SPRING 2015
London Lloyd’s Wharf 3 Mill Street London SE1 2BD T 020 7253 2977 Manchester Carver’s Warehouse 77 Dale Street Manchester M1 2HG T 0161 228 6757 Twitter @civicengineers www.civicengineers.com
WELcOME Practice since our last issue.
generated sanguine growth in high quality projects. Our studio in Manchester has also experienced sizeable growth over this
engineering schemes in villages, towns and cities across the Country. We are busy with commercial and listed building projects in central
as the economic conditions continue to improve we place an increasing emphasis on strengthening these existing relationships, and demonstrating to new contacts that we have the creativity, that they promote. We hope that we get the chance to share
MANCHESTER SKYLINE
central Manchester are tall buildings, and built tight up against rivers or canals.
CS Developments train station and the River Medlock. It is
Dandara, next to the Lowry Hotel on the River Irwell,
Centre Securities & GMI Construction at blocks, starts
Civic Engineers’ BIM Model
OuSEBuRN, NEWcASTLE Carillion Igloo, has moved into site, Malmo Quay. We are collaborating with Architects, Mikhail Riches, AWP, Featherstone Young and Urbed on this mixed-use project that includes two residential schemes, a cycle hub (with high level promontory) and as dock wall anchors, a sewerage pumping station and numerous buried utilities, which we are either building between, spanning over,
homes and two commercial units designed by Ash Sakula Architects, is currently under construction and due to be completed this year.
OFF-SITE cONSTRucTION
For developer, Dandara
We have designed a new junior school with Levitt Bernstein Architects Withington Girls’ School
Architects & Dandara
ALTRINcHAM puBLIc REALM the country and our long standing relationship with the town, we are working alongside landscape architects Planit-IE to deliver
be implementing the proposals.
civic Engineers’ Orion model
Images courtesy of Alma-nac Architects
LONDON RESIDENTIAL In London our experience in deep basement construction and temporary works design has led to us engineering numerous complex subterranean extensions to existing buildings. In Notting Hill we are working with Design Capital to design a nine metre deep double storey basement (including We have devised a top-down construction, which we are developing with
civic Engineers’ sequencing sketches
approach in London appears to be changing with basement projects becoming more highly resisted by the Borough Councils but values remain extraordinary and ambitions are high. For a site in Norwood Junction, South London we are working alongside Joseph Homes and Alma-nac Architects providing the engineering design Century homes. In Battersea we are working alongside Landmark Properties and
WATLINGTON TOWN EXTENSION
BROMLEy By BOW Working with architects dRMM and appointed by LLDC this study was realise its potential as a district centre and make a positive contribution to both existing communities to the west, as well as emerging ones to the north (BBB North) and northeast (Sugar House Lane).
sensitive subject across the country, with district houses will need to be delivered within their region. realised by the local or parish councils. We are working with Watlington Parish Council
Providence Land
Images courtesy of Wardell Armstrong
THE GREAT ESTATES largest and most prestigious landlords. We are currently advising the Cadogan Estate
GLA SpEcIAL ADvISORy pANEL, ARcHITEcTuRE & DESIGN ScOTLAND AND TDAG
need a sensitive touch due to their listed nature or being within conservation areas.
debate on urban engineering design through a
Crown Estate building in Jermyn Street where complex temporary works are required to resupport
these panels is led by Stephen O’Malley and based on
Berry Bros & Rudd in Pall Mall is now almost complete.
Practice’s contributions to these thinking groups
With Buckley Gray Yeoman at Lombard Street we are redeveloping a Grade II listed
schemes, talks and lectures through to collaborative
GLA.
60-62 Lombard St.
OXFORD ROAD cuLTuRE Images courtesy of dRMM
challenges have been to address to explore how redevelopment can take place whilst maintaining then relocating the existing supermarket on site. All scenarios have looked to re-establish eastwest connections through the site (pedestrian and bus) and to
cultural venues. We have a long standing relationship with Whitworth Art Gallery, engineering numerous installations, and we are currently working with Sheppard Robson Architects on an Arts Council supported project to modernise and extend the .
incorporating the university theatre auditorium by BDP dating back to the tall chimney stacks providing natural
contact Theatre
THANK YOU...
A common thread throughout our project work is the pursuit of progressive engineering in building structures, installations, housing, public spaces and urban infrastructure. Focusing on design quality, continuing to invest in technologies such as BIM and Cloud Computing, we have bound together a strong team of like-minded Engineers and Technicians who have a shared passion to bring to our projects. We hope to get the opportunity to work together with you in the near future. London Lloyd’s Wharf 3 Mill Street London SE1 2BD T 020 7253 2977 Manchester Carver’s Warehouse 77 Dale Street Manchester M1 2HG T 0161 228 6757 Twitter @civicengineers www.civicengineers.com