Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway (UK)’s Post

Decision on demolition of buildings, construction of 415 no. residential units (252 no houses, 163 no. apartments) creche and associated site works. https://lnkd.in/dHDSVZKY

💫 Air Space Opportunities 💫 Development opportunities present themselves in many different ways. Part 20 Class A is one of the best PD rights there is. It allows the construction of up to two additional storeys on top of existing detached purposed-built block of flats. #propertydevelopment #sempreproperty #Guildford #permitteddevelopment #planning #construction

One of the joys of surveying, is not only the impressive buildings we get to inspect but also the beautiful views from them, such as this one of Guildhall in Bath City Centre on a sunny day. However, you do have to have a reasonable head for heights...! #guildhallbath #bathcitycentre #defectdiagnosis #plannedpreventativemaintenance #buildingsurveying #buildingsurveyors #mindtheedge #dontlookdown #3SIXTYrealestate

Upper East Side

Challenging electric service coordination/ ruling. This project consists of 2 buildings with shared open space between. Due to the shared space, Con Ed originally ruled this as a premise (meaning it is one building) and wanted to bring electric service into 1 building and then the owner would have to extend the electric service to the 2nd building. It is very costly to run the electrical like that due to voltage drop requiring larger feeders. In this case there was an existing underground sewer easement between the buildings that extended into the street. This could not be crossed which meant extending the electrical became almost impossible - I think an elevated concrete encased ductbank at 15' may have worked but I feared for the Architect's and Owner's sanity if that were to happen. The solution - a tenacious developer working alongside their engineer to eventually get Con Ed to provide 2 vault services, one for each building. Not a cheap solution, but the right solution.

Top-down building construction using the Liftbuild system in Chicago - I spend a lot of time thinking about how we can make construction safer: can we develop a solution that reduces the number of large crane lifts, or can we minimise works within deep excavations or confined spaces, or can we manufacture precast offsite rather than stick-building? Considering high-rise construction, my initial thoughts are “you could never build a high-rise without a tower crane”. Turns out I was wrong! The Exchange tower is a 16 storey building which is being built top-down using the new LIFTbuild system. Each floor is built on ground, and lifted into place. It significantly reduces the fall hazards and work required around suspended loads, and makes it possible to build a high-rise mostly from ground level. Could this be something we see more of in the high-rise construction industry, or perhaps even in other applications? #safety #engineering #safetyinconstruction https://lnkd.in/geKk-2FY

After years of work, Pelham Parkway phase 2 reconstruction is complete

Upper East Side

Teardown in River West

Frontier Verified! HBE Network Capable up to 25gbs