Commercial and Public Sector Clients
We provide calculations and sketches for Building Control Approval for a variety of Clients and a variety of schemes, from a simple knock through between rooms within commercial units, shops, restaurants, school buildings and Council owned properties to much larger schemes.
We have provided structural designs for internal alterations at schools, provision of extensions to house new classrooms and for the construction of new sports halls.
We undertake structural surveys and repair schemes for a number of different Councils and have been involved with schemes to assess the condition of existing steel and concrete walkways and then design replacement steel walkways service blocks of flats.
We have carried out structural designs and propping schemes for a variety of project both commercial and public sector, were structures were being refurbished.
Through various Council projects we have been involved with assessing stand alone walls and retaining walls which were showing signs of structural defects and have provided designs for replacement of strengthening of the walls.
We inspect trial holes to assess the ground conditions which allows the most suitable foundations to be designed and to check suitability of reusing the existing foundations where additional load will be provided. We also take samples for testing where tree roots may affect the foundations so that suitable foundations can be designed.
Trial holes are also assessed where foundations are to be excavated close to a Party Wall so that foundations details can be provided for the Party Wall submission.
We design standard strip and trench foundations, pads, rafts and piling schemes depending on the project requirements. We also provide underpinning schemes where required and confirm requirements for heave protection measures required where the foundations may be affected by tree roots.
We design retaining walls to suit the landscaping and external works requirements for the schemes. Other services are also available; however, these are the most often requested services.