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Our client asked us to move a small Grade II Listed barn in Beaconsfield, without dismantling and re-assembling the barn. The foundations below the barn were non-existent, and the client wanted to avoid underpinning. The superstructure, comprising a series of load bearing timber studs, was very delicate. We developed a design whereby ply sheathing was screwed to the barn structure from the … [Read more...] about Moving Buildings
Gravity Consulting Engineers were appointed in 2010 to carry out a design for 205 units comprising houses and apartments that were to be built on a flood plain in Tonbridge. The early project stages involved the production of a series of designs for value engineering options designed to raise the buildings above the floor plain on stilts and walls. Methods included the development of precast / … [Read more...] about Building on Flood Plains
