January 22nd, 2016
A new school on an environmentally sensitive green-field site in Derry. The school comprises two blocks linked by a glazed walkway and a large entrance foyer area. One block is curved in plan, whilst the other is straight. The buildings are mainly two-storey, on a steel frame with pre-cast floor construction on traditional pad…
May 15th, 2017
Commissioned by Old Belmont School Preservation Trust, Taylor & Boyd contributed structural engineering services as members of the design team that refurbished this historical building. Having been derelict for many years the old school had suffered from decay and vandalism but the Grade B1 Listed building has now been fully restored to facilitate a…
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January 22nd, 2016
Taylor & Boyd LLP provided full Structural and Civil Engineering Services for this new build of a curved steel framed bus terminal on a busy city centre site. The structure comprised single and double storey steel framed and portalised structures on piled foundations, whilst the external bus yard was concrete slab construction laid to…
January 22nd, 2016
This flagship research building for Queen’s University is situated in the Titanic Quarter. The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), is a world class centre with a focus on strategic and industrial research projects. The building also provides hot housing and incubation facilities to encourage and support the establishment and development of…
January 22nd, 2016
This new-build Parish centre is accessed through a link corridor from the entrance porch. This vestibule connects the historic 200-year-old main church and the modern building. The circular reception area, incorporating a quiet room and meeting room, can be seen from the main road. Behind these are the general office, meeting rooms, a crèche,…
January 22nd, 2016
A private development in Belfast city centre incorporating 85 apartments and double storey basement car park with 44 spaces. It is adjacent to the listed Headline building, which is currently used for office space and which was required to be underpinned prior to piling on the site of the new development. The double-storey basement…
January 20th, 2016
High specification car showroom with offices, sales area, workshops and parts storage area. Poor ground conditions were overcome by the use of a suspended ground slab on precast concrete piled foundations. The rear of the building, housing the workshop and parts areas, is of traditional steel framed portal frame construction with Kingspan wall and…
December 18th, 2015
This purpose-built orthodontic surgery was built on a brown-field site, formerly a telecommunications depot with pylons, aerials and existing building. The surgery incorporates six ground floor consultation rooms with support ancillaries, conference room, office, laboratory and staff room. The basement is constructed in reinforced concrete in-situ wall and floor slab, with tanking and external…