commercial developments
Office, Warehouse & Workshop, Bathgate- Client: Leibherr Great Britain Ltd
Principal Contractor: Dunne Building & Civil Engineering
Contract Value £3m
The works comprised of a new build office, warehouse and workshop facility for Leibherr Great Britain Ltd.
The client retained part of the site for temporary office accommodation, segregation between the construction site and the clients offices and staff had to be carefully planned.
Further to this, high voltage electricity cables pass over the entrance to the site - information on the height, exclusion zones and safety measures were detailed as part of the pre-construction information. A detailed lifting plan was devised to ensure that any craneage on site did not encroach the exclusion zomes.
The works were successfully completed in July 2011.
19 Rutland Street, Edinburgh- Client: Signature Enterprises
Principle Contractor: Complete Joinery Services
Contract Value: £25,000
The works comprises of the change of use of an existing building to form offices and a domestic dwelling.
Rutland Street is a busy city centre street with on street parking and a steady stream of pedestrians on the adjacent footpath. The main issues however, were with works being carried out within the building itself.
An existing cupola situated high above the internal stair required reinstatement. Externally works could be carried out from a flat roof but internally an adequate platform scaffold required to be errected to form a safe working platform. There were substantial structural downtakings that required the structure above to be very carefully exposed to allow the structural engineer to inspect and confirm the new structure and method of work required.
The works were successfully completed in October 2010
27 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh- Client: Ewes Investments
Principal Contractor: Ewes Investments
The works comprise of internal alterations to an existing hotel to form 4 no. residential dwellings
The site is located on a very busy vehicular and pedestrian city centre route which was undergoing roadworks resulting in traffic build up outside of the site. This restricted deliveries to the site outwith rush hour with skip drop off and pick up scheduled for 6am. There was limited area within the grounds of the property for a suitable compound so welfare facilities were utilised within the property.
The works are due for completion by the end of 2010.
Renovation - Sugarbond, Edinburgh - Client: MCP (Sugarbond Ltd)
Principal Contractor: Gordon Elder Developments
Contract Value: £100,000
The project consists of the renovation of an existing building to form three offices and a cafe with a part first floor level constructed within the existing double height space accessed via spiral staircases.
The access to the building is adjacent to a public walkway and public security was a major issue for the contractor when offloading large elements eg steelwork and staircases. The contractor utilised the use of a pend adjacent to the building and used heras fencing as protection adjacent to the public walkway.
The project is currently progressing on site and is due for completion in the near future.
Muirfield Contracts' Head Office - Project: Muirfield Contracts’ Head office, Dundee
Client: Muirfield Contracts
Principal Contractor: Muirfield ContractsMuirfield Contracts’ new head office is situated within Camperdown Industrial Estate, Dundee. The works included the construction of the office building with all associated parking, services and landscape works.
The only issues relating to the site were the access and delivery vehicles to and from the adjacent industrial units and site security due to the close proximity of domestic dwellings. The building was completed in 2008.