Joint meeting with ICE, hosted by the YMG
Jonathan Macauley & Conall Doherty present an overview of their conservation and restoration work at the Grade 1 listed, 18th Century, No.6 Grafton Street, Mayfair, in its conversion from a derelict office building to a high-class entertainment venue.
Topics include the assessment and repair of the Victorian era timber roof using traditional timber jointing techniques, the extensive analysis of the 200 year-old trussed-girder timber floor beams to modern codified loads (adopting state-of-the-art dynamic testing techniques), and the appraisal of the original stone cantilever grand staircase. A laser point-cloud survey was used to develop a fully coordinated BIM model which not only enabled close coordination between disciplines, but also provided a detailed record of the asset, aiding discussions with Historic England and enabling highly accurate specification of repairs
Jonathan Macauley, Managing Director, Design ID, BEng CEng MIStructE MIEI
Jonathan has almost 20 years’ experience in the industry and is joint Managing Director at Design ID where he has led the growth of the practice since 2007, now employing over 40 staff with offices in Hillsborough & London. His conservation work at St.Mel’s Cathedral in Longford, Ireland received the IStructE Regional Group prize in 2016.
Conall Doherty, Senior Structural Engineer, Design ID, MEng CEng MIStructE
Conall has a wealth of local and international experience having spent 8 years working in Dubai, Sydney & Berlin prior to joining Design ID in 2018. He has a broad project portfolio encompassing several highly accoladed projects in the Arts & Culture sector; the iconic ‘Louvre Abu Dhabi’ museum (with Ateliers Jean Nouvel), the ‘Phoenix Art Gallery’ in Sydney (Dezeen Cultural Building of the Year 2020), and more recently the ‘Halcyon Art Gallery’ at Harrods.