Quantity Surveyor/Contract Administrator – Wilkinson Cowan

Structural Engineer – Carley Daines & Partners

Contractor – CSC Ltd

Spinners Hall was constructed in or around 1900 as a major building in Bolton town centre. This involved the early use of steel trusses and reinforced concrete.

At the upper level, a full height assembly hall existed, and the purpose of the refurbishment was to convert all accessible areas into new apartments.

A particular challenge was thrown up by the fact that the building is Grade 2 Listed , and contains a restaurant (which would remain) at basement level.

An innovative approach was adopted

whereby the majority of the new construction would be formed in structural timber, with a large amount of insulation required to comply with the latest sound transmission regulations.

The external appearance of the building had to remain unchanged, and major repair and renovation works were undertaken on the lead sheeted timber framed dome structure which was found to suffer from widespread rot and decay of the original structural timber.

Carley Daines & Partners were involved at all stages of the project, undertaking detailed initial structural investigations into the load capacity of the original structure.

Detailed structural design work was required to satisfy Part A (Structure) of the Building Regulations, and Carley Daines & Partners provided a full backup and supervisory service throughout the course of the contract.