We were appointed to deliver the scaffold design for a refurbishment project at 141 Wardour Street in the heart of Soho. The scaffold design had to address highly restricted pavement space on one of central London’s busiest streets while maintaining pedestrian access throughout the works.
Wardour Street’s narrow pavement, combined with active ground-floor retail units, meant any scaffold encroaching onto the public highway required full loading analysis and Westminster City Council highway licence approval. The design had to minimise footway obstruction to maintain pedestrian flow on one of Soho’s busiest streets, while still providing full access to the upper floors for facade refurbishment works.
A pavement gantry was designed at ground level to create a protected pedestrian walkway beneath the scaffold, with hoarding panels installed on both sides to separate the public from the working area. The overhead structure incorporated multi-coloured bracing and a fully boarded soffit to provide robust overhead protection. Vehicular access for site deliveries had to be maintained through the gantry without compromising the structural integrity or pedestrian safety.
Bespoke scaffold and pavement gantry design with full Westminster highway licence documentation. 2D construction drawings, 3D model and structural calculations demonstrating compliance with Westminster’s requirements for footway loading, pedestrian clearances and overhead protection, issued to the contractor ahead of programme.