Structural Engineering Design

We provide the following structural engineering services

Bridge Design
Bridge Inspections
Bridge Contractor Support
Building Analysis/Building Physics
Net – Zero Design
Pedestrian Bridges
Structural Analysis and Design
Structural Engineering

Our Projects

Wimbledon No 1 Court Roof - Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

The All England Lawn Tennis Club appointed Thornton Tomasetti to undertake the structural design for the redevelopment of the No.1 Court – providing a new fixed and moving roof supported on the existing structure, and significant extension work to the existing hospitality provision.

The provision of a moving roof was to enable play to continue in inclement weather. Supported on long span trusses, which in turn are supported on a combination of new and existing structures, the complex interplay of deflections and movements during construction and in operation required detailed understanding to enable the moving roof to be constructed and operated within very tight tolerances.

The geometry of the roof and the operational movements of the moving roof were driven by the requirement to maximise sunlight on the grass court. Whilst an external consultant had been appointed to assess the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) levels on the grass surface, Thornton Tomasetti developed an in-house tool to enable the design team to quickly assess numerous design options, before passing the project on to the external consultant.

Wimbledon No 1, Court Roof

The Record Hall, London, UK

The Record Hall, London

Thornton Tomasetti provided sustainability services and structural design for the refurbishment of an existing four-storey 1920s building. The redevelopment included lateral extensions to two elevations, the provision of an extra storey with new external terrace areas, and a new central lightwell through the middle of the building, bringing natural light into the previously artificially lit units.

The project is a great example of how a holistic approach to structural engineering can deliver a structural scheme which compliments the architectural intent while minimising the construction risk through the integration of construction methodologies and by reducing temporary works.

Wood Wharf – Phase 1 – Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom

Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural, façade and sustainability engineering services for five plots in phase 1 of a masterplan located adjacent to Canary Wharf.

Buildings B3, D1 and D2 are located at the entrance to the development and will deliver new office space, combined with ground and mezzanine retail facilities. The building façade consists of architectural precast concrete panels with glazed infills and brickwork. The façade system has been engineered to allow the brickwork, precast elements and the glazed components to be fully assembled off site, and shipped and erected on site as single units, which would enhance quality and provide a faster as well as safer site installation process.

Buildings E1 and E2 consist of two residential towers with accommodation ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The roof of Building E1 will have a landscaped roof garden for residents’ use and the roof of the main tower on the E2 plot will accommodate plant equipment.

Wood Wharf Phase 1 – Canary Wharf, London

Hobhouse, London, United Kingdom

Thornton Tomasetti provided structural and façade engineering services for the redevelopment of four existing buildings on Whitcomb Street, two of which are Grade II listed, along with their unique subterranean vaults.

Hobhouse is an example of how you can reinvent, regenerate and repurpose existing listed buildings byusing a mixture of new and old technologies to create an expressive and efficient building. New structures will be sensitively constructed within and on top of John Nash’s existing masonry structures.

The retained listed building features two additional storeys providing residential accommodation over the existing three storey John Nash building below. The sympathetic restoration of the remaining spaces provides further office, gallery, and exhibition space for the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), who previously occupied the building for 115 years from 1823.

The new buildings create new commercial and residential areas designed to stand on the historic existing vaults and which was carefully created to work within the residual load capacities of the existing vault structure, avoiding significant interventions into the space and preventing any detrimental effects to the existing fabric was critical for heritage approvals.

The existing listed vaults have been restored allowing them to be opened to the public, providing gallery and retail space as well as proving storage and back of house areas. A highly engineered façade build-up which overlapped the skill of structural engineers with those of façade engineering was developed to achieve the geometry and to compress the wall build up whilst achieving the high thermal performance requirements.