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It all starts with an idea

Every great development starts with a plan 🗺️ This early sketch of Lambeth Road is just a snapshot of the careful thought and creativity that goes into each of our projects. #justsimplehomes #propertydevelopment #propertydevelopersuk #propertylondon

Challenging electric service coordination/ ruling. This project consists of 2 buildings with shared open space between. Due to the shared space, Con Ed originally ruled this as a premise (meaning it is one building) and wanted to bring electric service into 1 building and then the owner would have to extend the electric service to the 2nd building. It is very costly to run the electrical like that due to voltage drop requiring larger feeders. In this case there was an existing underground sewer easement between the buildings that extended into the street. This could not be crossed which meant extending the electrical became almost impossible - I think an elevated concrete encased ductbank at 15' may have worked but I feared for the Architect's and Owner's sanity if that were to happen. The solution - a tenacious developer working alongside their engineer to eventually get Con Ed to provide 2 vault services, one for each building. Not a cheap solution, but the right solution.

Upper East Side

Upper East Side

The oldest reinforced concrete bridge in Britain interestingly does not use steel, but instead iron. The Homersfield Bridge, in Norfolk, dates back to 1869. At the time, cast iron and wrought iron were incredibly popular building materials. It wasn't until 1898 that steel reinforced concrete was first used in Britain for the construction of Weaver’s Mill in Swansea, Wales. It was also the first multi-storied reinforced concrete building in Britain. More information below for further reading. https://lnkd.in/eyZsydrt (Homersfield Bridge Listing - Historic England) https://lnkd.in/ezQFjg3x (What's special about a bridge in Suffolk? - Auto Shenanigans) https://lnkd.in/evtUqDkE (A Brief History of Reinforced Buildings in England - Historic England) https://lnkd.in/epHk63_D (The birth of modern concrete - The Concrete Society) https://lnkd.in/eW7MM-7J (Fourth floor column from Weaver's Mill, the first reinforced concrete building in Britain, 1898 - Science Museum Group)

Teardown in River West

One of the joys of surveying, is not only the impressive buildings we get to inspect but also the beautiful views from them, such as this one of Guildhall in Bath City Centre on a sunny day. However, you do have to have a reasonable head for heights...! #guildhallbath #bathcitycentre #defectdiagnosis #plannedpreventativemaintenance #buildingsurveying #buildingsurveyors #mindtheedge #dontlookdown #3SIXTYrealestate

Tallest building in Yorkshire

Dundee's open top bus and the matching* eastern carriageway of the Tay Road Bridge viewed from Dundee Law. Waterproofing is now complete on the eastern carriageway of the bridge. Four coats were required: a colourless primer, two waterproofing layers white and yellow and the final red layer is a bonding layer for the asphalt. Adding these coats was weather dependent as it needs to be dry and not too windy as the coats were sprayed on by a worker walking backwards. As each carriageway of the bridge is 2,250 metres long and 6.717 metres wide. That’s 15,113 square metres to “paint” so four coats would be over six hectares or about six times the area of Slessor Gardens. Work has started installing the kerb stones on each side of the carriageway with more than half of the high containment kerbs installed. * Well not an exact match but its pretty close. This year Dundee's open top bus will run from 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 – 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. The first bus departs from near the V&A at 10.00 AM last bus departs at 5.00 PM. Though with an 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 (not every 30 minutes) as the loop for the Tay Road Bridge + part of the A92 in Fife takes longer due to the increased distance and speed restrictions. Highlights include the panoramic view from near the summit of Dundee Law and crossing the Tay Road Bridge, weather and traffic permitting. Sit on the left side of the top deck for the best views. Waterproofing by GCP McGill's Xplore Dundee VolkerLaser Dundee Photo Walks #dundee #construction #travel #sfinnphoto