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philip southcote school – hydrotherapy pool

1653

weybridge, addlestone

Working alongside Morgan Sindall, QED structures undertook the structural and civil engineering for the Hydrotherapy pool and associated structure. The structure comprised of a steel braced frame spanning over the pool onto concrete bearing foundations. The changing and pool facilities area were constructed using load bearing blockwork and timber joisted roof. The Challenges: One of the key challenges on the project was the coordination a detailing around the balance tank, which was located externally and tight up against a boundary line. The build sequence, in particular with the foundations needed to carefully consider the time of this tank installation to ensure the building didn’t get undermined. QED installed a reinforced ring beam into the top of the mass concrete footings, to span horizontally so that when the tank was installed or replaced at a later stage the footings would remain stable.

£TBC

RIBA Stages 4-5

Education

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brent house

1649

wembley

New build residential scheme on a 1.9-acre site in Wembley with 248 apartments and a 6,000ft retail space across 5 blocks ranging from 7-10 storeys high. Scope – design, detailing and fabrication packages of modular balcony system and load bearing panelised light gauge steel primary structure.

£TBC

RIBA Stages 4-5

Residential

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the grand ocean

1645

saltdean, east sussex

The project involved the recladding of the top floor extension of a five-story building located next to the coast.

£1m

RIBA Stages 3-5

Hospitality

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city heights

1640

kingsland road, london

Facade replacement scheme, including structural assessment of the existing light gauge steel frames inner stud walls, external balconies, existing primary structure assessment for existing and proposed loadings, reviewing and commenting on the complex scaffolding design and commenting on the existing primary structure for all temporary loads.

£TBC

RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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non disclosed

1620

austria, vienna

QED Structures was engaged to provide structural engineering services for the development of a data centre on an existing industrial site in the southern part of Vienna, Austria. The building covers an area of approximately 120m by 120m, with a maximum structural height of 16.5m. The proposal features a two-to-three-story main structure designed to accommodate the data halls and office spaces. To the east of the main building, a single-story substation is planned. Underground fuel tanks will be buried to the north of the proposed main building. Car parking facilities are to be located along the southern façade of the structure. The design incorporates a combination of reinforced concrete (RC) framing for the main data halls and a steel gantry to the north. Additionally, parts of the structure utilize modular construction techniques. Challenges: The project presented unique challenges, including the client’s requirement for long spans capable of supporting heavy loads due to specialized plant equipment. QED Structures collaborated closely with the design team to implement the most efficient solution to meet the data halls’ needs. Furthermore, due to the site’s location, additional seismic load analysis was necessary.

£384m

RIBA Stages 2-3

Data Centre

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chapter islington

1633

market road, london

Facade replacement scheme, including structural assessment of the modular structure and existing light gauge steel frames inner stud walls, existing and proposed primary structure load assessment, reviewing and commenting on the complex scaffolding design and commenting on the existing primary structure for all temporary loads.

£TBC

RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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bresslaw court

1628

wagner street, london

Facade replacement scheme, including structural assessment of the existing light gauge steel frames inner stud walls, and replacement of light gauge studs where not within NBS standards, reviewing and commenting on the complex scaffolding design and commenting on the primary structure for all temporary loads.

£TBC

RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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arbour vale school

1624

slough

An additional four classrooms added as an annex to this existing SEN school. For the works to be substantially carried out during the school holidays, a modular approach has been adopted using CLT modules. CLT modules are sat on a piled steel transfer structure. From initial engagement on the project to the structural elements being complete was 5 months. QED’s scope also included the fabrication package for the CLT, which included M&E penetrations coordination. The challenges: The site is directly above a Thame Water Sewer, requiring a build over and arranging the transfer structure to be outside of the exclusion zone.

£2m

Complete RIBA Stages 2-5

Education

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reference design

1614

europe wide

The project brief requires designing a structure to house a 24MW data centre. Additionally, the building is to be designed in such a way that it serves as a Reference Design, allowing it to be replicated across various locations in Europe. The structure consists of two blocks: a reinforced concrete (RC) framed section housing the data halls and an open-air steel frame that facilitates the necessary ventilation and airflow for the ancillary plant. Both blocks are supported by a shared foundation. Challenges: The primary challenge for this project is incorporating sufficient flexibility into the design to accommodate construction in diverse geographic locations with varying site constraints, such as wind conditions, seismic activity, and ground characteristics.

N/A

RIBA Stages 2

Data Centre

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hackney station

1475

hackney, london

The newly upgraded Hackney Central station was designed to transform the passenger experience, offering a more welcoming arrival and becoming the heart of a more sustainable and accessible town centre. Hackney Central station has long faced issues with overcrowding and accessibility. The project, which includes opening a new station entrance in the summer of 2022 on a site previously occupied by an abandoned car dealership purchased by the Council, aimed to enhance the passenger experience. This new entrance provides a more welcoming arrival, offer direct access to the town centre, and help alleviate congestion. Sustainability was central to the design of the new station entrance, featuring new cycle spaces, trees and greenery, living roofs and green walls, a water fountain for thirsty passengers, and a food and drink kiosk operated by an ethically minded local family business. The new entrance also addresses practical considerations, offering a simpler interchange with Hackney Downs and local bus services, and a new signalled crossing on Graham Road to facilitate easier pedestrian access to and from the station.

