Scope
To enable the gallery roofs to be re-constructed a large complex temporary roof structure had to be provided.
What made this roof so complex was the minimal amount of support points and differing heights provided by the existing and new structures.
Challenge
This resulted in there being six individual temporary roof covers required, each interlinked and connecting with each other to form a final scaffold structure which had the necessary rigidity required to satisfy Tate Britain’s consultant engineers.
The only way to erect the 24m long trusses for main spans was to use a 250 tonne mobile crane which had to be exactly positioned in the only available location in a tight compound.
The lifts had the added complication of not being able to slew across the live galleries which surrounded these phase 1 works.
Brand Access Solutions delivered these trusses pre-formed in half so that all that was needed was one connection then the truss could be lifted in – minimising crane time and erection period.
Each gallery had stepped birdcage access decks to give access to roofs and walls – all of these materials had to be walked in and out from the one compound.
Brand Access Solutions also worked with LendLease to provide innovative free-standing Combi M 15/32 Goods Only hoist. We proposed a free-standing solution to avoid tieing into and possibly damaging the structure of the historic façade of this listed building. The hoist has a top landing height of 10 metres servicing the roof to enable access to the rest of the building.
- Free-standing Combi M 15/32 Goods Only hoists to a top landing height of 10m
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Lyndon SGB rebranded to Brand Access Solutions on February 4, 2025.
Projects were delivered at the time under the trading names of: Lyndon SGB, SGB, Lyndon Scaffolding or Taylor’s Hoists.