4 North, St Andrews Square, Edinburgh

Christie Gillespie were proud to provide engineering design to the £8M refurbishment of Edinburgh House. This project was completed in 2019 and was nominated for two BCO awards in 2020. The project consisted of the extensive refurbishment of an existing post tensioned concrete 1990’s office building with an additional storey added on top. Relocation of the existing internal stability cores within floor plates containing high magnitude stored pre-stressing forces were required. Additionally, the project involved an extensive refit of the external facades with a modern glazed system, construction of a new storey of office space at roof level, relocation of existing building stability cores to provide an improved floor plate arrangement and construction of new stability lift core walls. The development provides high specification Grade A office space across 8 floors. 

Architect: CDA
Contractor: ISG

Christie Gillespie assisted Scottish Borders Council with the delivery of a redeveloped and expanded museum reflecting the life and career of former world champion racing driver Jim Clark who lived in the Scottish Borders. The project consisted of the remodelling of the existing building and extensions to provide exhibition space in an attractive and user friendly environment. Revit was used to provide 3D modelling of the structure and architecture. The extensions were constructed from steel and timber frames.The new museum allowed the display of the huge range of trophies and memorabilia that it has access to.  

​The new facility redeveloped the existing building and created an extension linking it to a disused garage to create a significantly larger museum in the heart of Duns.  This allowed the permanent collection to be displayed alongside racing cars and also have space for visiting exhibitions.

​This project opened to the public by Jackie Stewart in 2020 and since completion visitor numbers have soared and exceeded expectations.

​Architect: SBC Architects
M & E: Cundall
Contractor: James Swinton & Co

Christie Gillespie provided engineering consultancy for this project which involved a one-storey house extension, Blackhall, Edinburgh.

Large single storey split level extension engineered to provide an open plan bright living space connecting the house with the garden. The structural form was required to be unobtrusive but working with the architect’s geometry to provide a vertical section in the roof for a clerestorey window at high level to enhance the light  capture. The project also included extending the existing attic roof space with large dormers front and rear to provide additional bedrooms

Architect: Douglas Strachan, now Camerons Strachan Yuill Architects

 Christie Gillespie are proud to have provided the Structural Engineering Consultancy services for this amazing project At Racetrack Pitstop, Bearsden. It's great to see the popularity the building is gaining across Social Media and people travelling far and wide to visit it.

The project consisted of the following:

• Demolition of existing single storey retail building with duopitch roof
• Demolition of existing forecourt canopy
• Demolition of existing car wash building.
• Construction of new retaining wall along the southern site boundary
• Construction of new steel 9.3m x 13.1m steel structure canopy
• Construction of new 2-storey, steel frame, retail building with pad foundations and composite concrete floor construction.​
  

Location: Racetrack Pitstop, Bearsden

Client: GHSL Ltd

Architects: AMCA Architects

The project in Glenrothes for Yes Recycling was designed to provide a state-of-the-art plastic recycling facility. The project consisted of the following Engineering scope elements:

• Structural back-analysis of existing reinforced concrete ground floor slab to establish capacity in supporting new spread, line and concentrated loadings.
• Installation of new channel drainage systems to serve the water treatment plant.  This will include and formation of new trenches.
• Design and detailing associated with installation of a new 3metre diameter x 3.5metre deep concrete sump.  Review and back-analysis in respect of potential remedial works required to adjacent building foundations.
• Installation of new external plant area, including formation of new reinforced concrete base, retaining walls. Review and back-analysis in respect of potential remedial works required to adjacent building foundations.
• Back analysis of existing portal frames to units 1 and 2 to establish available loading capacity for support of new roof mounted services.  This exercised would also assist in informing potential for replacement roof sheeting/over-sheeting.
• Installation of new roller shutter doors, including new framing to support runners and roller mechanisms.

Client: Yes Recycling
Architect: Bruce Shaw Property Consultants Ltd 

 Christie Gillespie were the SER engineers for the renovation, extension & conversion of the previous Bank building into the vibrant bar/restaurant complex. Over three floors, the new modern timber-framed extension marries into the traditional stonework seamlessly through the large slappings in the previous rear wall & features a cantilevered glass box looking out towards the neighbouring Church buildings. 

The project was completed with our friends at Ian Forbes Architects and the vision of our client Signature Pubs Ltd & has found its home as a new social hub for this corner of Morningside.  

Architect: Ian Forbes Architect

 Christie Gillespie provided Civil and Structural Engineering services for the conversion of an existing listed church building into four contemporary flatted units. The project consisted of the installation of a new floor level within the old church to create four new apartments. Our challenge was to create a floor with minimum structural depth to allow maximum room heights at each level. We utilised the new party walls to form the main loadbearing structure which reduced the floor spans and structural depth.

Mezzanine bedrooms were also created with new structural elements between the original church attic trusses which allowed this feature to be retained showing the character of the original building.

Architect: Kerry Smith Architects

 We provided civil and structural design services for this building commissioned by Montrose Port Authority. The building houses emergency sub-sea containment equipment to be deployed to prevent disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010.

We worked under Brookfield Fabrications in Montrose who delivered the project successfully on time for its opening in September 2019.

The building has a 14m clear height to the eaves to allow the 50 tonne crane to assemble the high tech equipment for testing. Due to the scale and height of the building, 1300mm lattice columns were required on deep steel tube piled foundations taken to the rock through the soft alluvial soils of the Montrose Basin to support the significant loadings on the building. 

The 43,000 sq ft pavilion-style building achieved practical completion in the last week of October 2021 and developers said it “sets the standard for sustainable office redevelopment in Edinburgh Park”. The building offers open-plan office accommodation, ranging from 14,000 to 43,000 square feet, configured over three floors.

This building was developed to provide additional commercial space and enhance the quality of the tenant offering.  Under the development proposals, the following Civil and Structural works were undertaken:

Partial demolition of core wall and slabs at all levels and demolition of existing entrance porch.

Construction of new core walls between supported on new piled foundations, tied to existing to utilise existing piles’ strength. 

Construction of new composite slabs and construction of new 3 storey  entrance/  office extension.

Developer: Knight Property Group

Contractor: Clark Contracts 

Photographer: Alexander Fraser Photography