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Godstone Road, Purley, London.

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

30 Flats at Godstone Road, Purley, London. £4.0 million

McCarey Simmonds start work on the design and detailing of the superstructure and substructure of a 30 flats development in South London within the Croydon Borough.

A site prone to flooding from a nearby water course, a step in level up to the public highway of 2.5 metres, the presence of a Transport For London highway retaining structure protruding into the site, diversion of adopted foul and storm drainage running across the site were just a few of the problems to overcome.

McCarey Simmonds’ expertise in modern timber framing techniques is being employed to design the superstructure.

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190 Brighton Road, Lancing.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

3 three storey waterfront residential houses

McCarey Simmonds are instructed for the superstructure and substructure design of 3 three storey terrace houses adjacent to and overlooking the coastal lagoon within Lancing, west of Brighton. Architectural design is by WCEC Architects of Henfield for Brighton developer Marc Warren of Blue Banner Construction Limited.

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Duncan Road, Gillingham, Kent.

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

14 Houses and 12 Flats. £2.1 m

Works start on site on the superstructure of residential timber framed houses and flats for West Kent Housing Association designed by McCarey Simmonds. A design and build project undertaken by the Soden Construction Group.

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Folkestone Road, Dover.

Friday, November 25th, 2005

34 Flats in four two and three storey residential blocks.

We near completion of the superstructure design of 34 retirement flats with associated car parking, manager’s office and landscaping at the site of Former Captain Webbs Hotel, 161-165, Folkestone Road, Dover.

Another project formed in timber frame for economy and speed of construction employing McCarey Simmonds’ timber framing expertise.

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Trim Street, Deptford, London.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

11 flats in three storey residential appartment block with parking

As part of a long term client agreement, McCarey Simmonds start design and detailing of the superstructure, substructure and below ground drainage for a three storey appartment block in south London. Initial studies suggest a relatively straight forward site with limited contamination.

Details to follow…..

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Chalvington Barns choose McCarey Simmonds for sensitive conversion.

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Conversion of 17th barn to two dwellings. £0.75 m

Conversion works to a 17th Century barn are a once only opportunity to sensitively repair and reconstruct a structure which has undergone many changes throughout its long life.

Naturally, Chalvington Barns chose McCarey Simmonds to assist with the assessment and specification of remedial works.

McCarey Simmonds’ experience in timber framed structures was used to the full to repair what was a very poor structure with the key objectives of carrying out minimum intervention to the oak framing and maximising non destructive works.

A sensitive but commercial approach should ensure a long term ongoing relationship with Chalvington’s.

www.chalvingtonbarns.com

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Adenstar Group start construction works at Lansdowne Place Hotel, Brighton.

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Two five storey town houses and two four storey maisonettes £1.2m

Adenstar start work next week on the construction of two town houses and two maisonettes on the car park site of Lansdowne Place Hotel within the centre of Brighton.

A small site with particular problems gave us an engineering challenge.

  • An adopted foul drainage sewer running centrally across the site at a depth of 4.5 metres below ground level requiring re-diversion if Southern Water were to remove there objection to the development of the site.
  • The need to limit the extent of the diversion to within the site boundary to avoid costly excavation works within the footpath and highway.
  • The need to maximise the available site area for residential use while allowing for the diversion of the sewer to the far north end of the site.
  • The requirement to have basements on all properties necessitated the need for a bored piled cantilever retaining wall around the site perimeter.
  • The need to keep the superstructure construction simple to mitigate the expensive groundworks.

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