Steel refit for Tunbridge Wells offices

Located in Tunbridge Wells town centre, the three-storey Heathervale House is being refurbished and extended with the aid of steel construction.

The building has been stripped back to its original concrete frame and the structure is being re-clad with a stone finish using a lightweight steel framing system.

The design also includes a large steel-framed rear extension and two additional steel floors, accessible via a new entrance and circulation core.

The additional fourth and fifth storeys will be largely glazed and set in from the existing footprint behind a bronze clad louvre screen.

Working on behalf of main contractor Grays Thurrock Properties, Gorge Fabrications is fabricating, erecting and supplying 102t of structural steelwork for the project.