Residential
Works are almost complete at Queen’s Court on Gary Monaghan’s five storey, 20 flat housing development for Download Housing Association, engineered by McCarey Simmonds. The project was architecturally designed and project managed by construction management specialists, Focus Consulting of Brighton.
30 apartments and terrace housing. £4.0 million.
This November, Cross Street South, the Midland’s first Eco community in Wolverhampton, won the Sustainable Housing Award for ‘Sustainable larger social housing project of the year’ at a ceremony hosted by impressionist, comedian, and committed environmental campaigner, Alistair McGowan, at London’s Hilton Hotel.
This ground breaking development, the superstructure structural engineering which was designed by McCarey Simmonds, provides 27 eco-friendly flats and 3 houses that uses up to 50% less energy than standard homes, only needing 2 kilowatts of heat as opposed to the usual 8 to 10. It also uses a range of low maintenance materials such as cedar cladding and recycled wood in its kitchen units. The grass roof provides good insulation and keeps the homes cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Other eco friendly aspects include a community recycled wood chip boiler, which provides all of the heating and hot water for the homes, low energy lighting, composting, recycling bins, water butts and high performance softwood and double-glazing.
High quality residential development. £4.2 million
Works near completion to create three storeys of high quality residential roof top apartments on top of an existing five storey commercial and office building at Farringdon Point in central London.
The new construction is a combination of Structural Insulated Panels and commercial timber frame, all specially designed and detailed by McCarey Simmonds to minimise the increase in load on the existing building structure. The structure is fabricated and erected by specialists, Build it Green, for design and build contractors Vector Build Limited all working to a demanding 50 week program for Farringdon Point Limited.
14 private duplex appartments
We are now in the process of carrying out the detailed superstructure design of 14 private duplex appartments in southeast London on behalf of our client, OFP.
The appartments, architecturally designed by The Crawford Partnership, are part five and four storey with underground parking and are constructed on a former petrol filling station site in Lewisham.
The structure employs the latest timber framing techniques utilising Finnforest’s engineered timber Finnjoist to form both the wall panels and the separating floors. Finnjoist’s, which are produced with a low and uniform moisture content virtually eradicate shrinkage and thus provide a stable structure allowing the architects to specify a part rendered exterior finish. Incorporating Finnjoist’s for the separating floors as continuously spanning joists assists with complying with current Building Regulation Disproportionate Collapse prevention requirements.
McCarey Simmonds are quietly becoming leading south coast specialists in timber engineering. We have extensive experience in the very latest modern commercial timber framing techniques on projects ranging from 1 to 300+ units for UK and European developer clients. We are also highly experienced in structural insulated panel (SIP) design. We have acheived NHBC ‘timber frame certifier’ status which allows us both to design and certify projects providing a complete approved structural solution to clients.
To assist our many housing developer and timber frame supplier clients, we have recently achieved National House Building Council ‘Listed Timber Frame Certifiers’ status. This now allows our clients to employ a single consultancy which can both design and certify timber and structural insulated panel structures.
2006 will be “the year of timber frame”, predicts the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA).
While the cost of bricks and blocks used in most new home construction will continue to rise disproportionately due to skyrocketing gas prices, the introduction of tough new building regulations expected in April will also encourage more housebuilders and housing associations to try timber frame construction – and the tangible business benefits of this way of building will keep the construction industry coming back for more, says the trade body.
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.
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.
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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