VSH Turòa nad Bodvou - Nemetschek Scia

This landmark residential development situated at the top of Richmond
Hill in the centre of Bournemouth was undertaken as a
design/build contract with Taylor Woodrow Construction for client
Taylor Woodrow Developments Ltd.
The building consists of thirteen stories above ground plus a basement
level.
After careful consideration of the constraints imposed by the
requirement to minimise the structural floor zones to keep within
planning constraints, the irregular plan form of the building and the
need to optimise the construction period, it was decided to use an
insitu concrete frame up to 12th floor with structural steel framing
for the penthouse. Careful attention was given to rationalising the
reinforcement and concrete sections in order to simplify and speed
the construction process.
Piled foundations were provided using continuous flight auger with
a contiguous piled retaining wall to the perimeter of the basement
where boundary constraints prevented the use of a conventional
concrete retaining wall.
A final complication in the design of the foundation was the presence
of a 1000mm diameter surface water sewer crossing the
footprint of the building and the need to position piles to avoid
surcharging the sewer with loads from the new construction.
The analysis needed to take account of the transfer of load from out
of line columns above and below the first floor slab together with the
enforced irregular pile locations. The arrangement of these stepped
supports resulted in varying degrees of support to the upper floor
slabs. The use of ESA-Prima Win enabled the whole structure to be
modelled to provide an accurate and true reflection of the overall
structural behaviour. Our experienced Chartered Engineers used
the software to interpret the resulting distribution of moments in
floor slabs and vertical load in columns to provide economic steel
reinforcement quantities. Accurate values for punching shear were
available to ensure all loads were safely transferred to foundation
level where an economic arrangement of piled foundations was
established.
Landmark Residential Building
This landmark residential development situated at the
top of Richmond Hill in the centre of Bournemouth
was undertaken as a design/build contract with Taylor
Woodrow Construction for client Taylor Woodrow
Developments Ltd.
Landmark Residential Building in Bournemouth
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