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Achieving this ambitious timber frame structure provided 135 flats
There are three buildings on this site at Bengal Mill, Manchester:
• North Block, which is eight storeys high. This is a concrete structure up to the fourthfloor,withfourlevelsofprefabricatedtimberstructureabove.
• Central Block, which is ten storeys high. This is a concrete structure.
• South Block, which is six storeys high. This is a concrete structure up to the firstfloor,withfivelevelsofprefabricatedtimberstructureabove.
Bengal Mill
Client: ETF Northern Project cost:£15million Architect: MBLA
RISE Structural Engineers Ltd VAT no. 170 4576 09
t: 0117 317 9801 e: [email protected]
CourtyardHouse,26AOakfieldRoad, Clifton,BristolBS82AT
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RISEdesignedthetimbersuperstructuresixandsevenstoreyshighusingtimberstuds89mmdeepand47mmwide.Singledatthetopfloor,doubledandtripledatthelowerfloor(wherethewallsaremostloaded)fixedtogetherwithscrewsandtheGang-Nailplatesystemforracking.Thisprovidedstabilityagainstwindloadforthebuildinginsteadoftraditionalplysheathing.Particularcarewastakentoensurethatadequatesupportstothecurvedfacadewereprovided,thatmovementjointsweresufficient,thatfireresistancewasachievedandthatdisproportionatecollapseregulationswerefollowed.
Usingatimberprefabricatedsystemmeantthatthewholeprojectwasbuiltin8monthstimeprovidingatotalof135flats.Notveryfarfromthesite,RISEalsoworkedonRoyalMills.Theprojectwasarefurbishmentofanexistingfactorywithanaddedstoreyalsoinprefabricatedtimber.
Bengal Mill
RISE Structural Engineers Ltd VAT no. 170 4576 09
Making head and tail of timber frame
t: 0117 317 9801 e: [email protected]
CourtyardHouse,26AOakfieldRoad, Clifton,BristolBS82AT
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