Case Study - Grand Hotel Northampton

As part of the ambitious refurbishment of an existing hotel, our client needed to remove the majority of the existing load bearing walls from ground floor level, and basement level. The intention being to create a large open plan ground floor level to suit the demands of a modern bar, without altering the function of the 3 floors of hotel rooms above.

Abbey Pynford used stooling and jacking techniques to install a framework of RC beams and columns within the existing structure, with the columns ultimately founding on pile caps formed below the basement floor level.

By using Pynford stooling techniques it was possible to minimise temporary works and settlement, and by using RC beams we were able to provide a safe and robust structure for the future.

As the majority of the temporary work were installed within the walls, it was possible to work in multiple areas, on multiple levels, hence reducing the programme.

David Bell, Abbey Pynford’s Contracts Manager said,
“by sequencing the works at a design stage, we were able develop the optimum sequence for the works, whilst ensuring the structural stability of the building was maintained. The finished product combined the aesthetics of a period building with the robustness of a concrete frame construction”.