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WINNERS! We were delighted to win the best Education & Public building category at the Wood Awards 2024 last night for our project Clare College Cambridge. A project which epitomised the importance of collaboration to deliver a building that celebrates timber and blends the new with the old, whilst overcoming extremely challenging construction access in a historic city centre setting. https://lnkd.in/eF5W7Zu4 It was a great night and congratulations to everyone involved in all of the projects. Witherford Watson Mann architects, Clare College, Max Fordham LLP, Constructional Timber (Manufacturers) Ltd, Barnes Construction, Henry Riley Partnership and many more.

We are pleased to see one of our research projects presented at COP29 – thanks to CNMI at the University of Cambridge and Waugh Thistleton Architects for including us on the journey. The concept is an all timber primary school, flat-pack design and zero concrete (even in the ground).

The University Of Peterborough? Completed it! Smith and Wallwork have worked on all 3 of the Anglia Ruskin University Peterborough buildings, delivering 3 very different buildings along the way: Phase 1 - Uses an in-situ RC frame to support long-span post-tensioned floor slabs. Phase 2 - Is a steel/CLT hybrid with CLT cores and floor/roof planks. Phase 3 - Now completed is entirely mass timber using a mix of CLT and glulam members that form some of the architectural finishes. Fantastic work from all those involved in Phase 3: Morgan Sindall Construction, MCW architects, CPW, LUC, KLH UK Limited, TClarke, plus many more who made this project a huge success.

It’s Complete!! 🏨 Very proud to share the completion photos of our Anglia Ruskin University Living Lab project in Peterborough. Adding to the existing Campus seamlessly, providing over 2,500m² of essential teaching space which includes a CAT 2 Tissue Cultures Lab and the Living (exhibition) Lab for wider public, industry and University collaboration. Phase 3 of the campus is a striking building of high-quality finishes designed by MCW architects, Smith and Wallwork, CPW, LUC Landscape Architects. Morgan Sindall Construction have delivered the project with our key supply chain partners Van Elle, MJS Construction (March) Ltd, Apex Demolition, KLH UK Limited, TClarke, MB GLASS & GLAZING LTD, Vertec Ltd - Roofing and Cladding, VOLAND ROOFING LIMITED, ALN Carpentry Joinery Ltd Roskell Contracts, ATIC Group Ltd, GBS Builders (Ipswich) Ltd, WESTCOTES FLOORING COMPANY LIMITED, ADVANCED SCREEDING LTD, Radii Planet Group, David Smith St Ives Limited, Land Structure Ltd. The project stands as an example of what good looks like for pre-construction and construction stage delivery. This wouldn't have been possible without the client team inputs of Jacqueline Moffat Jon Lawes MCIOB Ross Renton & Matt Burton, We've learned so much through this project and it shines a light towards the work required to achieve recently published industry sustainability targets, especially the need to collaborate from the earliest stage with client, design team and main contractor. Our Morgan Sindall Construction team, led by Matt Cade, have poured their hearts and souls into achieving the ambitions of Anglia Ruskin University, Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. Kudos to the whole project team Alan Watt Alex Pett MCIOB, Colin Hobart, Myles Higby Jack Payne, Michael Greatorex, Christopher Wood MRICS Dawn Spooner Daniel Mercer & James Knox MCIOB. 👏 👏 👏

Not your normal project! We had fun working with ALEX CHINNECK STUDIO and millimetre on this one - some new marine engineering skills were acquired (meta centric height is the new measure of the day). Great work everyone involved https://lnkd.in/ea-2TCHq https://lnkd.in/eGcdQEWC Photo Credit: Marc Wilmot

