December 17th, 2015
14-storey twin hotel for Accor Hotels in central London. 4 star Novotel; 182 rooms, 12 business suites, 6 meeting rooms, conference facilities, bar, restaurant; basement swimming pool. 2 star Ibis hotel; 297 bedrooms, bar, restaurant The design of all elements was for safe, economical and effective engineering solutions; progress was checked rigorously; and the…
December 18th, 2015
This is a 7-storey mixed-use development with basement. It occupies an entire block in central London and provides 75,347ft2 of prime office space with facilities for hosting conferences. The building incorporates residential buildings to the rear with private a courtyard and signature self-watering “green wall”. The highly confined site adjoins close structures all round;…
September 6th, 2019
St Louis Secondary School, Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. A three-storey extension of approximately 1100m2 was added to an existing heritage building on a gently sloping site. The project involved demolition (with managed asbestos removal by specialists) and construction on a live secondary school site. The new teaching block was linked to an existing stone building…
July 10th, 2015
Taylor & Boyd provided the engineering design for this award-winning project in North Belfast. Working with McCartan Muldoon Architects, we produced a development that clearly shows how inner-city regeneration can be inspirational – solutions that are both practical and attractive. (Images courtesy of McCartan Muldoon Architects).
July 10th, 2015
Selected for each of four phases of development, Taylor & Boyd provided the engineering consultancy services necessary to create Omagh’s wide range of leisure facilities. With features designed for fun, fitness and all the family Omagh Leisure Complex is innovative, contemporary and exciting. (Images courtesy of MWA/Fionna McCann).
May 15th, 2017
This project involved the design of bus stands with feature canopy; a kiosk waiting room and ticket office; a bus turning area; and staff car parking. T&B’s original design for development on an uncontaminated brownfield site was modified in response to the client’s acquisition of additional land. We used AutoTrack software to inform layout…
May 15th, 2017
This 160m-long box culvert was designed to act as a foul water storage tank with restricted discharge to the public sewer. Taylor & Boyd’s design of the storage system included hydraulic modelling. The culvert is fed by a 550m rising main from Crowne Plaza Hotel and a 250m rising main from Premier Inn Hotel,…
June 30th, 2017
Synthetic hockey pitches and tennis courts. Works involved the full design of a FIH-standard hockey pitch complete with flood lights, fencing, drainage and groundworks on the site of a disused and overgrown grass pitch. The project also included three tennis courts designed for occasional use as a MUGA. One boundary was designed as a…