£4.5m

RIBA stages 2-5

Transport

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45 dyke road avenue

1431

brighton, eastsussex

The existing building was completely reconfigured internally with an extensive refurbishment undertaken to a very high standard. Major internal load bearing walls were removed to cater for the new layout. In addition, a new single storey extension, loft conversion and new detached garage were part of this major refurbishment project. The challenges faced for this project was to ensure the stability of the existing building was not compromised during the extensive load bearing wall removal. Careful consideration to the buildability was imperative to ensure the works were carried out in a careful and systematic way to ensure the success of the complex renovation works.

£1.5m

RIBA stages 1-5

Residential

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saltdean lido

1356

saltdean, eastsussex

Refurbishment and strengthening of existing dilapidated reinforced concrete 1930s curvilinear Lido Building. The challenges: During the hydro-demolition process of the existing concrete frame, the friable areas of concrete were found to be in a significantly poorer condition than originally expected. To such an extent that in some areas the whole section of the structure disintegrated. As such a more complicated build process and sequencing had to be adopted to ensure the buildings integrity. Another challenge was bringing the building in line with modern design codes and standards. Due to modern day strength and loading requirements, the cantilever terraces and sundecks required strengthening, but due to heritage requirements, the strengthening solution had to be incorporated without altering the aesthetic appearance. This limitation meant that traditional methods of strengthening reinforced concrete were not an option and carbon fibre reinforcement strips were installed to add strength to the areas which required additional capacity.

£8m

RIBA Status 2-5

Commercial

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anglia square

1280

norwich

The £300m redevelopment of Anglia Square in Norwich will reinstate the historic street pattern that existed during the Victorian era, to deliver a vibrant new neighbourhood in place of the old shopping centre.   The project will deliver up to 1,100 new homes across 14 buildings ranging in height from 3 to 8 storeys, which are designed around inner courtyards, a public square and a network of pedestrian streets.   The structure to the buildings will vary between the 14 different buildings, consisting of a mixture of reinforced concrete frames and traditional load bearing masonry construction.

£300m

RIBA Status 4-5

Residential

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imperial ocean plaza (iop)

1191

gibraltar

An infill site between two existing residential apartment blocks. The new proposed new development was to infill the gap with a 17 storey reinforced concrete framed residential apartment block.   The challenges faced on this project was in relation to ensuring the new foundation and superstructure didn’t clash or impede on the existing adjacent buildings. Careful detailing and co-ordination was required to match the adjacent building levels and ensuring the new piled foundations did not impact on the existing adjacent buildings foundations. Careful thought was also required on the location of the proposed column layout to ensure there were no clashed in the foundations, this resulted in areas of cantilevered slabs.

£15m

RIBA Stages 3-4

Residential

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lions gardens

789

withdean avenue, hove

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of 2 new blocks consisting of 26 one bedroom apartments for over 55’s providing independent living is a safe and secure environment.   Traditional load bearing masonry construction with precast concrete floors and piled foundations.   The challenges faced on this project was how to deal with the surface water management. Due to the site constraints it was not possible to utilise soakaway crates in the ground and therefore a borehole soakaway was designed to be able to deal with the surface water runoff.

£4m

RIBA Stages 3-5

Healthcare

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fort road hotel

784

margate

Now in operation and provides 14 bedrooms, a rooftop terrace with views of Margate’s spectacular sunsets, a bar and restaurant, and a large informal events space occupying the cavernous double basement uncovered in the enabling works. When the project began the collapsed roof and extremely parlous condition of the external envelope, buttressed by layers of temporary supports, demanded careful unpicking and reinforcing until eventually the new structure was threaded in place. The renovation will include sensitive historically restored rooms and communal spaces with the new top floor spaces taking a more minimal aesthetic to clearly demark new from found.

£2.5m

N/A

Hospitality

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newham hospital

493

newham

New Critical Care modular building constructed in the car park adjacent to the main hospital building with a link to the main building.   Two storey modular structure constructed from hot rolled and light gauge steel frame off site.  Reinforced concrete piled raft foundations supporting the modular structure with new surface and foul water drainage connecting into the existing system.  There were extensive existing below ground services within the footprint of the new building, the use of a piled raft provided flexibility to be able to avoid services on site duriging construction.

£8m

RIBA Stage 3-5

Healthcare

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bedes school

489

hailsham

A plot of land within the grounds of the school was to be developed into a new 60 bed dormitory building.   A new ‘H’ shaped building formed of two dormitory wings and an atrium link between blocks.  The main blocks were constructed from traditional load bearing masonry with precast concrete plank floors.  The foundations were a combination of a pile and pile cap/ground beam solution and traditional strip foundations, with a full height movement joint between the two types of foundations.  The mix of foundation types was utilised to value engineer the foundations solution for cost savings, due to the shrinkable clay and proximity of a number of existing trees on the site.  The atrium space was double storey height with large spans to facilitate a full open plan space.   The challenges faced on this project was the co-ordination and substantiation of the below ground drainage with the existing drainage system at the school and the requirement to value engineer the foundations to reduce costs.

