The steel frame is up at the Frome Medical Centre.

The site of the new primary care centre is on Frome showground adjacent to Frome Community Hospital.  The new building will provide 4,500m2 serving the primary health care needs of up to 32,000 patients, and accommodating a local GP surgery, minor surgery suite and training/teaching facility.  In addition the building will contain a pharmacy, dentist and optician.

The medical practice, one of the largest in the country, will be designed to provide a series of spaces on a scale to provide a more intimate approach whilst still providing a wide range of services.  The new building will recreate the ‘joined up’ working relationship and complete the concept of Frome Health Park.

Clarkebond is commissioned as civil, highway and structural engineers in the development of the site advising and providing design to the site to manage the impact of the ‘public open space’ status of the site and develop a building that contributes to its environment positively in the design of a green, low carbon facility that integrates with its locality and inspires its users.

Refurbishment of Purifier House

Clarkebond selected for the refurbishment of Purifier House, near Bristol city centre
Clarkebond have been appointed to provide civil, geo-environmental and structural engineering advice on a Grade II historic Purifier House which will provide 26 apartments, retail use and restaurant/cafe.

It will also include the erection of three/four storey building to provide 10 residential units, retail use and restaurant/cafe, associated car parking, cycle parking, landscaping and boundary treatment.

Resilience and Recovery - Ealing Broadway Bombing

Following the 2001 bombing in Ealing, west London Clarkebond was commissioned by Prudential to assess damage incurred to the structure and instruct the redevelopment of 11 high street multi-tenanted properties, some dating back to the early 1800s.

Extensive forensic investigation included the assessment of blast pressures and dynamic response, and assessment of the potential danger of collapse determining the need for temporary restraint.

After obtaining loss adjustor approval and securing agreement from the clients' insurers, a scope of works for the part refurbishment and part redevelopment of the site was delivered, phased for tenant re-occupation.

Management & Implementation

Whitehart Triangle
As design partner Clarkebond was responsible for all aspects of the investigation, remediation, and planning and design of the primary infrastructure of this 27ha heavily contaminated site owned by the London Borough of Greenwich and Tilfen Land.

Works included a 150m triple space highway bridge, 1.5km spine road, the installation of primary utilities and surface and foul water drainage networks. The £80m development will ultimately provide industrial, office, warehousing and distribution space.

Environment & Sustainability - Dart Marina

Dart Marina
The £21m redevelopment of Dart Marina in Dartmouth comprised the design 145 residential units, a 110 berth marina, the refurbishment of an existing hotel and facilities for boat owners including a luxury spa, swimming pool, gym and bistro.

Located on a former dry dock and boat storage yard works included extensive marine civil engineering work prior to construction the extent of which Clarkebond determined and managed through to completion.

The design required the extension of the river wall, strengthening works, reclamation increasing the plot area, extensive piling and foundation works and general infrastructure such as drainage and utilities. In addition retention of existing highway and adjoining residential designed to the local vernacular. The development was awarded 'Best Development and Best Marina Development' in the Daily Mail UK Property Awards 2007.

Geoenvironmental Engineering - Silvertown Way

Geoenvironmental Engineering

Silvertown Way
Clarkebond undertook a number of surveys of this semi derelict site as part of the Canning Town redevelopment a project led by the London Development Agency. Investigations included geoenvironmental investigations to quantify contamination risk through quantitative risk assessments; flood risk assessment; ecology assessments including on site surveys for protected species and investigation into unexploded ordinance and asbestos. A remediation strategy was developed based on the groundwater and human health risk models the ground testing and addresses the high levels of hydrocarbon contamination derived from on and offsite sources.

Structural Engineering

Structural Engineering

DEFRA

This headquarters building was one of the first developments in Temple Quarter, a major regeneration area of Bristol.

Built on a previously contaminated brownfield site (a former railway yard) the concrete framed building is an exemplar of sustainable design achieving a BREEAM 'excellent' rating.

The six storey triangular block, provides over 16,000m2 for 840 staff, and is linked by a central atrium which maximises natural light and creates a 'stack effect' ventilation system, with the high level louvers working in tandem with the manual and automated windows.

Exposed concrete slabs, forming the internal office soffit, allow for night time cooling. Structurally, the building is braced by five lift shafts contained in two cores of the atrium while a glazed roof, supported by slender steel trusses distinguishes the atrium from the pitched roofs of the office wings.

Civil Engineering - Royal Albert Basin

Civil Engineering

Royal Albert Basin

Clarkebond was commissioned by the London Development Agency as lead consultants for the remediation of this inner city site, and the construction of a new primary infrastructure, signalised junctions and major utility works.

The masterplan for the regeneration comprises an extensive riverside development with parcels of land to the north for commercial units, allocated for business relocation due to the development of the Olympic site.

The works programme was carefully; designed for sufficient utility capacity for future developments, responding to the specific development platforms in line with the 2012 programme and monitoring site traffic to ensure little impact on transport flow.

Party Wall - Swansea Metropolitan University

Party Wall

Swansea Metropolitan University

Clarkebond were instructed to provide a detailed structural survey and a dilapidations/condition survey on the former Swansea Central Library building (Grade II listed), currently used as the School of Glass.  The building has a floor area of approximately 4000 sq m and involved the production of comprehensive written and photographic information on both internal and external defects and associated remedial work, accompanied by and elemental budget costing for repairs of approximately £1.8m.  Party Wall etc. Act and CDM 2007 duties will also be performed.