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...
Read MoreRustington Convalescent Home – new build and refurbishment
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...
Read MoreSWP new team members
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...
Read MoreAmbulance MRC and Call Centre in Kent – Site progress
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...
Read MorePilgrims Hospice, Kent
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...
Read MoreChristmas Message
The Directors and staff at SWP would like to wish all of our clients, business partners, suppliers and colleagues the very best wishes for the festive season. We hope you have a Merry Christmas. Opening Times Friday 24th December 2021 - Open Saturday 25th Dec-Monday 3rd Jan - Closed Tuesday 4th January - Open
Read MoreCallista, West Parade, Worthing
This project is now on site and construction work is well underway. It might look like another big hole filled with concrete, however, the contig piled retaining walls and piled foundations are in with the basement slab and rebar starters for the superstructure. RC columns and walls are being set up and the tower crane base is ready to be poured...
Read MoreHove County Cricket Ground update
This is now on site and construction work is well underway. It might look like a big hole filled with concrete, however, the piled foundations are in with the sheet piled retaining walls, the RC columns and walls are being set up and the tower crane base is ready to be poured...
Read MoreFishing Quay 2, Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne
Following the successful completion of the Phase 1 fishing quay site, we are straight into Phase 2 of this interesting local project for the fishermen at Sovereign Harbour. This building will have more storage and office facilities with a visitor centre...
Read MoreChelsea Flower Show 2021
We are back again at London`s Flower Show with one of the designers and exhibitors, this time for `Forge` building. This includes a scaled version of a forge building, constructed with dry stone walls with heavy timber framing with thatched roof and temporary, very shallow foundations, all within 450mm of make up above the existing ground level, only for the show. It even has a working model forge inside, which was not by us!
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