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SECTORCommercialCLIENTUrbanSplashBOOTHKINGROLECivilandstructuralengineeringdesignTEAMArchitect-SixtwoContractor–ArtezLOCATIONManchesterPROJECTCONTACTMarkMoppet,[email protected]

StubbsMill,Ancoats,ManchesterRepairandconversionofalate19th/early20thcenturymillintoretailandcommercialspace

ProjectDescription

StubbsMillislocatedintheNewIslingtondevelopmentin,Ancoats,Manchester.BoothKingprovidedstructuralengineeringdesignandadvicefortherepairandconversionofthislate19th/early20thcenturymillintoretailandcommercialspacefordeveloperUrbanSplash.Thebuildingisabrick-cladsteelframewithtimberfloors,andhadlainemptyforseveralyearsandhadsufferedfromvandalismandtheft.KeyFacts

TheArchitect’sdesignskilfullyandsimultaneouslyretainsbutrejuvenatestheoriginalbuildingwithsomesensitivebutstrikinginterventions.ThestartingpointforBoothKingwasadetailedconditionsurveyofthebuildingtoidentify:

• Immediaterepairrequiredforsafety• Repairrequiredforfuturedurability• Strengtheningwork/modificationsforthearchitect’sscheme

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