St Thomas Street, Bristol

Contractor 

Farrans Construction 

Scope of Work 

The construction of a precast concrete framed multi storey building.    

The adjacent building houses the main servers for the Vodaphone UK network.  The new building was integrated with the adjacent building, so it was necessary to build bridges supported by lower-level cantilever bridges spanning over the existing building. 

Protection platforms were needed to be installed over infrastructure plant. 

A new district heating project was underway during the construction process, scaffolding and building work had to be coordinated with the excavation works.  Subsequently an 8m wide bridge supporting a 28m high scaffold was introduced, to enable services to be installed into the building.   

Scaffolding work supplied included: – 

Designed scaffolding structure built with fully boarded 2m lifts enabling access to install metsec framework and exterior finishes. 

The scaffolding was arranged with three inside boards, two of which were progressively removed during the progress of the works.  This was achieved by utilising van Thiel System Transoms which have adjustable inside board bearers, making the adaption efficient and safe.  

Extensive Bridging, including Cantilevered Bridges supporting higher level bridges were incorporated into the scaffolding. 

Stair and Loading Towers 

Birdcages 

Protection Scaffolding to adjacent building plant and equipment.