John McSweeney BSc (Hons) CEng MICE MIStructE
Director
Education
| St Columba’s College, St Albans |
| Southampton University |
Professional Career
| Graduate Engineer |
- SB Tietz and Partners (1980) |
| Engineer |
- SB Tietz & Partners (1986) |
| Senior Engineer |
- SB Tietz & Partners (1991) (Chartered 1991) |
| Associate |
- SB Tietz and Partners (1987) |
| Associate/Director |
- Clark Smith Partnership (1992) |
| Director |
- Michael Alexander (2006) |
Experience
While working for SB Tietz and Partners, progressed from Graduate Engineer to Senior Associate, gaining experience in many types of construction and responsible for design and co-ordination of numerous projects, both in the Public and Private sectors. Projects included office and commercial developments, industrial buildings, infrastructure design for housing estates, laboratories, schools and student accommodation, refurbishment and restoration of Listed Buildings. Worked on contaminated sites and waste transfer stations. Experienced in temporary works for facade retention and deep foundation construction, including working for Contractors. Joined Clark Smith Partnership in 1992 and was the Director responsible for the design coordination of a wide range of Projects.
Joined Michael Alexander in 2006 as Director and is currently responsible for residential, office and commercial developments, industrial buildings, infrastructure and foundation design for housing estates and structural alterations for refurbishment projects.
A varied selection of projects includes:
- Structural appraisal and partial reconstruction of a substantial building, with a floor area of 23 000m² at 50 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London for The Burford Group
- The design of a new combined heat and power station for Citigen Limited in Charterhouse Street, London
- Temporary works, deep basement, new RC framed construction in Listed Building
- The design of a high quality residential development in Hampstead
- The design of numerous industrial warehouses for the Port of Tilbury, including three warehouses with a combined area of 65 000m² for the storage of paper
- Structural surveys and design for refurbishment of Café Rouge and Dome restaurants for Pelican Group
- Refurbishment and alterations to Listed buildings
- Worked on many Design and Construct projects both directly for the client and for the Contractors
- The design of many residential Projects with basements, including prestige properties in the Bishops Avenue, Hampstead and Highgate
- The design of an eight storey building with mixed retail, gym, office and residential use in Reading City Centre
Site experience on a wide variety of projects has been gained during the course of his professional career, including a secondment to Tarmac National Construction working on construction of M25/M40 structures.
Professional Development and Technical Skills
Worked with many Structural Analysis and Draughting programs including AutoCad, STAAD, QSE, Corus Software, RAM Structural System, MicroDrainage and Masterseries.
Attends technical seminars arranged through the Institution of Structural Engineers and Institution of Civil Engineers and in-house seminars.
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