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HOCKLEY & DAWSON CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD
The Great Barn, Smithbrook Barns, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8LH
Tel 01483 548784 Fax 01483 268765
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
: Hockley & Dawson has many years experience
providing structural engineering solutions for the care and repair of
historic and sensitive structures. The company combines significant
experience with innovation in the use of traditional and modern
materials and techniques to ensure sympathetic, proportionate and
economic solutions with an emphasis on minimum intervention. This
approach can be seen on a diverse array of structures, including the
Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Hardwick Hall and the Airship
Hangar at Farnborough. Hockley & Dawson’s approach has resulted
in a number of awards and long term relationships with conservation
architects, surveyors and client bodies.
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HURST PEIRCE & MALCOLM LLP
Celtic House, 33 John’s Mews, Holborn, London WC1N 2QL
Tel 020 7242 3593 Fax 020 7405 5274
CHARTERED CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
: Founded 1910, Hurst
Peirce & Malcolm has extensive experience in the refurbishment and
conservation of historic buildings and structures. Consultant Andrew
Dutton is one of the few engineers accredited under the Conservation
Accreditation Register of Engineers (CARE), which is becoming a
prerequisite for conservation work for clients such as English Heritage.
Projects are undertaken in London, the South East, across the UK and
internationally. Recent projects include the Nelson Monument, Trafalgar
Square, The Palace of Westminster, Old George Inn, Salisbury, Althorp
House and many old but not listed properties.
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INTEGRAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
2nd Floor, 34–35 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX
Tel 020 7096 0278
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Tollbridge Studios, Toll Bridge Road, Bath BA1 7DE
Tel 01225 859657
STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERS
: Working throughout the UK
Integral Engineering Design has extensive conservation experience.
Clients include National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw, Prince’s
Regeneration Trust and owners of listed buildings. Director Margaret
Cooke BSc(Hons) CEng MIStructE CARE, is a conservation accredited
engineer and the structural engineer for Wells Cathedral. Margaret
Cooke has worked on a number of highly sensitive buildings and
understands the particular challenges of working with existing
structures. She is supported by a team of highly trained engineers
who have significant conservation engineering experience.
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MANN WILLIAMS
7 Old King Street, Bath BA1 2JW
Tel 01225 464419
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53 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF10 5LR
Tel 02920 480333
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9–11 Corporation Square, Belfast BT1 3AJ
Tel 02890 998670
CONSULTING STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERS
: Working nationally on
historic structures and ancient monuments since 1986. Mann Williams
has built an impressive portfolio of clients in conservation. Projects
range from cathedrals at Exeter, Winchester and St David’s to major
works at Chatsworth, Sir John Soane’s Museum, Mount Stewart House,
Northern Ireland and Castle Drogo. Mann Williams works with Cadw
throughout Wales, and acts for the NIEA in Northern Ireland. With
offices in Bath, Belfast and Cardiff, Mann Williams is able to provide
effective consultancy throughout the UK and Ireland.
See
Stiffness in
Timber Floors and Ceilings,
page 27
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BLACKETT-ORD CONSERVATION LIMITED
33 Chapel Street, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria CA16 6QR
Tel/Fax 01768 352572
Contact Charles Blackett-Ord CEng FICE FConsE CARE
(Conservation Accredited Engineer)
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Century Buildings, 31 North John Street, Liverpool L2 6RG
Contact Ian Weir CEng MICE CARE (Conservation Accredited
Engineer)
CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS
: CARE and AABC
accredited experts work throughout the North and North West of
England and Southern Scotland on repair and conservation of historic
buildings and ancient monuments, including listed railway viaducts,
18th-century grand houses, churches, medieval buildings and ruins.
Projects have won RICS Conservation Awards and Ian Allan Railway
Heritage and Civic Trust Awards. The use of traditional materials both
in repairs and new work is encouraged and the practice has considerable
expertise, particularly in the use of lime mortars and renders.
See also:
profile entry for Blackett-Ord Conservation Architecture in Architects,
page 17.
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CURTINS
Curtins House, Columbus Quay, Riverside Drive,
Liverpool L3 4DB
Tel 0151 726 2000 Fax 0151 726 2001
CONSERVATION STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
: Established over 50 years ago,
Curtins is independently owned and works as one business from 11
strategically-chosen locations across the UK. CARE accredited, the firm
provides specialist structural engineering advice on conservation and
historic structures and monuments. The company’s work covers large
and small conservation projects including remodelling and extension
works in historic settings and it has extensive experience in all traditional
materials including masonry, iron and timber. Recent large projects
include Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, John Rylands Library, Tate Gallery
and Vaughan’s Mansion in Shrewsbury. Other projects have included
appraisal, monitoring and repair of churches, museums, mills, maritime
structures, castles, forts, masonry bridges as well as domestic properties.
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ELLIS & MOORE CONSULTING ENGINEERS
9th Floor, Hill House, 17 Highgate Hill, London N19 5NA
Tel 020 7281 4821 Fax 020 7263 6613
CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
: Ellis & Moore is an award-winning
structural and civil engineering practice, established in 1977, that is
experienced in large and complex projects as well as working on intricate
and delicate structures across the breadth of the historic environment.
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FOTHERGILL
62 Hill Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1TW
Tel 020 8948 4165 Fax 020 8948 5105
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
: Experienced in the conservation, refurbishment
and repair of historic and listed buildings including loading assessments
and advice on strengthening methods sympathetic to the original
structure and building fabric. Projects include work at The Natural
History Museum, Somerset House and The King’s School Canterbury
together with many private houses.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
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