BWB Consulting - Integrated Engineering and Environmental Consultants
Trinity Walk
Location: Wakefield
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BWB have been retained by Simons Developments as Structural Engineer for the prestigious redevelopment of the old market quarter of Wakefield Town Centre.
The scheme comprises circa 500,000 sq ft of retail space over three floors configured around a central ´mall´ type pedestrian walkway. The scheme also includes 90 residential apartments located above the retail space, a new library for the local authority, a hotel and leisure unit and 960 associated car parking spaces.
A substantial demolition and site clearance exercise is required to allow the re-development. A section of Marsh Way, a main arterial route through the town centre, is to be relocated to the boundary of the site and some of the town´s main trunk sewer network is to be diverted to facilitate development. The topography of the site also places constraint on the development.
There is circa 4m of fall across the site and as a result entry points for delivery vehicles will be via a basement service area.
This results in significant amounts of excess cut material being generated by the earthworks exercise to create a suitable development plateau. BWB have been instrumental in assessing the quantities of likely materials generated by the bulk excavations. We have utilised our in house geo-environmental expertise, in conjunction with our ground modelling engineers, to establish a cost effective earthworks and remediation strategy which minimises the extent, and volume of hazardous and non hazardous materials to be removed to tips off site.
This co-ordinated cross discipline approach has enabled the design team to manipulate the scheme to provide a cost effective solution to engineering issues whilst still retaining the aspirations of client and local authority regarding visibility and density of the redevelopment.