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Pile foundation systems Deep foundation. (2008, April 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:44, April 18, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deep_foundation&oldid=205520756 Foundations relying on driven piles often have groups of piles connected by a pile cap (a large concrete block into which the heads of the piles are embedded) to distribute loads which are larger than one pile…

Time laspe of the construction crane being erected. Tower crane Crane (machine). (2008, April 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The tower crane is a modern form of balance crane. Fixed to the ground (or “jacked up” and supported by the structure as the structure is being built), tower cranes often give the best combination…

The Hockley Flyer: Published On: Thu, Jan 24th, 2008 Property developer RO St Bernards has appointed Birmingham-based demolition contractor Armac to carry out the clearance works at the former Science Museum, to make way for its £63m Newhall Square scheme. The £140,000 contract, which will be completed by the end of January, includes demolition of…

Travelodge, the UK’s leading budget hotel chain, have announced the conditional exchange of contracts with developer RO St Bernards Limited (ROSB) on a new hotel development site in Birmingham. The 100-room hotel will be located at Newhall Square, Birmingham B3, and is part of the regeneration of the former Science Museum. It represents an investment…

A film chronicling the life and times of Birmingham’s Science Museum was premiered recently. Property developer RO St Bernards has appointed five artists to produce works which will ensure the museum’s legacy lives on in words, pictures, film and on-line. More than 200 people, drawn from Birmingham’s business and arts communities, attended the first event.…

Birmingham’s former Science Museum may have been demolished but its legacy will live on, thanks to a ground-breaking public arts programme. The former museum, on Newhall Street, is to be transformed into a mixed-used scheme, called Newhall Square, by property developer RO St Bernards. The scheme will comprise 235 new apartments, shops, cafes, bars, offices…

Wright Silverwood have been appointed to sell the commercial space.

Application Number: C/03360/05/LBC  Newhall Street/Charlotte Street, Hockley – former site of Museum of Science & Industry and adjoining car park. Part demolition of existing site buildings and conversion of 144 Newhall Street and the Whitmore warehouse, including extensions, in connection with new mixed use development including erection of new buildings to provide commercial and leisure…

On June 24th – 25th the Museum of Lost Heritage invited the public to visit the site of the former Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry at 144 Newhall Street before its transformation into some mixed use malarkey. The building was a shell of its former use with remnants of the museum and it’s prior…

The James Watt building was part of the former Science Museum, Birmingham. It housed the oldest working steam engine in the world built by James Watt. The Building was demolished in October 2006. [fsg_gallery id=”1″]