Globe & Simpson Building

The Globe & Simpson Building is a commercial development in Manchester involving work to an existing city-centre structure and its surroundings. Projects of this type sit between refurbishment and new build: parts of the existing fabric are retained and reused, while new structure is introduced to suit contemporary floor loadings, access requirements and building services.

The engineering focus on schemes like this is on understanding what the existing structure can carry, where load paths can be interrupted and where they must be preserved, and how new elements can be introduced without destabilising what remains. Investigation, opening-up, appraisal of existing members and staged strengthening typically run alongside the design of new framing, with temporary support required at each stage of the alteration.

Carl contributed to the structural engineering design and delivery of the project while employed at Curtins, working within the consultant design team.