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Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine Disc Factory

Transforming a former Dunlop Tyres factory into state-of-the-art aero-engine disc facility

Exterior of Rolls-Royce factory against a blue sky

行业领域

地点

Washington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

客户

Rolls-Royce

建筑设计

Bond Bryan Architects

The £30m construction investment by Rolls-Royce allows the relocation of the 200,000ft2 Rolls-Royce aero-engine disc factory from Pallion, Sunderland, to a new plant on the site of the former Dunlop Tyres factory in Washington. The new site sees the continued redevelopment of the former Dunlop Tyres site, which has been returned to industrial use following its closure and demolition in 2006, ensuring the 60-year manufacturing history of the site is continued.

The new manufacturing premises incorporates production space, 38,000ft2 of offices, ancillary areas, a gatehouse, security, car parking, plant areas, landscaping and designated areas for deliveries and distribution by large vehicles. The facility has provision for future extension, and initially will be manufacturing more than 2,000 fan and turbine discs each year.

Alex Carter, Structural Engineering Partner, commented "As part of our diverse portfolio of Rolls-Royce projects, our teams in geotechnical, civil, structural design, and MEP disciplines collaborated to deliver this aero-engine disc facility. We produced an outline and detailed plan input, achieving a cost-effective, top-tier industrial production facility, revitalising former industrial sites, constructing buildings for jet engine production and maintenance."

Key fact

Rolls-Royce, as a major worldwide heavy engineering and manufacturing company, has a few requirements in terms of specification and performance of its buildings - one of which being differential settlement across the new structure and floor slab.

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Key fact

The structural frame solution was also developed from the original Rolls-Royce scheme which incorporated a complex trussed rafter solution to a scheme of Westok beams allowing service distribution, adequate crane support and a reduction in overall building height.

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Alex Carter

Partner, Structural Engineering

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We collaborated with Rolls-Royce in the design phase to understand and meet their precise requirements, ensuring minimal differential settlement across the new structure and floor slab, standing as a critical benchmark of success.

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