Projects / Education

Berkeley Homes (Oxford & Chiltern) has now handed over the keys to Green Park, Bath. The project consists of 5 new blocks of student accommodation in the heart of the city.

Providing structural engineering input, Glanville worked on the scheme designing the foundations and steel framework required to support the pre-fabricated modular pods that formed the upper floors. In keeping with the city's visual aesthetic the façade cladding is formed in natural Bath stone which needed structural input for movement joint and support locations.

Glanville continues to provide Berkeley Homes with engineering consultancy services on numerous residential sites throughout the south of England.

Glanville was appointed as civil and structural engineering consultant to provide a full design service from RIBA Stage A through to L for an extension to the Guru Nanak School in Hayes, Middlesex.
This Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE) project, with a construction value of £14.5 million, expanded the school from 4 form entry to 6 form entry and included substantial internal alterations, the construction of a new library, motor vehicle workshop, flood lit multi-use games area and a 3-storey teaching block. The new teaching block comprises a full height central atrium and includes classrooms, a primary hall and a domed Gurdwara (Sikh temple).

We were appointed to undertake the civil and structural engineering design of this new sports facility for Bishop Wordsworth School, incorporating a large indoor multi-function hall, gymnasium, studios and associated changing facilities. The building was constructed utilising a steel frame with masonry cladding on mass concrete foundations, and was constructed on a very tight site with restricted access whilst the school was operational.

Originally based in Great Ormond Street, the college moved to its present listed building in Camden in 1904.
A property strategy identified a need for student common rooms due to changes in educational needs and a phased programme of alteration and refurbishment was undertaken.

Glanville carried out site surveys to verify the condition of the structure and provided structural design services for building alterations to increase the floor area.

This £4.7 million project in Slough consists of a single storey school with double height central hub forming the contemplation hall, from which three classroom wings and two multi-use halls span out, allowing flexibility of use and also minimising distances between classrooms and common areas.

The structure comprises load-bearing masonry to the classrooms and contemplation hall whilst the main halls are steel framed with masonry cladding. One of the key challenges was maintaining the overall stability of the halls whilst the brief precluded the use of portalised columns that would project into the useable space within the hall, and also did not allow vertical cross-bracing within the predominantly glazed elevations.

In addition to the structural services, we were responsible for the design of the on-site highways and drainage design incorporating sustainable techniques.

The project involved the creation of a Year 7 teaching block, including a dance and drama studio and IT suite.  The new building is located in a landscaped area adjacent to one of the main blocks of the recently formed academy. The accommodation was provided on two floors with an atrium bringing natural light into the lower floor through a roof light.  The sloping site required the structure to be designed to follow the contours and partly embedded into the hillside, creating a curved plan form.  The new building, which is overlooked by the school’s main building, was finished with a sedum roof to reduce its visual impact.  The structure of the building was a concrete frame with an exposed finish in a number of areas.

The ground conditions were mixed and contained coal measures, which required a gas-venting layer to be provided under the building.  Other features of the project were the use of deep-bore ground source heat pumps and the provision of an all-weather sports pitch.