The beam has to go upstairs. The stairs are too narrow.
When there is no route in, the crane goes through the house. How electric tracked cranes lift indoors, and where the limits sit.
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There is a canal between the street and your rear wall
Water, a fence and no rear access. How a four-metre steel beam still reaches the back of the house.
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No rear access. So how does the steel get in?
Most Dutch houses have no delivery route at the back. The beam still has to get there. Which route we choose, and why.
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The ski hall opens on Monday as normal
At Snow World an existing structure had to carry heavier cooling plant without shutting the business down. What that means for phasing.
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Removing a load-bearing wall: where does the load go?
Installing a portal isn't the work. The work is establishing where load ends up once the wall is gone - and whether the foundation can take it.
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Underpinning: when a building needs it, and what it involves
Underpinning means working beneath a building that has to stay standing. Section width and sequence decide whether that goes well.
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