The Lab at ARU Peterborough, the third building MCW architects designed at the new university campus, has been successfully handed over by Morgan Sindall Construction. The highly sustainable, mass timber building includes a microbiology lab, tissue culture lab, engineering workshops, teaching spaces and a "Living Lab", which will host exhibits and events to inspire students and the wider community. It has been a privilege to continue our journey with Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Peterborough City Council and Mace, and it has been a real pleasure to work with Morgan Sindall to deliver this striking new energy efficient building. We can't wait to see the building filled with students, transforming this special place in the city into a buzzing university campus! Thanks to the whole team for a fun ride, but special shout-out to Jacqueline Moffat, Matthew Burton and Matt Cade. Smith and Wallwork, COUCH PERRY & WILKES ENVIRONMENTAL LLP, LUC

WongAvery Gallery recognised in RIBA National Awards ... Congratulations to the whole project team behind the WongAvery Music Gallery at Trinity Hall, Cambridge — winner of a 2024 RIBA National Award, making it eligible for shortlisting for the Stirling Prize. Designed by NIALL MCLAUGHLIN ARCHITECTS LTD. Just 73 sq m of internal area, and located in a small courtyard surrounded by heritage listed buildings — with the only site access through a stone arched passage 1.5m wide — the Gallery is a special building. It provides music practice and performance space, and houses environmentally sensitive instruments and the college's music library. Constructed on a Greek cross plan form, its masonry/concrete superstructure defines its character and helps with vibration, temperature and acoustic control. Winner of a 2024 RIBA East Regional Award. https://lnkd.in/egrZG2sn architect : NIALL MCLAUGHLIN ARCHITECTS LTD contractor : Barnes Construction structural and civil engineer : Smith and Wallwork environmental + M&E engineer : Max Fordham LLP acoustic engineer : Gillieron Scott Acoustic Design landscape architect : Kim Wilkie stone consultant : Harrison Goldman quantity surveyor : Gleeds Stone contractor: Brown and Ralph Ltd photography : David Valinsky #structuralengineering #ribaawards

WE ARE HIRING ... Did you know that Cambridge is the UK’s fastest growing city? And much like Cambridge, Smith and Wallwork is growing too! We are looking for ... Associate, Structures [ 10+ years' experience, with a proven track record ] Senior Engineer, Structures [ 5-10 years' experience, ideally chartered ] Design Engineer, Structures [ 2-5 years' experience ] Design Engineer, Civils [ 2-5 years' experience ] Graduate Engineer, Civils [ start your civils career with us! ] If you would like to work on building reuse (on 'one of the best examples of post-war architecture in the UK') or building extension (with 'one of the world’s most decorated architects') ... why not drop us a line at Smith and Wallwork. We offer hybrid working, a cycle-to-work scheme, a collaborative open-plan Cambridge city-centre office and much more ... Send us a copy of your CV, and a short text telling us a bit about why you would like to join us ... contact@smithandwallwork.com Applications close 1 August 2024 No agencies please https://lnkd.in/gmXXZPB #vacancy #structuralengineering #

Smith and Wallwork has published its 4th annual carbon report, providing data on the structural materials installed on its construction sites in 2023. It has taken us a while to crunch the numbers and it is encouraging to see less materials going to site and carbon numbers coming down. However, it does not mean we have suddenly become world-leading experts on lean design – one reason for the reduction is that we have fewer projects on site and more on the drawing board. Encouragingly, the other reason for the reduction is that more projects have been re-use projects which are more material and carbon efficient. #carbon #carbonreporting #engineersdeclare

A bike ride organized by KLH UK will have both our own team and riders from other companies in the timber construction industry, some which are involved in our #CLT timber #projects The ride is 250 miles from Kings Lynn to our London office on 14th – 16th June 2024. The group of 12 will be riding a Norfolk and Suffolk coastal route via Lowestoft and Colchester. This is all in aid of an amazing charity – St. Catherine’s Hospice Crawley. If you (or your organisation) can, please add your support by donating to our just giving page below. https://lnkd.in/euxJxM8g St Catherine's Hospice Sussex and Surrey stch.org.uk #charityride #justgiving #bikeride #hills #headwind KLH Massivholz Engenuiti Smith and Wallwork MINT Construction (Bedford) LTD