PRO STRUCTURES: Brade Drive Retirement Village (Phase 1, sections A and B)

Quality and value structural engineering

 

 

"PRO Structures did an excellent job on this new retirement village, providing a proactive and highly professional approach, along with a willingness to go the extra mile in terms of solving any problems which occurred along the way. Both Hall Bros and Vagida and Holmes were deeply impressed.” - Robert Hall MBE, MD of Hall Bros Builders.

 

Brade Drive (Phase 1: A and B) is a new development of five 2 and 3-storey apartment blocks, which will house 31 retirement flats. The apartment blocks will sit on piled foundations with load-bearing masonry walls supported by RC ground beams, proprietary pre-cast suspended floor slabs and proprietary timber-trussed raftered roofs.

 

PRO Structure’s brief was to design both sub- and superstructure elements to minimise build costs for the client. The structural design of Phases A and B started in May 2009 and were completed by the October. Substructure work on Phase 2, comprising 13 bungalow units and a small community centre, started in summer 2011, and superstructure builds should be completed by summer 2012.

 

 

PRO Structures’ work involved:

• Foundation design

• Load-bearing masonry design

• Juliette balcony fixing design

• Design recommendations for proprietary element design, such as floor slabs, staircases, trussed rafters and piled foundations.

• A structural review of submitted sub-contractor design of these proprietary elements.

• Liaison with local building control to close out any structural design issues.

 

Email: info@prostructures.co.uk