Construction of 4 storey mixed use building, Croydon CR5
The client required the design of a 4 storey multi use building; restaurant on the ground floor with flats above.
The client was also the contractor, and the project was run under a Design & Build Contract. Croft Structural Engineers Ltd had to work closely to produce a scheme that would work, and also that the client had the technical skill to build. This resulted in a hybrid design with timber framed accommodation units sitting on a concrete slab at first floor.
Croft Structural Engineers Ltd has the knowledge to utilise high end design techniques. To minimise the structure, "heavy" analytical design was completed on the slab with the use of finite element. The slab acted as a transfer structure, transferring the loads from the upper floors onto the columns in the restaurant.
On the upper floors a low tech timber frame sits on the easy to construct lower frame.
The contract required that the timber frame manufacturer was to build the upper section. They were to provide the design and drawings for their elements. The level of information provided by Croft was so good that the contractor built the timber frame without the using the timber frame contractor. Good Engineers produce good details that Save You Money!
Contract Value: £800,000
Architect: Architects Plus
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