Mixed-Use Developments

Several buildings, mixed use, one site, one basement.

What we take on

• Structural design for every building in the development
• Shared basement and continuous foundations
• Excavation and temporary works design for the whole site
• Phasing, construction stages and the movement joint strategy

The basement ties everything together

A continuous basement under several buildings binds foundations, load paths and joints into one system. A grid that suits the housing above has to suit the parking below – and the other way round. That reconciliation is the central design task on a mixed-use site and cannot be solved building by building.

Phases and sales

Developments are built and sold in phases. We plan construction phases, construction joints and connections so phase two can start while phase one is being occupied, and so the order can still change.

One model for all of it

A single coordination model pays off particularly here – several designers, several buildings, one site. See BIM.