Project Reports

Willmott links old with new at Sunderland hospital

Willmott dixon sunderland hospital 6

Linking together a new-build and a 1960s building has challenged Willmott Dixon and its project team to the limit at Sunderland Royal Hospital.

Interserve builds itself an ingenious new HQ

Interserve HQ Birmingham 6

Extensive staff consultation has informed Interserve’s futuristic new office next to Birmingham International Airport. Will Mann takes a look round.

Symmetrys ahead of the concrete curve on south coast

Pegasus Symmetrys Curve of site at rear from ground level 2

Influenced by client priorities and the curving shape of the site, structural engineer Symmetrys opted for a concrete frame on a south coast retirement development.

Willmott revives Alexandra Palace’s forgotten wing

Willmott Dixon Alexandra Palace Inside Ally Pally 2

Willmott Dixon is revamping a long-neglected section of the Victorian icon that staged the BBC’s first high-definition broadcast 80 years ago.

Galliford Try delivers clever engineering for clever engineers

Galliford Try engineering school Leeds UL8

At the University of Leeds, contractor Galliford Try is a year into a complicated two-year refurbishment of its School of Chemical and Process Engineering building.

How to turn an asbestos-ridden wasteland into new-build housing

ADM Regeneration Marley Eternit Bellway 3

Turning the site of a former factory that manufactured asbestos products into one fit for new housing development has brought a host of challenges for remediation specialist ADM Regeneration.

Interserve transforms military rehabilitation

Interserve Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre 4

In Nottinghamshire, Interserve is working on a colossal scheme that will help rehabilitate some of the nation’s most severely injured military personnel – and help forge greater links between military and civilian medicine.