In October 2020, DeconstructUK employed STAP Structural Engineering Services Ltd initially to provide the structural design for a Temporary Façade Retention Design to Rear Elevation for the project ‘Providence Court, Mayfair, London. W1K 6PR’
There were 2 options given in the original design brief for the internal Temporary Works;
- Option1 – The Steel Supplier’s indictive intention where sacrificial piles need installing.
- Option2 – A number of permanent piles to be installed instead of sacrificial piles
It was decided that STAP needed to provide a design for bolting steel to an existing slab and the external façade retention on kentledge.
Next, the services requested of STAP were; Temporary Support to the Smoke Vent / Lightwell design, Structural Stability, Floor Load Capacity Structural Analysis Design Check, including drawings and calculations to Approval In Principle (AIP) standard. These AIP documents outline the concept for the design of the structure. Also design by STAP were;
- Temporary Support / Restraint to External Wall – Façade Retension
- Steel Connection Detail
- Temporary Support / Restraint to Rear External Wall Design
- Steel Ranking / Splice Connection Detail
- Temporary Support / Restraint to Front / Side Wall Design
- Temporary Support / Restraint to Rear External Wall
- Concrete Footing Timber Shutter / Formwork Detail
- Temporary Support / Restraint to Party Wall Extension – (Section)
