Retail and Residential development - Brighton

Retail and Residential development - Brighton

Retail and Residential development - Brighton

Client
Simons Estates
Market Sector
Residential, Retail
Type
Multi-Storey Building
Steel
400 te
Engineer
Gyoury Self Partnership
Contractor
Simons Construction
Architect
The App Partnership

Project Details

Client
Simons Estates
Market Sector
Residential, Retail
Type
Multi-Storey Building
Steel
400 te
Engineer
Gyoury Self Partnership
Contractor
Simons Construction
Architect
The App Partnership

Caunton supplied the structural steelwork for this office-cum-residential project on the South coast, in the City of Brighton. The site is sufficiently close to the sea, that there were fears that high winds could well have disrupted steelwork erection. A decision was made in concert with contractor Simons Construction to employ mobile craneage rather than the more traditional tower-crane method. This was to maintain progress more assuredly within this extremely congested and tight city centre site.

The residential block sits astride the retail development, and employs a complex geometry in satisfying the concept of architect, the Apps Partnership. Steel's considerable flexibility fulfilled most brilliantly the demands of this design, which enjoys a curved profile in two dimensions.

The project illustrated in the accompanying photograph, comprises over 400te of structural steelwork, and Caunton's contract also included the supply and installation of both composite metal decking and the pre-cast concrete staircases. The Client for this prestige project is Simons Construction's own development arm and the consulting engineer was the Gyoury Self Partnership.

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