{"id":9341,"date":"2007-11-01T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=9341"},"modified":"2012-08-30T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:32:44","slug":"contractor-overcomes-site-constraints-to-build-car-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/contractor-overcomes-site-constraints-to-build-car-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractor overcomes site constraints to build car park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/070724-View-from-Salt-Mill-Rd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9342\" title=\"070724-View-from-Salt-Mill-Rd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/070724-View-from-Salt-Mill-Rd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/070724-View-from-Salt-Mill-Rd.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/070724-View-from-Salt-Mill-Rd-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Barrett Steel Buildings has erected more than 350t of structural steelwork for a seven level multi- storey car park at Victoria Mills in Shipley, West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>The Victoria Mills development includes the conversion of three 19th Century mill buildings into apartments and offices, the construction of three new multi-use buildings and a new car park which will serve the entire scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett\u2019s Project Manager Alan Rowbotham said the main challenge for the construction of the car park was the minimal space available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn two sides of the site there was no access whatsoever, while\u00a0the other sides were on fairly busy streets. The only solution was to put a tower crane in the middle of the project and erect the car park around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Once the car park\u2019s steel frame, precast floors and precast stairs were all in place, the tower crane was dismantled leaving a 7.2m2 hole in the middle of the new structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finished our work on site by lowering concrete planks, from a mobile crane, to fill the gaps left from the tower crane,\u201d explained Mr Rowbotham.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett erected the structure using predominantly 16m-long Cellform beams spaced at 7.2m centres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrett Steel Buildings has erected more than 350t of structural steelwork for a seven level multi- storey car park at Victoria Mills in Shipley, West Yorkshire. 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