The project involved recladding this recognisable building for Lloyds Banking Group within the Gasworks development, Belfast. Taylor and Boyd was the original project structural engineers over 20 years ago. The work involved checking the existing structure for additional loads and different load paths to suit the different cladding system being proposed. Phasing and temporary stability of the…
Delamont House is an historic 17th Century estate house overlooking Strangford Lough. It has been used as a residential outdoor pursuits centre for the past thirty years. Taylor and Boyd designed a timber-engineered extension that was to be used as a new dining room for the centre. Access to the new dining room was created…
This new-build, 12-storey block accommodates 406 student rooms, kitchens, a recreation area, common room, open courtyard, cycle store, plant rooms and ground-floor retail units. Replacing a demolished 1960s block, we established foundations on an uncontaminated, level site over sleech with 18-20m deep piles with site-specific pilecaps located to work around existing piling. Structure is…
Taylor and Boyd LLP worked closely on the replacement of the timber flat roof over the great hall at Carrickfergus castle. The roof itself was built by the army around 100 years ago and was not originally part of the 1177 building. The roof was leaking at numerous locations and causing damage to the internal…
Castle Tower was developed on a hilltop site where Ballymena HS had stood previously to facilitate the amalgamation of three special schools and the special educational needs of 350 pupils, including physical, behavioural, and moderate/severe learning difficulties. There was no contamination, but the Design Team worked to statutory requirements to conserve a ‘Rath’ on…
QUB School of Biological Sciences – Winner of Construction Excellence Award, Education Infrastructure, 2019 Iconic addition to the Queen’s University estate, this building includes lecture theatre, laboratories, teaching spaces, seminar/meeting rooms, offices, entrance/breakout atrium, staff/student kitchen, stores, toilets, etc. It is stepped to reflect a significant drop in the topography while maximising capacity on…
This development of an existing concrete-framed building from 1906 required a preliminary condition survey, in-situ tests of the concrete structure, and the development of a full 4-storey repair strategy. A new 5th-floor extension was designed in exposed, lightweight, moment-framed glulam sections. This was founded on steel grillage of beams and stub columns, carrying the…
This social housing development consists of apartments, two- and three-storey houses and homes for people with complex needs. (Photographs courtesy of Paul Bell Photography)
This sports hall, presents an attractive glazed, two-storey front elevation, inclined for aesthetic effect. It is supported on a steel frame with fixed roof and suspended floor, set on traditional pad and strip foundations. Exposed trusses were designed by Taylor & Boyd to provide the visual effect of the architect’s scheme of chord tapering…
New-build radiotherapy centre and alterations to chemotherapy unit within the existing acute hospital site. The project included the relocation of existing plant and accommodation on the designated site to free the site for construction of the new unit. The main building comprises consultation and treatment areas including four radiotherapy bunkers, ward and office accommodation,…
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