Southwark Fire Station Redevelopment

The redevelopment of Southwark Fire Station, designed by architects Peter Taylor Associates, is a major mixed-use development, branded as Brigade Court. The plans included a comprehensive refurbishment of a Grade II listed former fire station, headquarters, museum, and training facility originally built in 1777, alongside the development of a 10-storey residential building to create 199 new apartments, commercial space, and a new school to house 1,150 students.

The new secondary school and sixth form, designed by Peter Taylor Associates, incorporates space within the existing fire station as well as a new building which is constructed using pre-fabricated off-site modular technology.

The redevelopment was a sizeable project which blended the old masonry façade with new additions. Because of this, and the fact that each level had a slightly different design meant that the project required a lot of attention to detail. Ardmore Group as the main contractor required a project partner who would be able to minimise the risks and challenges during the major heritage refurbishment.

Ardmore Group decided to bring in CFS to support the project because of our extensive experience in complex masonry support design. This project required a significant number of designs that had little repetition per floor never mind per level. CFS worked together with the Ardmore Group to provide design of the masonry support used.

Image taken from Ardmore Group website.