Packman Lucas

Rope Walk - RC floor slabs under construction
Rope Walk - Steel sheet piled basement wall Rope Walk - RC core under construction Rope Walk - Site location

Rope Walk

  • Architect - HKR
  • Location - London, SE1
  • Project Value - £10m

The re-development of this site in Bermondsey, to house an architectural salvaging company at street level and private / affordable housing at upper levels was undertaken as a design and build contract. Packman Lucas provided full structural engineering services to the main contractor throughout the project life.

Structural input was programmed to suit the phased construction of this 8 storey building. Key aspects included;

  • • Irregular building form ‘shoe horned’ into available sitefootprint
  • • Sheet piled basement walls and CFA piles internally to carry superstructure loads
  • • Reinforced concrete (RC) frame from basement to 2nd level acting as podium for 5 storey preassembled timber frame above
  • • RC transfer structure between residential and basement car park levels
  • • Stack bonded masonry cladding
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