£6m

RIBA Stages 2-5

Education

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cabrils

487

barcelona

This project consisted of a 250 m2 house located in Cabrils street, Barcelona. Spain. It is a two-level residential house with reinforced concrete swimming pool. The terrain is very irregular, therefore pad foundations were used to deal with the different levels, connected by ground beams. Retaining concrete walls were also used to deal with the topography of the site on two sides. regional office delivery barcelona

€ 1m

RIBA Stages 4 - 5

Residential

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deanwood road

483

highgate, london

A residential development within the heart of London. This project consisted of a 2-storey residential over a basement carpark with then a lightweight steel frame supporting large numbers of solar panels. The superstructure was predominantly formed for reinforced concrete, sat onto localised pile caps and piles. To form the complex roof geometry a lightweight steel frame was constructed. Due to underground aquifers and neighbouring properties a detailed basement impact assessment (BIA) had to be completed and due to the highwater table, a secant piled wall was installed around the perimeter to provide both temporary and permanent stability to the basement.

£10m

RIBA Stages 2-4

Residential

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coburg street

478

portsmouth

Demolition of an existing building which footprint covered the entire site up to the public highway site boundary.   A new reinforced concrete framed structure up to first floor podium slab level with a 10-storey light gauge steel framed modular superstructure supported on top the podium slab.  Piled foundations with pile caps and reinforced concrete ground floor slab with surface water attenuation tanks.  QED Structures designed all below ground drainage, foundations, rc frame and light gauge steel frame modular superstructure.   The challenges faced on this project was the how to achieve the large cantilever and full perimeter slot windows whilst maintaining the required architectural aesthetic and feel of the building.  The use of the reinforced concrete frame provided the most robust and appropriate structural solution to achieve this.

£10m

RIBA Stages 2-4

Education

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home park road

473

wimbledon, london

Demolition of existing building and construction of a new contemporary private residential dwelling.   A new steel framed building with large cantilevers with extensive glazing and stunning views of a golf course.   The challenges faced on this project was how to achieve the large cantilever with the fully glazed elevations, this was achieved with full floor to ceiling vierendeel trusses

£1m

RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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cannock chase hospital

440

cannock chase

New CT, MRI & Ultra sound unit modular building built at the rear of the hospital in an existing courtyard space.  Single storey modular structure constructed from hot rolled and light gauge steel frame off site.  Reinforced concrete raft foundations supporting the modular structure with new surface and foul water drainage connecting into the existing system.

£6m

RIBA Stage 3-5

Healthcare

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orchard house scheme

438

ovingdean, brighton

orchard house scheme a residential housing scheme consisting of four detached courtyard houses. the steep topography meant having to build into the side of a slope with the installation of a reinforced concrete retaining wall to form the lower ground floor of the houses. the remainder of the superstructure typically consisted of a local brick and timber framed floors. a large three-cornered glazed elevation meant that a steel portal frame was needed to maximise the view across the external landscaping. the specification and detailing of all the elements were critical as they were all to be exposed.

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RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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fairfax road

434

twickenham, london

Demolition of existing building and construction of a new contemporary private residential dwelling. A new reinforced concrete residential dwelling with a series of complicated cantilevers with full perimeter slot windows and extensive glazing. The challenges faced on this project was how to achieve the large cantilever and full perimeter slot windows whilst maintaining the required architectural aesthetic and feel of the building.  The use of the reinforced concrete frame provided the most robust and appropriate structural solution to achieve this.

£1.5m

RIBA Stages 3-5

Residential

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ocean spa plaza (osp)

430

gibraltar

An existing piece of land being used as a car park was to be developed into a 17-storey new build residential, commercial and car park mixed use development.  The site was located on the corner of a busy main road with a school adjacent to the site.   The A new reinforced concrete superstructure supported on a series of piles, pile caps and ground beams.  6 storeys of car parking with part commercial on the ground floor covering the full footprint of the site, with a 10-storey elliptical shaped building above for apartments.  Roof top resort areas with pools, planting, paths, plunge pools on the roof of the car park and elliptical block for the use by the residents.   The challenges faced for this project was trying to line up the columns between the car park and residential levels due to the different completely different grids and layouts.  This was achieved with careful and detailed co-ordination with the architect with only 2 minor areas where transfer structures were required.

£25m

RIBA Stages 2-5

Residential

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lemo UK

427

north road, worthing

QED Structures was appointed on this project after the site was cleared of all existing buildings.     A new reinforced concrete superstructure with basement providing the new headquarters for Lemo UK.  Curved fully glazed façade with exposed concrete internally including slab soffits, columns and walls providing an industrial look for the new offices, assembly and Research and Development facilities.     The challenges faced on this project were the large cantilevered areas of the building, the structural solution had to maintain the head room clearance requirements around the building and the architectural aesthetic.

£25m

RIBA Stages 3-5

Commercial

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