LAST industrial events of the term! - Industry Talk and Site Visit!!
Posted on by Mikaella Liveri
Event 1:
Heyne Tillett Steel (HTS) Industry Talk:
Adaptation of existing buildings
Monday 28th November 2022, Room 207
Heyne Tillett Steel is an employee-owned structural and civil engineering practice with a reputation for intelligent design and innovative, practical solutions. They were involved in many structural projects in the past, including Battersea Arts Centre, The Standard and more!
Speaker: Andrew Middlebrook
Using a strong technical background and an intuitive understanding of how structures work, Andrew has extensive experience of successfully delivering complex, high-profile projects. He believes that developing smart, elegant structural solutions in a collaborative design, commercial and construction team is key to achieving low embodied carbon design on every project. Since 2008. Andrew has worked around the globe across all sectors to lead the structural design of projects ranging from a domestic scale to international infrastructure hubs. At Heyne Tillett Steel he has delivered a range of prestigious projects in London, such as the complex transformation of the 1970s Camden Town Hall Annexe into The Standard hotel. This involved justifying and maximising the reuse of existing building fabric to minimise the quantities of new material required. Away from Heyne Tillett Steel, Andrew has worked at global multidisciplinary firms on the structures of major international projects such as the KASC Stadium in Jeddah, the Singapore Sports Hub Stadium and the roof of the Third Runway Concourse at Hong Kong Airport. He also joined Holmes Consulting Group in Christchurch, New Zealand in order to contribute innovative structural analysis and design to efforts to rebuild the city following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
Event 2:
Legendre Site Visit: Forest Road Project
(limited spaces so sign up NOW!)
Monday 30th November 2022, meet 1:10pm at Skempton
Speaker: Hippolyte, which is also our former CivSoc Chair 2018-2019!
You might be asking “why should I go see a medium sized project 1 hour away from South Kensington on my Wednesday afternoon?”
We will show you how construction in London really works, how we innovated and managed to secure new projects during the current economic turmoil (inflation, increases in raw material prices etc. ), and how we are working to reduce the environmental footprint of our buildings.
- Forest Road Project is a new build residential scheme consisting of 90 flats expected to finish by early 2023. We, Legendre UK, invite you to come visit us on site to discover the project and understand what main contracting is all about.
- We are currently wrapping up the reinforced concrete structural works and starting the façade works on the lower levels.
- As an Imperial alumni myself, I think you will find this site visit worthwhile and you will gain a better understanding of your course material once you see it for real. Also we’ll happily take you for a drink if you have any questions after. See you next week!
Date: Wednesday 30th November 2022, meet 1:10pm at Skempton reception
Location of site: 458 Forest Road E17 4PZ Walthamstow, London (Closest tube is Walthamstow Central about 1 hour from imperial)