Concrete Framed Apartments, Peckham
A five storey concrete framed building was required to infill a very tight site between two existing buildings. The final development would contain 3 duplex flats.
The site dictated several of the decisions on the site. With flats either side, placing foundations lower than adjacent footings would have required Party Wall notices. With over 15 flats this would have been an expensive option, in excess of £25,000. Croft Structural Engineers Ltd therefore designed a stiff concrete raft across the site to transfer the loads evenly from above, onto the good gravels under.
The shape of the site was not square. Concrete was used as it allowed the setting out to be less precise and follow the shape of the site.
Croft Structural Engineers Ltd employed 'heavy' analytical design techniques to minimise the depth of floor slabs. In our design the floor slab was broken into thousands of small cubes and each analysed separately.
Within the practice, numerous computer software packages are available to the engineers. With today's climate it is essential to maintain good investment in IT.
Contractor Value: £320,000
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