This social housing development consists of 76 new dwellings including apartments, 2- and 3-floor dwellings and complex needs units. Units are either founded on traditional strip foundations on trench fill concrete or pre-cast driven piles with reinforced concrete pile caps and ground-beams. Ground floors are constructed using pre-cast concrete floor units. The civil engineering…
Taylor & Boyd contributed design and supervised the construction of this new special school. Built within an operational high school campus it replaced existing facilities. The total area is 2470m2, including teaching spaces, dining hall and hydrotherapy pool. Due to varied ground conditions, the foundations are a combination of both ground beams and piles…
Office Block 1 is part of a mixed-use development on an island site in the centre of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The development also includes a 260 bed Jury’s hotel, a multi-storey car park, a 12-storey block of 143 apartments and retail units and another eight storey office block, both with basement parking. Office Block 1 is…
Deele College Extension, Donegal, Republic of Ireland. The school had opened in 1965 but required an extension to facilitate changes associated with contemporary teaching and learning methods, and with increased numbers. Working closely with professionals from a range of disciplines, with the school’s management, and with statutory bodies, Taylor & Boyd contributed civil and structural…
The gardens date from the late 17th century and offer a fascinating mixture of parkland and formal gardens within the boundary of the original Antrim Castle site. The purpose of the renovation work was to develop the site as a major tourist venue. The Gardens feature a network of formal and informal visitor experiences,…
Taylor & Boyd completed a structural condition survey and supplied the client with a structural report. Subsequently we recommended significant remedial works to maintain the load-bearing stone, and replace unsound timber joists and floors, purlins and rafters. Construction was phased to retain the structural integrity of adjacent buildings in the main street terrace. A “picture…
Cliffs on Rathlin rise to 500’ in places and the “Upside-Down Lighthouse” is built into the island’s rock on a ledge two-thirds of the height above sea level. The Visitor Centre was created above this, perched on the edge, at the top. There were many challenges for design and construction relating to transport logistics,…
Taylor & Boyd designed and managed the construction of foundations and superstructure for the new East & West spectator stands, each providing spectator seating for 400; changing facilities; toilets; and turnstiles. We commissioned site investigations and confirmed that there were no underground services requiring diversion. As ground quality varies across the site, piling was…
Self-contained, wheelchair-accessible apartments: 12 for frail elderly people; 12 for dementia sufferers. Taylor & Boyd managed the responsible removal of asbestos from roof/internal walls of a previous building. The three-storey block has a reinforced concrete podium deck at first floor level to accommodate overhangs and layout differences. Ground floors are a combination of suspended…
Brook Hall Estate is home to the UK’s first willow fired combined heat and power plant. Our brief for this project was to design a structure for their visitor centre which was environmentally friendly and in keeping with the estate’s ethos. A timber grid shell roof structure was designed and expressed internally. The structure…
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