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Winter 2020/2021
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Commercial scheme BSP is the civil and structural engineer on a ÂŁ7m commercial development in the East Midlands. Find out more inside.
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Riverside housing development Engineers at BSP Consulting have played a key role in a new housing development currently being built beside the River Trent at Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.
The company undertook the flood risk strategy for the scheme in Bowling Green Lane, which will create 135 new homes, including 60 apartments, on a brownfield site in the town. Experts at BSP liaised with the Environment Agency early in the planning process to discuss key flood risk issues in the Flood Zone 3 area and to negotiate an agreeable, costefficient strategy within the financial
budget of the scheme to protect prospective residents from flooding. This involved raising land to reinforce defences and lifting floor levels. BSP was also involved in drawing up designs for the levels on site, along with the drainage system.
engineer on the development, which features four-storey apartment blocks, and a mix of two-storey affordable, shared ownership and private homes, plus 218 car parking spaces.
The £13m project, being built by Vistry Partnerships for Acis Group, is due for completion in 2021. Architect on the scheme is Acanthus WSM. BSP is the civil, structural and transportation
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Student accommodation scheme Work is getting under way on site on a 522-bed student accommodation scheme on the edge of Nottingham city centre.
Traffic Street, Waterway Street West and Sheriffs Way. The Traffic Street Project is the latest project that the company has worked on for developer Jensco Group.
BSP Consulting is the civil and structural engineer on the £35 million development being built on a brownfield site between
Comprising two blocks that are part three, part five and part six storeys in height, the accommodation is a mix of studio and cluster apartments. It also features 235 cycle spaces, including e-bike charging points. The scheme was designed by CPMG Architects and is being built by contractor nmcn. It will transform a derelict site on the south side of Nottingham city centre, close to Nottingham Train Station. BSP Consulting structures director Carl Hilton said: “This is a major scheme on the edge of Nottingham city centre, which will breathe new life into this area, and BSP Consulting is proud to be involved in such a significant development that will benefit future students who come to the city.” BSP previously worked for Jensco on the award-winning One Friar Gate Square in Derby, home to the University of Derby’s School of Law and Social Sciences, and Agard Court, student housing for the University of Derby.
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BSP Consulting is the civil and structural engineer on a project to revamp an industrial site at Hucknall in Nottinghamshire. The scheme at Daniels Way involves renovating an existing unit of 561m² to include 140m² of office space and adding a 441m² new extension.
New engineering unit
Work has been completed on a £4.3m precision engineering facility for Slack & Parr at Kegworth in North West Leicestershire. BSP Consulting was the civil and structural engineer on the 5,300m² project, designed by Staniforth Architects, project managed by Benchmark Property and built by Warwick Burt Construction. Slack & Parr is a market leader in high precision engineering - designing and manufacturing the most advanced precision gear metering pumps, industrial dosing pumps and hydraulics flow divider solutions. BSP’s role in the new manufacturing HQ facility included design of the foundations, the concrete service yard, the car parking area and the foul and surface water drainage to connect into the wider site, where housing is being built.
Work is being carried out on site by Pure Construction for Rotherhill Developments and is due to be completed at the end of the year. BSP has undertaken the structural engineering of both the refurbishment and the new build elements of the scheme, along with civils work which included the redesign of the drainage to reduce surface water discharge rates from the site. Other members of the team include SGP Architects and Benchmark Property.
Business park
Engineers at BSP Consulting have been providing civil, structural and geotechnical consultancy services at a 7.8-acre commercial scheme at Rose Park, Blaby. Being developed by Brackley Property Developments, as a Joint Venture with Grange Developments, the site in Leicestershire is just off Blaby bypass and with good access to both Leicester city centre and Junction 21 of the M1/M69. The £7 million scheme is providing mainly commercial warehousing up to 75,000 sq ft and office premises up to 21,500 sq ft in a mix of single-storey and two-storey steel-frame units. BSP’s civil and structural engineering role in the development has included the design of a sustainable drainage strategy, featuring swales and an attenuation basin to allow surface water to be treated before discharge into the adjacent watercourse. Contractors Roe Developments and X-Cel Construct, and architect IMA Architects are also part of the team.
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Retail park project Practical completion was reached six weeks early on a retail scheme featuring a range of shops and hospitality outlets in the North East – despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic.
and mixed-use property development firm specialising in retail and mixeduse developments in town, district and local centres. Other members of the team included
principal contractor Jessops Construction, architect The Harris Partnership, HPM as project manager, geo-environmental engineers Geodyne and Cynergi, as employer’s agent.
BSP was the civil and structural engineer on the development at Peterlee in County Durham, which includes Home Bargains, Lidl, Sue Ryder, KFC, Starbucks and charging station InstaVolt. It is the latest in a long line of similar projects that BSP has undertaken for Quora, a leading national commercial
New starters left, has joined our Leicester office, while apprentice civil technician Lewis Walker, top right, has become part of the team at our Derby office.
A big welcome to the latest recruits to the BSP team. Principal civil engineer Ben Biggin, top
We’re delighted to have them on board!
Two new starters in the Nottingham office are graduate apprentice Josh Plumridge, bottom left, who is part of the structures team, and Carolina Gomez, bottom right, who is a graduate civil engineer.
Housing regeneration scheme BSP is part of the team that is delivering a major regeneration scheme in Newark.
Compendium Living – which is owned jointly by Riverside and Lovell Partnerships – will provide around 300 new mixed tenure homes in the Yorke Drive area of the town.
