PRO STRUCTURES: Prompt Transport Bus Depot, Bristol

Quality and value structural engineering

                   

  

Client:                Prompt Transport, Bristol

 

Project value:    £150,000

 

Scope:

5 new steel-framed portal bays plus new 2-storey office

 

Services provided:

Site inspection and project management; structural, sub-structure and foundation design

 

Architect:

BPA Consultants Ltd

 

Prompt Transport’s expanded depot required the addition of five new steel-framed portal bays of 5m x 11.9m span to an existing six bay portal-framed building, plus the addition of a new steel-framed two-storey office enclosure within the existing 1,900ft² building. The existing building’s elevation and roof were also to be re-clad with proprietary insulated steel composite panels.

 

 

PRO Structures’ work involved:

• Site inspection of the trial pit excavations undertaken, to confirm the typical existing foundation sizes, along with obtaining the soil’s foundation design parametrics.

• Project management of the borehole investigations which were required to alleviate South Gloucestershire County Council’ s concerns regarding potential worked coal seams at shallow depth under the new building footprint.

• New foundation and superstructure design

• Justification of the existing foundations to carry additional loading

• Liaison with the local building control department to close out any design items of concern.

 

Email: info@prostructures.co.uk