Kingswood Leisure – Bristol
PEP were appointed as civil and structural engineering design consultants for this large leisure complex, located on a green field site. The development includes a 13 screen multiplex cinema, bowling alley, fitness centre, theme pub and various restaurants, together with a 1,000 space undercroft car park.
The structural framing and foundation solutions proposed by PEP included insitu concrete flat slab construction to the undercroft car park and steel framed super-structures.
The civil engineering design included an adoptable dual carriageway and a private road. The design of a land drainage system obviated the need to store or treat surface water run-off.
Project Value
£28.0 m (Shell and core £15.0m)
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Due to the tight 26 week construction programme and a deadline that could not be moved – The British Grand Prix – coupled with the complex curved kidney shaped plan, a reinforced concrete flat slab was adopted as the ideal frame solution. This also provided an obstruction free service void area giving maximum flexibility. The roof terrace is covered by a tensile fabric canopy supported on a steel structure allowing viewing of the motor racing in all weathers.
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