Image © BuroHappold Engineering/ John Shakespeare Copyright © 1976-2014 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved CLIEN T Land Securities ARCHITEC T Chapman Taylor PROJECT VALUE Confidential SERVICES PROVIDED BY BURO HAPPO LD Structural engineering This busy shopping centre in the heart of Leeds’ retail district was in need of updating in line with modern consumer expectations. Built in the 1980s, it offered a rather awkward layout of staggered floors, with a confusing number of access and egress points. BuroHappold Engineering commenced work by creating computer simulations that helped us mock-up a number of layout options in order to find ones that would work most efficiently within the constraints of the existing building. We used the resulting drawings to inform

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