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We are pleased to be involved with another project in Purley. This project is just getting underway with planning secured and the initial Structural Engineering scheme work taking place. The five storey apartment block will be constructed in reinforced concrete frame with infill SFS and brickwork cladding. The upper floors step in to create roof terraces with large perimeter screen walls...

We are pleased to be involved with another project in Worthing. This is just getting underway with planning secured and the initial Structural Engineering scheme work taking place. The four-storey apartment block will be load bearing masonry with PC upper floors on a piled reinforced raft ground slab and foundation...

Now this site has some history. In 1788, Nathaniel Kemp bought a plot of land in the centre of Ovingdean village and he built Ovingdean House there during 1792. In 1891, Ovingdean House became a young gentlemen's school, which by that time was renamed Ovingdean Hall. Several extra school buildings were built by 1897. In 1941 the school moved to Devon during World War II, and the Canadian Army took over the Ovingdean site...

The design is complete for the 5 storey part RC frames building, and construction work has begun on site. SBC Limited are cracking on with the piling installation and RC lower level foundations and crane base installation. The lower frame is now racing on and the SFS upper framing is being detailed by a specialist supplier for delivery soon...

There is some amazing history wrapped up in this country estate and Manor House, dating back to 980AD and with a Grade II heritage listing. The new owners have plans for much improved facilities at the venue and wanted to improve main gate access from the A24 and increase parking area and quality for the customers and visitors...

Another interesting and complex site located in North Dorset in a small market town. The site is located on Church Hill and the main road with a steep slope down to the East onto fields beyond. The existing buildings stepped in floor level across the site as did the yard slabs. The proposal was to part refurbish, demolish and rebuild the site with new accommodation and parking external works, combined with a new drainage system...

We are pleased to have been instructed on this interesting local project with Millwood designer Homes. The proposal is to refurbish the older disused Victorian outbuildings into residential accommodation and provide six new build terraced blocks infilling around the site. The main convalescent building itself is not part of this development...

SWP are delighted to secure the services of Rick Potterton and a structural team including Vijay Mallipoudy and Charlie White. Whilst Rick and Vijay will focus on structural and civils elements of any building scheme, Charlie strengthens the drawing office with his 3D Revit capabilities and experience of framed and traditional construction...

We are pleased to be working on another Ambulance Make Ready centre and 999 call centre for SECAmb (NHS). Site construction is well under way and Westridge Construction are cracking on with the Stage 5 works. Foundations are in and the steel frame is going up. Precast floor units are being placed and the car park is set out, kerbed and prepared to base course. Retaining walls are to be precast concrete units, placed up to the Network Rail boundary to avoid any trackside working for safety...

Working closely with the Architect and client and after completion of Stage 3, we are now pushing on with Stage 4 and our Revit model of the building structure. This is a challenging site on a steeply sloping hillside. The main building is to be cut into the bank to create a uniform formation level and the road and parking areas will be cut and filled with retaining walls and banking to profile the main site access from the new road junction at low level...