The facts
Project Location: St Mary’s Gate,
Sheffield
Client: Velocity Living
Start Date: 2007
Completion Date: 2010
Contract Type: Construction Management
Procurement method: Construction
Management
Project Construction Value: £25m
Services provided: Civil, Structural &
Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Services, Cost Management and Construction Management
Capita Symonds contacts: Jon Cooper – Project
Engineer, Faisal Raja – Structural Engineer, Brian Frost – CAD
Technician, John Cavell – CAD Technician, Andy Borthwick – Senior
Engineering Geologist
The project
Velocity enhanced their extensive redevelopment of Sheffield
with a 22-storey, £25m mixed-use development.
Capita Symonds was retained for civil, structural,
mechanical, electrical and geo-environmental engineering
services as well as cost management and construction management for
the continued development.
The structural form uses in situ reinforced concrete (RC) with
flat slab construction supported off RC columns. The design is
incorporating well established construction methods to speed up
construction, flat slab, proprietary reinforcement products and
slipform.
Originally the building was designed to 36 storeys (which would
have made it the tallest building in Sheffield), but this
height was rejected by planning.
Capita Symonds also developed innovative design solutions to
assist construction. An example of this innovation is to develop a
goods hoist in the lift core to serve the site.