A house worked on by JGP, Inverdart Boathouse in Kingswear, has been shortlisted for an award at the Homebuilding & Renovating Awards. John Grimes Partnership conducted the geotechnical investigations at the site and designed the anchored reinforced concrete retaining walls constructed against the cut rock face. If you get a spare minute, can you please…
Congratulations to Charles Kelly who has recently achieved the distinction of having been a member of the ICE for 50 years. He joined as a Student member whilst working for the Isle of Man Water Board and became a Chartered Engineer in 1972. Charles retired two years ago, but continues to work for JGP from…
The South West branch of the Geological Society held their annual Pro Geo event last Friday. Pro Geo is a one-day conference for professional geoscientists in the South West and this year’s theme was ‘Physical and Contaminant Hydrogeology’. The event was held at the picturesque Roadford Lake, near Broadwoodwidger in Devon. Several JGP employees attended the event…
Massive congratulations to our ‘zombie-fied’ Magnificent Seven who completed the Commando Challenge on Saturday! The team consisting of Liz Willcox, Mel Maddock, Richard Glover, Rod Smith, Martin Whittingham, Tony Rockey and Matt Vandenbrouck successfully mastered the gruelling 10K and raised money for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust in the process. (They were also commended for their matching ‘zombie’ outfits!!) Many thanks to all who helped organise this…
Work on the Cavanna Homes housing development at Parish Green, off Harris Way, Lee Mill has recently been completed. John Grimes Partnership carried out civil and structural engineering design for the roads and drainage, retaining walls and house structures for the 65 house development. The estate roads were adopted under Section 38 Agreements and works…
Last week, two of our roped access team, Tim Grimes and Richard Glover, undertook a visual structural inspection of a 40m high tower for Wiltshire Fire & Rescue service. The inspection consisted of using roped access techniques to visually inspect all structural elements of the mast for safety and maintenance purposes. If you require any…
A house worked on by JGP, The Green House in Newton Ferrers, Devon has been given a prestigious ‘Regional Award’ by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Our structural engineer, Jon Warren, worked alongside the project’s architects Nick Elkins based at Brixham firm Stan Bolt’s Architects. The Green House is a replacement house on…
JGP’s write up in the Ivybridge Magazine. Use the arrows to scroll to page 13. If you click on the article you can zoom in to view full screen. Working on prestigious projects across the country and abroad has engineered a national and international reputation for an Ivybridge company’s innovative consultancy services. John Grimes Partnership…
Huge congratulations to one of JGP’s Engineers, Mark Burrows, for gaining his Chartered Engineer status from the ICE. As highlighted on the ICE website, Chartered Engineers develop appropriate solutions to engineering problems. They may develop and apply new technologies, promote advanced designs and design methods and introduce new and more efficient production techniques, or pioneer…
