182 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 4 • CAE Buildings CAE Buildings 4 Thomasons LLP Address 86 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey • GU1 2BX (UK) Telephone +44 1483 565886 Fax +44 1483 506822 Contact Mr Chris Shorter Email [email protected] Website www.thomasons.co.uk Thomasons was founded over 60 years ago and is now one of the longest established independently owned consulting engineering practices. The Practice has maintained a deserved reputation for engineering excellence and innovation and a high quality of customer service that is measured year on year through our customer surveys. The Practice prides itself on its success rate for building long term relationships with its customers, some of whom have been Thomasons’ clients since its foundation. The Practice and its associated Companies currently operate from 5 regional offices in Guildford, London, Leeds, Manchester and Southend-on-Sea with a staff of over 120. Thomasons undertakes commissions in all arenas of Civil, Structural and Glass Engineering including major town centre and residential redevelopments. These include projects in Oxford, Farnham, Hemel Hempstead and Camberley. Commissions are also currently being undertaken in the residential, education, retail, office and industrial sectors. The Practice has a reputation for solving unusual and complex technical problems. It also has extensive experience in the design of infrastructure and civil works, particularly for the larger developments. The design of roads and drainage to adoptable standards is also a normal part of our activities. The open structure of the practice allows us to tackle projects ranging from minor works to those costing many millions of pounds, in a cost and technically efficient manner. Thomasons also provides engineering and surveying advice for litigation, and various members of the practice provide specialist advice on numerous technical matters. Thomasons is committed to modern design and management techniques and is at the forefront in the application of information technology. Each of our offices has modern computer and communication networks and full Autocad and 3 dimensional drawing capabilities. The Practice keeps abreast of emerging environmental issues. Despite its growth Thomasons still retains a very personal approach with the senior members of the practice being involved at all stages of a project. An ISO9001 Quality Management System is operated in all offices and externally audited by UKAS accredited assessment bodies. Multi-storey residential complex The Elm Road Project comprises a 13 storey reinforced concrete frame with 1 to 2-storey underground car parks supporting timber frame residential buildings, a residential concrete tower block and landscaped gardens. The timber and concrete frame buildings mainly comprise of flats; these will be used for residential purposes. The underground car park below the timber frame buildings comprise piled foundation raft, concrete columns and flat slab. The underground car park below the concrete frame buildings is similar except that pile caps with suspended foundation slab were adopted instead of a piled foundation raft. The concrete frame buildings also comprises columns and flat slab construction. Thomasons undertook the detailed design of the entire concrete frame structure and foundation raft; this was modelled using ESA-Prima Win FE analysis package. Used software • ESA-Prima Win Multi-storey residential complex
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