Sacred Heart Convent

Location: London, RM9, United Kingdom

Project Value: £5.5 million

Service: Structural design

Team 

Client: Be First (owned by Barking andDagenham Council)

Contractor: J. Murphy & Sons Ltd.

Architect: Calfordseaden

Description 

The project consisted ofconverting the existing Sacred Heart conventin to nine flats surrounded by 20new terraced houses. The new homes area mixture of two and three storeyproperties with gardens in the surrounding development.

Project Design 

Kashec was responsible forthe design of the raft foundations of the two new buildings which wereincorporated in the development. 

We also designed the steel to steel and timberto steel connections required for the refurbishment works of the existingbuilding. Design of all temporary works necessary to support the existingstructure during the alteration works was also carried out by Kashec.