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Wadswick Green - Engineering Services

Rangeford Villages selected the site of a former naval college for a new luxury retirement living complex. For more than a decade, we have provided structural, civil, and geo-environmental services across the multiple phases of this development.

Our structural engineering team worked closely with architect CMS Group to help realize the client¡¯s aesthetic design. Although outwardly simple loadbearing masonry buildings, a palette of multiple external materials enhances the design. These many different finishes required complex detailing while large, glazed areas also needed careful structural designing.

Ground conditions on the site were extremely variable, and this caused challenges in identifying locations where soakaways would work effectively. Our team extensively probed the site to pinpoint suitable soakaway locations, avoiding expensive attenuation crates and network upgrades while determining that all scheme layouts worked with these chosen locations. In some parts of the site, we also promoted natural swales and informal wetlands to produce a pragmatic risk-based design, which provided significant savings.

Our geo-environmental team conducted extensive surveying, testing, and remedial design to de-risk the site for future development. We also conducted cut and fill modelling and managed the earth movements to save and reuse as much site material as possible, reducing the project¡¯s environmental impact and cost.

Set within 25 acres (10 hectares) of landscaped grounds, this standalone community of 247 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments is designed to cater for all aspects of residents¡¯ lives. Care services include 24-hour on-call support, housekeeping, property maintenance teams, and concierge services, with future plans including the addition of a general practitioner surgery on-site. Leisure facilities include a restaurant, spa, gym, hair salon, and croquet lawn, as well as beautiful open spaces for walking and a chauffeur service to nearby towns.