopies to provide structural designs of canopies and bespoke shelters. One was recently erected in Ebbw Vale.
Works are progressing on a large extension with extensive structural alterations to this property in Tetbury. The architects are Jagged Edge Design. It is a new extension with the first floor supported on a steel beams. The stair well has been repositioned within the property to aid circulation to the existing and new rooms.
Architect: Jagged Edge Design
Contractor: Virtus Construction
Last week we had our SER Audit under the Scottish Building Control system and passed as both Approved Body and as a Certifier.
For more information on the scheme, click here
An alert was issued recently by CROSS (Confidential Reporting on Structural safety) regarding the fixing of photovoltaic cells onto existing roofs.
The panels add weight to the roof which when added to snow and wind loading can bring the capacity of the roof to its capacity.
If the panels are not properly fixed, they can be blown off through wind suction loads.
Under snow loading, a sudden thaw on top of the smooth surface of the panel can lead to snow suddenly sliding off and causing injury to persons below.
The alterations to the roof form an alteration to the structure and needs to be assessed.
The effect of the additional weight and all of the fixings should be assessed by a suitably qualified person. This should be a Chartered Structural Engineer or in England and Wales this could also be somebody under a Competent Persons Scheme.
A full copy of the report is available here.
This new garden room extension, with Helen Lucas Architects, in Edinburgh is nearing completion. The internals are almost complete and the external leaf of the stonework is almost complete.
The blockwork cavity wall extension nearing completion in Edinburgh.