Project case study
11-12 St James's Square
RIBA Stage 3 waterproofing design philosophy for the basement development at 11-12 St James's Square for the Ellison Institute of Technology, with Foster & Partners as architect.
11-12 St James’s Square is a basement development for the Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford Limited, with Foster & Partners as architect, Heyne Tillett Steel as structural engineer and Ridge & Partners as project manager. CLW was commissioned as the waterproofing design consultant to provide the RIBA Stage 3 waterproofing design philosophy.
The project includes buried deck and podium elements and specifies Type A, Type B and Type C protections to achieve Grade 3 and Grade 2 waterproofing performance, with particular emphasis on heritage fabric preservation. On a St James’s Square site, the heritage constraint is not a footnote, it shapes what the structure can accept and therefore what the waterproofing strategy can rely on.
CLW worked closely with Foster & Partners and Heyne Tillett Steel to develop a coordinated and resilient waterproofing strategy, set down at Stage 3 so that the grades, system types and interfaces are fixed before the design moves into procurement.
Image credit: Foster & Partners.
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