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Frith

Background

Haywoods Group saw an opportunity: a bustling high street site with air rights above a supermarket and gym. The plan? Add a new level to create seven residential units — without interrupting the businesses below.


But the original structural design was costly and heavy-handed. The proposed steel grillage for the roof would have driven up spend and risked delays. That’s when they brought in Re-Structured.

Our assessment

We conducted a full reassessment of the scheme, focusing on two goals: reduce the structural weight, and simplify the build to keep everything running smoothly on site.


  • Steelwork: The proposed grillage was over-specified. We challenged the need for new steel and justified reuse of existing elements.
  • Reduction: Our redesign cut 17,648kg of structural steel, saving the client over £88,000.
  • Sustainability: The reduced steel equated to a 37,702kg cut in CO₂, the same as 61 trees living for 25 years.
     

We didn’t stop there. By streamlining the structure, we helped compress the construction programme, shaving two months off the timeline.

£88k saved and 17 tonnes of steel cut — keeping cost, carbon and programme in check.

Outcome

The new structural design delivered on all fronts:


  • Lean and cost-effective: Less steel, less spend.
  • No business disruption: The gym and supermarket operated throughout construction.
  • Programme gains: A quicker, simpler build.
  • Environmental upside: A lighter footprint, without compromising integrity.

"Working on a project such as this, whereby existing retail lots need to be able to continue operating unimpacted during the construction phase, can often prove difficult. Thanks to the expertise and careful planning of the team involved we were successfully able to navigate these challenges.

 

The structural redesign by Re-Structured helped to reduce the proposed steelwork greatly, which lowered our overall construction costs to the project, allowing us to redistribute funds to maximise the overall value in constructing the seven new flats. 


We were very happy with all the work done by Re-Structured, and look forward to working together on the next project."


– Piers Bingley, Director, Haywoods Group

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