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Type
Lecture

Investigation, repair and conservation of iron framed warehouses

Event organised by ICE

Date
19 November 2024
Time
18:00 - 19:30 GMT
Location
LJMU James Parsons Lecture Theatre
James Parsons Building
Byrom Street
Liverpool, L3 3AF
United Kingdom

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Overview

In the late 18th century, a series of major fires caused significant damage and loss of life in textile mills and dock warehouses. It became a client requirement that new construction of these types of buildings were “fire proof”. In this presentation, the speakers will discuss the type of structural members that were used to meet these requirements.

In 1988, the northern section of Liverpool’s Colonnade warehouse was converted into the Tate Liverpool art gallery. Today, it’s temporarily closed to allow a major redevelopment contract to be undertaken. 

The speakers will describe the methods that were used in the original conversion of Tate Liverpool, before providing a summary of the current alteration work being undertaken. This has included full scale floor load testing to validate the capacity of the cast iron and masonry structure.

There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience following the presentation.

This event is organised by the ICE Merseyside Branch.

Refreshments

Please join us from 18:00 for a complimentary buffet and refreshments.

Parking

Parking is available at LJMU (L3 3AF) with access off Byrom St and then Byrom Way.

Speakers

Anthony Clarke

Anthony Clarke

structural engineer

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Anthony Clarke

Anthony is a chartered structural engineer and a conservation accredited engineer. He worked for 39 years at Curtins until 2018, then as an independent consultant until earlier this year when he retired. His involvement at the Albert Docks started in 1982 as a member of a team undertaking a detailed assessment of the derelict warehouses and continued through the development period and beyond. In total, Anthony has 30+ years of experience working on these buildings. Anthony was also involved in appraising many other warehouses in the Lancashire, Yorkshire and Merseyside area.

Since going into semi-retirement, he continues his private research on Victorian dock construction methods. 

Ethan Conlin

Ethan Conlin

Buro Happold

associate structural engineer

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Ethan Conlin

Ethan is a chartered structural engineer with over 10 years’ experience in the cultural, education, commercial, residential, rail and aviation sectors. Having spent the first half of his career working in London and Australia he returned to the UK in 2018 to begin work at Buro Happold’s Manchester office. Since then, he has worked on a series of reuse projects focused largely in the cultural sector, including Grade I-II listed museums and more recently, educational spaces. Working on the Tate refurbishment project since 2022 has broadened Ethan’s understanding of historical structural forms.