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Brabazon Filton Airfield Redevelopment - Engineering Services

The former Filton Airfield in North Bristol is steeped in history, namely as the birthplace of Concorde and supersonic travel. YTL Developments is transforming this local landmark into Brabazon, a thriving new neighbourhood that will live up to the legacy of its pioneering past. They appointed us to provide mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural engineering from RIBA Stages 2¨C5 and geo-environmental services on the initial phase of development.

Involved with the first plot of land to be developed at Brabazon, our services design set the precedent for all future phases across the next 20 years of the build. Each house will have its own battery system and large photovoltaic array to allow the house to generate its own electricity and store the power for when the occupants are at home. Electric vehicle charging points are also included as standard.

Through close co-ordination with architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, our structural engineers designed efficient solutions such as double height living spaces and varied masonry materials in external walls. We carefully considered the layouts of columns to reduce the amount of reinforcement required and cement replacement products were specified to reduce embodied carbon over similar schemes.

Our civil engineering team worked on highways and drainage solutions. In order to design out the level change across the site, we undertook a cut and fill exercise to support efficient re-use and recycling of on-site material. We also undertook a ground investigation to confirm the ground conditions and inform the structural design, producing a Phase 1 desk study and ground investigation report.

Over 20 years, Brabazon will become a new urban community with over 2,675 homes, 62 acres (25 hectares) of employment space, and three new schools. It will also include a railway station, doctor¡¯s surgery, library, and community centre, all set among landscaped public squares and parkland.