The Works
The project was the façade remediation of a student accommodation campus in Leicester which varied in height from three to ten storeys. The existing building is a steel and reinforced concrete framed building with masonry walls in some locations. The existing building had multiple facades (i.e. brick, aluminium and rendered blockwork) restrained by a variety of backing structures (i.e. timber studs, steel framing system and blockwork). The scope of the works was to replace the existing cladding with an external wall system that was suitable for current design standards.
We provided calculations of the existing and proposed weights and reviewed the backing structure to assess whether the existing panels and their support/restraint details, had sufficient capacity to transfer the cladding loads back to the primary structure. We confirmed if any further intrusive investigations or additional design/calculations were required and also provided recommendations and strengthening details where necessary to ensure a complete robust system.
