VSH Turòa nad Bodvou - Nemetschek Scia

4
CAE Buildings
Thomasons LLP
Address 86 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey • GU1 2BX (UK)
Telephone +44 1483 565886
Fax +44 1483 506822
Contact Mr Chris Shorter
Email cshorter@thomasons.co.uk
Website www.thomasons.co.uk
Thomasons was founded over 60 years ago and is now one
of the longest established independently owned consulting
engineering practices. The Practice has maintained a deserved
reputation for engineering excellence and innovation and
a high quality of customer service that is measured year on
year through our customer surveys. The Practice prides itself
on its success rate for building long term relationships with its
customers, some of whom have been Thomasons’ clients since
its foundation.
The Practice and its associated Companies currently operate
from 5 regional offices in Guildford, London, Leeds, Manchester
and Southend-on-Sea with a staff of over 120.
Thomasons undertakes commissions in all arenas of Civil, Structural
and Glass Engineering including major town centre and
residential redevelopments. These include projects in Oxford,
Farnham, Hemel Hempstead and Camberley. Commissions are
also currently being undertaken in the residential, education,
retail, office and industrial sectors.
The Practice has a reputation for solving unusual and complex
technical problems. It also has extensive experience in the
design of infrastructure and civil works, particularly for the larger
developments. The design of roads and drainage to adoptable
standards is also a normal part of our activities. The open structure
of the practice allows us to tackle projects ranging from
minor works to those costing many millions of pounds, in a
cost and technically efficient manner. Thomasons also provides
engineering and surveying advice for litigation, and various
members of the practice provide specialist advice on numerous
technical matters.
Thomasons is committed to modern design and management
techniques and is at the forefront in the application of information
technology. Each of our offices has modern computer and
communication networks and full Autocad and 3 dimensional
drawing capabilities. The Practice keeps abreast of emerging
environmental issues.
Used software • ESA-Prima Win
Despite its growth Thomasons still retains a very personal
approach with the senior members of the practice being
involved at all stages of a project.
An ISO9001 Quality Management System is operated in all
offices and externally audited by UKAS accredited assessment
bodies.
182 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 4 • CAE Buildings
Multi-storey residential complex
Multi-storey residential complex
The Elm Road Project comprises a 13 storey reinforced
concrete frame with 1 to 2-storey underground car parks
supporting timber frame residential buildings, a residential
concrete tower block and landscaped gardens. The timber
and concrete frame buildings mainly comprise of flats; these
will be used for residential purposes. The underground car
park below the timber frame buildings comprise piled foundation
raft, concrete columns and flat slab. The underground
car park below the concrete frame buildings is similar except
that pile caps with suspended foundation slab were adopted
instead of a piled foundation raft. The concrete frame
buildings also comprises columns and flat slab construction.
Thomasons undertook the detailed design of the entire
concrete frame structure and foundation raft; this was
modelled using ESA-Prima Win FE analysis package.