Unusual Rigging

The building is an exemplar test-bed project for circular economy principles and low-carbon design. At its core is the circular economy, an approach to building that departs from the linear economy of take, make, use, and dispose, and instead looks to create a building that is constructed from sustainable materials and can be dismantled and […]

The Rotunda – Timber and Steel Hybrid

One of the projects that Glulam Timber Engineering Ltd is undertaking is The Rotunda, an up market restaurant and Ice Cream parlour situated right on Weston-Super-Mare’s beachfront opposite the Pier. The design of this two storey building is a mix of Glulam and steel where the stiffness of steel is more suited to the long […]

Hatton Park Primary School

2m span Glulam feature trusses to main school hall formed with vertical roof windows to create a light environment. Straight Glulam purlins to all the classrooms.

Rosserow Golf Club

Purpose made curved ribs to form a dome structure with a central steel hub connection. The outside was clad in a transparent sheeting to create and unusual enclosed viewing platform.

Brackenhill Pool Structure

Private swimming pool structure with dual pitched rafters to the portals. The curved plant on is for aesthetic purposes. The concealed plate connections are fixed into a slot machined into the centre of the Glulam components.

Higher Barton – Barn Conversion

Barn Conversion to form double storey residence. Unusual in that the curved beams were supporting a layer of pitched straight beams that formed the roof structure above. Complicated bespoke metalwork connections with chimney running through centre of connection.