December 4th, 2015
Public realm refurbishment of the main pedestrian route between the city’s two main shopping centres. The works included realignment of a section of Newmarket Street to create a plaza amphitheatre style area with wide sweeping curved steps, new pavements, kerbing, street furniture and lighting. The aim was to provide an enhanced urban pedestrian zone…
December 4th, 2015
30,000m2 of warehousing comprising propped portal frame spanning 130m with an associated office building and returnable goods area. The main warehouse building was founded on conventional pad foundations, whilst the ground floor construction was sub-contractor designed to be ‘jointless’ over the full extent of the building. Freezer (-28°C) and chiller areas (5°C) were constructed…
January 22nd, 2016
Taylor & Boyd designed a 10-storey concrete frame to replace that of an existing 2-storey building. It was developed on a sloping site, with one side built into the ground and propping up an arterial route into Plymouth. Demolition of the existing walls and rebuilding a new retaining wall was complex and required detailed…
December 17th, 2015
Design and build project: a 114 bedroom extension to the 4-star Crowne Plaza Hotel. In addition to the 5-storey Holiday Inn, the works included a large multi-use state-of-the-art conferencing and banqueting facility, a basement car park and a multi-deck above ground car park, replacing surface car park lost due to the extension. The requirement…