The brief
Client - GMI Construction
Phase 1 of the Goole Train Manufacturing Facility comprises several large single storey buildings covering the various build stages of locomotives, as well as a dedicated office/welfare building, and a number of substation houses. The two largest buildings are the Commissioning Building and the Final Assembly Building. The Commission Building's far end has a number of overhead travelling cranes and tight deflection criteria. The Final Assembly Building uses large trusses in place of traditional valley beams to minimise internal columns.
The approach
The larger sheds were designed as fully elastic and limited to first order design. This was a client stipulation to give additional confidence in the deflection results, as the operation of the cranes were of paramount importance.
The outcome
We successfully designed each of the buildings to an extremely tight set of deadlines, whilst including client changes throughout the process. The approach was so successful that we were engaged to build the second phase before the first was even completed.
Gallery
Earning industry experience and a qualification has been invaluable. Not every opportunity gives you on-the-job experience and I've found that this has really helped my development
One of the reasons I chose an apprenticeship was because I could earn and learn at the same time. Working at Hambleton Steel has provided me with day-to-day training and experience which has helped me understand the industry and business.
Working with Hambleton Steel on Manchester City Campus College was an enjoyable experience for ourselves and the wider design team. Hambleton brought their knowledge and skill by collaboratively working with the whole team from RIBA Stages 2/3 until completion by problem solving, giving advise on buildability and bringing efficiencies to the design to ensure it maintained within budget.
They’ve done a cracking job on here for us and I personally would have no hesitation in using them again.
Pleasure working with you and your team, and great turnround on the scheme and a good finished product with no major issues on site along with a final account agreed, cant do much better than that. Happy to put you forward where we can and would definitely work with yourselves again.
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New Covent Garden Markets - B2
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Design & build
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Bank House
Alongside Bowmer and Kirkland we value engineered the steel structure to deliver the office building in 2022.
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NPS Score
89
