Grove Cottage

Enhancing facilities for Mencap

Demolition of the existing Grove Cottage building, home of the Bishop’s Stortford Mencap charity, and construction of a new two storey educational facility to provide support for members via the special needs nursery and various clubs. A bespoke project, where the user occupancy was of paramount importance whilst maintaining the architectural aesthetic. A steel frame building with solid floors was proposed to deal with the long spans in the column free internal spaces over the rear communal area and full width glazed façade. Extensive ground movement analysis was undertaken for a proposed raft foundation to reduce material use in the foundations, reduce risk with party wall awards and reduce temporary works construction costs.

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