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Simple pleasures - this arrived from BrettMartin -

Simple pleasures - this arrived from BrettMartin - there’s something about castings even when they are plastic cast iron lookalikes

Assessing the fit of the spud leg levellers at the

Assessing the fit of the spud leg levellers at the wheel end

2nd key stage tack up for the mobile welding bench

2nd key stage tack up for the mobile welding bench, now for fit out of the gas bottle stowage, welder rack, vice, shelves and storage 🍺

first tack up of weld cart / metalwork bench

first tack up of weld cart / metalwork bench

Samples are prepped for our welding workshop tomor

Samples are prepped for our welding workshop tomorrow ready to t-joint and run open corners with fillets, make plug weld and lapping fillet joints, try our hand at full strength butt welds, and of course the oft specc’d full strength SHS mitre joint 💪

Our Skinner's School humanities building project w

Our Skinner's School humanities building project with @bellphillipsarc as recently featured in @ribajournal
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The lofted open library space was created via a series of stiffened steel portals to achieve the steep roof form without tying, swipe for analysis model and site erection photos
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Below second floor level the design was driven by economic use of flat slab concrete with minimum downstands to reduce complexity, swipe for finite element plate & beam analysis model and site installation photos
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We utilised BIM modelling to coordinate the design and ensure the structural design was accurately defined for all elements, swipe for 3d views of building elements
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The key masonry gables utilised thermally broken support systems to achieve the complex geometry which both complements and contrasts the original Victorian red brick detailing, swipe for gable view
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#structure #structuralengineering #architecture #contemporaryarchitecture #structuralmodel #masonry #concrete #steelfabrication #educationarchitecture

Site progress shot of the oak diagrid roof to the

Site progress shot of the oak diagrid roof to the main kitchen extension for this Victorian house near Westerham, Kent
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oak glulam roof supplied by @constructional_timber
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Architect: @ptarchitects
Landscape Designer: @camlinsla
Builder: Solid Oak Construction
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We enjoyed the structural design challenges in the

Cracking field barn at Booth in upper Edale #grits

Cracking field barn at Booth in upper Edale #gritstonebarns

Not all the leaves are brown but the sky is grey.

Not all the leaves are brown but the sky is grey. We net the pond each year to prevent the decaying leaves from depleting the oxygen - creates a realm within

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