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Westfield Shopping Centre

Bradford, UK
At a Glance
Project
HD Frames
Roof Finish
Warm Roof, Single Ply
Supported
AHUs and Plant Rooms
System
Plant Deck
When one of the main anchor tenants requested that the developer provide paving slabs for their contractor to position the store AHUs on, the developer’s Mechanical Engineer understood the risks with allowing the tenants to position their own plant on a roof, which was owned and maintained by the developer.
As the market leader in non-penetrative roof top load management products, Big Foot Systems were called in to assist with technical knowledge and experience, to bring them a design which would give the developer confidence that plant loads involved would be suitably managed.

Following the provision of the anchor tenant’s plant supports the shell and core fit-out contractor, Mitton Mechanical, approached Big Foot to provide supports for the packaged plant rooms and AHUs.
Working collaboratively with the plant room and AHU manufacturer, Big Foot were able to provide support solutions to safely manage the loads imposed on the shopping centre roof to give confidence that there would be no future issues with the integrity of the landlord’s roof. The shopping centre is designed so that if demand was such in the future, then another floor of stores could be easily added.

Big Foot’s non-penetrative design ensured that in the event of expansion, plant could be lifted and positioned on the new roof with no need to remove concrete upstands or steel stubs.

Therefore Big Foot’s design saves time and labour costs on site, with the potential to reuse the supports. Due the modular design there is also the possibility to extend the frames making it both versatile and cost effective.