There will also be a new sports pavilion and playing fields, new access road off Lincoln Road and improvements to the road network and environment to help make it a safer and better place to live. BSP has been appointed as civil and structural engineer for the development, which is being undertaken by Newark and Sherwood District Council The phased development, which along with the building of the new homes also includes the demolition and redevelopment of 130 existing homes, as well as upgrading nearby facilities and infrastructure, is anticipated to take eight years to complete. Work is expected to get under way on site in 2021.
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Affordable homes
Planning permission has been granted for a scheme of 32 affordable homes being built by emh group.
The development is on brownfield land at Warwick Road, Littlethorpe, which was previously the site of Blaby District Council’s Neighbourhood Services depot before it relocated to Whetstone in 2016. A mix of rented and shared ownership housing, the scheme includes 15 two-bed and 13 three-bed properties, as well as four bungalows. BSP undertook the flood risk assessment and transport assessment for the development.
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Other members of the team include YMD Boon, Keary Design Associates and John Lester Partnership.
Tower block demolition BSP Consulting played a significant role in the demolition of a 14-storey office tower block in the centre of Coventry. The huge tower block had stood in the city centre since the 1970s, and its demolition will kickstart the £300m City Centre South regeneration in the city. Using archives and other material, engineers from BSP researched the construction and make up of Coventry Point to advise Coventry City Council on how best to safely demolish the building. Work to take the building down began in 2019 and has now been completed, with the tower block fully demolished.
BSP structures director Paul Elphick said: “More usually we’re involved in putting up buildings but it’s clearly important to know the structure and make up of a building prior to demolition, particularly one so large and in such a central location as Coventry Point. We were very pleased to see that the whole demolition process went very smoothly.” Other members of the team included Pulse, who provided employer’s agent and quantity surveying services, project manager Faithful + Gould, Ardent Consulting Engineers, and also Greenways as the M&E consultant, and demolition specialist Coleman.
New school extension Work is progressing well on a new science block being built at a Staffordshire school. Contractor G F Tomlinson is building the three-storey facility at Polesworth School, Dordon. BSP is the civil and structural engineer on the project, which is due to be completed in autumn 2021 and is being built as part of the Department for Education’s Priority Schools Building Programme. Architect is Bond Bryan.
Company Updates BSI BIM Level 2 audit
be BIM Level 2 compliant to meet sustainability requirements. BSP’s Level 2 certification will be important for our contractor partners too as it highlights the fact that they also have compliancy in their supply chains, which should act strongly in their favour when bidding for contracts.”
BSP Consulting has successfully passed the BSI BIM Level 2 audit, making it one of a limited number of consultants in the industry to have secured the BSI Kitemark certification. The audit of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) capabilities of BSP Consulting confirmed we have achieved Appointed Party (TIER 2) Structural, Civil and Transportation Engineering Consultancy complying with BIM in accordance with ISO 19650-1:2018, ISO 19650-2:2018, UK National Annex and BS 1192-4. “BSP has had a commitment to BIM for almost ten years now, making it an essential goal within the business when we invested in BIM Authoring software in 2011,” explained Dan Hinchley, BSP’s BIM Manager. “BSP not only realised the importance of adopting ISO 19650 and working to a BIM Level 2 standard, but also to gain the accreditation of working to a BIM Level 2 standard by a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) regulated auditor such as BSI.
“We are delighted to have now passed the BSI BIM Level 2 audit. It’s a stringent audit which confirms the Building Information Modelling capabilities of the BSP team and gives reassurance to our clients. This certification is particularly timely, as it’s becoming increasingly mandatory for delivery partners on a number of frameworks to
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More than half of the 60-strong BSP team is involved in technical delivery that may involve BIM and BIM Level 2 projects to date include schools, a mixed-use town centre redevelopment, and public sector buildings.
Two new framework places for BSP
BSP Consulting has been appointed to two new frameworks in recent times. The company has been selected on both the £10.4m EN:Procure Ltd Consultancy Framework and the Procure Partnerships Framework (Professional Services) Approved Supplier Agreement. BSP won a place on the EN:Procure Ltd Consultancy Framework, the specialist procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North Holdings Limited, to cover civil and structural engineering contracts in both Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands. The position on the Procure Partnerships Framework (Professional Services) ASA covers structural engineering, and civil and highways engineering, both in the East Midlands. It brings to 16 the number of framework positions that BSP Consulting is currently appointed to.
Gold standard accolade for CSR commitment
BSP Consulting has been presented with a top level award in recognition of its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We received a gold CSR accreditation – the highest level awarded by CSR Accreditation, which delivers the standard for social responsibility. It reflects BSP’s dedication and commitment to social and environmental concerns within its business operations and in interactions with its stakeholders, including staff, clients and associates. We calculated that the value of our CSR in 2019 alone was £1.9m. BSP’s CSR commitments include providing energy efficient building design, supporting charities, offering professional pro-bono advice to good causes and charitable organisations, and reducing the firm’s carbon footprint through its operations, whether office, design or site-based. BSP is an equal opportunities employer and provides work experience, apprenticeships and training for young people. In addition, the company is a ‘good neighbour’ – actively interacting with community groups and supporting educational initiatives – and nurtures local business relationships through sourcing local labour, equipment and materials where possible. “Achieving a CSR Accreditation is a visible testimony of excellence in corporate social responsibility, showing that BSP Consulting has integrated CSR initiatives throughout its business,” said Richard Collins, MD of CSR Accreditation. “A Gold CSR Accreditation is a significant achievement and I’d like to congratulate the whole team.”
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