New Commissions
North West Consortium of NHS Trusts
Bolton Priestley have now been included on the North West Consortium of NHS Trusts’ list for Structural Engineers.
New Wave, South Milford
40 unit ‘Eco’ housing development has just received planning approval on appeal. Bolton Priestley are appointed to provide design & details for substructures, road and below ground drainage using SUDS principles.
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls – Elstree
Bolton Priestley are continuing their 15 year relationship with the school to provide structural engineering services for a new £1M 3 storey administration and teaching block. The site infills a prominent corner of the school and will make a major impact to the entrance vista. Planning permission has recently been submitted with a brief to develop the project to tender stage. 
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Tavistock Place
BP have recently been successful, following a submission, to provide structural and below ground engineering services on the £5.75M redevelopment of a former 5 storey 1920s public transport police HQ to convert to administration and seminar rooms.
This project is of strategic importance to the School which is part of the University of London in that it brings together a series of functions that are currently scattered around the University site.
The scheme provides for new entrance, lift and core, structural upgrading and creation of large meeting and seminar rooms.
Staff
Christmas Get-Together
We had our annual Christmas outing early in December 2008, taking advantage of Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland. The keen amongst us took to the ice, whilst the less adventurous had a ride on the Big Wheel. We then had a wander around the German market sampling the Glüwein and Beers and Winter Pimms, then off to a local restaurant for Christmas Dinner. A good time was had by all!!
New Joiners
| Tim Botfield joined the company in September 2008 as a Graduate Engineer. He studied Structural Engineering at the University of Sheffield where he completed his MEng (Hons) in June of this year. Tim’s dissertation was principally concerned with vibration isolation. He has previous experience at a London firm of structural engineers, where he spent the summer in 2007. Tim enjoys playing football, going to the cinema and he also plays the guitar. He likes to ski when he gets the chance…… |  |
| Magdalena Janus joined BP in October 2008 as a Graduate Engineer after 9 months work experience in Poland where she has been involved in the design and refurbishment of various building structures in steel and concrete. She completed her studies for BSc in Civil Engineering (specialisation: Construction Architecture) at Silesian University of Technology in Rybnik, Poland and then studied for an MSc in Civil Engineering (specialisation: Building Structures: Urban and Industrial Building) at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice and Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy. Magdalena Janus has recently been awarded 2nd prize in The Polish Union of Civil Engineers and Construction Technicians’ 39th Prof. Stanislaw Brzozowski’s competition. Her master’s diploma entitled “Static and resistance analysis of a steel construction drilling platform” received the prize in the category for the best MEng work. She enjoys all sports particularly volleyball, ice skating and swimming. Loves to travel and experience different cultures. |  |