Location: Poole

Client: Wyatt Homes

The project consisted of the re-development of an existing large plot and accommodation on a steeply sloping site,

Temporary retaining works were essential to the construction.

Waterproof concrete construction was carried out by specialist contractor for the garage/basement stores.

Location: London

Client: Nicholas King Homes plc

Commencing January 2008 this project is an eight storey building with 79 residential flats and commercial units on the ground floor.

The building is to have piled foundations with suitable RC ground beans and pile caps. The foundation scheme is made more complex due to existing piles from the previous building and an existing listed basement.

The superstructure is to be an RC frame with a RC flat slab construction. RC shear walls provide stability

Value - £12 million.

Location: Poundbury

Client: Morrish Builders

This building faces the prestigious Queen Mother square area of Poundbury.

It consists of 3 and 4 storey wings of flats over open plan offices.

The structure is a mixture of load bearing masonry, steel framing and RC core masonry piers to provide support and stability to the building as well as satisfying the progressive collapse requirements.

Location: Bournemouth

Client: Jackson Developments

This development of 21 private flats was constructed with insitu reinforced concrete floors and load-bearing masonry.

Due to the building being 5 storeys high, with a semi-basement car park, resistance to progressive collapse was necessary. Foundations were conventional and the basement structure was formed using insitu reinforced concrete.

Location: Boscombe

Client: Landmark Estates

Four storey plus underground parking on a restricted corner site gave the contractor a few headaches during the basement construction, but the decision to use steel framing below ground level helped to accelerate the programme. The superstructure is a conventional load-bearing masonry structure with precast floors.

Location: Poole

Client: Whitelock

This 3 storey block of flats has a contemporary look predominantly provided by the triangular, raking balconies.

The main structure consists of load bearing masonry with insitu reinforced concrete floor slabs. The foundations were traditional mass concrete bearing in the dense sand stratum.

Location: Southbourne

Client: Jackson Developments

This four storey development of 12 flats including a partial penthouse was constructed with insitu reinforced concrete floors and load-bearing masonry.

The penthouse included an elevation consisting mainly of glazing with an overhanging sunscreen. The penthouse was therefore constructed using a partial steel frame.

Location: Poole

Client: Merrion Developments

Completed early 2005, this luxury split level 2 storey house was formed predominantly in insitu reinforced concrete including frames, slabs and retaining walls.

The feature roofs, a 'gull-wing' at the rear and a 'floating roof' at the front have been formed using fabricated steelwork supported on top of the concrete frame

Due to the extremely tight site and basement construction it was necessary to provide a sacrificial steel sheet piled retaining wall around the perimeter. Due to the rock-type nature of the sand it was necessary to pre-auger the line of the sheet piles and 'jet' them into position.