Commercial
12 Hammersmith Grove
Hammersmith, London
Project overview
12 Hammersmith Grove is a speculative office development close to Hammersmith station in west London, delivering efficient open-plan floorplates with ground-floor commercial space and landscaped public realm. Buildings of this type are judged on net lettable area, floor-to-ceiling height and services integration, which pushes the structural design towards shallow long-span composite floors and a disciplined column grid.
The frame combines fabricated steelwork with composite floors and core-based stability. Because the office grid is repeated over many levels, small decisions in connection design, beam penetrations for services and floor build-up are multiplied across the whole building, and the value of getting the steelwork detailing right early is considerable.
Carl contributed to the structural steelwork engineering and delivery of the project while employed at William Hare Group, working on the fabrication-facing engineering that supports connection design, tolerance control and erection.
Project highlights
- Speculative commercial office development
- Composite steel-framed floors
- Service integration through the structural zone
- Repeated grid and fabrication efficiency
- Town-centre erection constraints
Project snapshot
- Sector
- Commercial
- Location
- Hammersmith, London
- Employer at the time
- William Hare Group
- Structural form
- Structural steel frame with composite floors and core stability.
- Engineering services / scope
- Structural steelwork engineering, connection design and fabrication support.
Engineering challenge
Achieving long, shallow, service-integrated office spans on a repeated grid while maintaining fabrication efficiency and a workable erection sequence in a busy town-centre location.
Prior professional experience
Experience gained while employed at William Hare Group, prior to the formation of Bebbington Engineering Studio Ltd.
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