TRP appointed to Sands Hotel

The Preston office of structural engineer TRP Consulting has been appointed to work on Blackpool’s first five-star hotel.

They will be working with a pair of Lancashire firms in builder Warden Construction and architects Frank Whittle Partnership to deliver the new Sands Venue Resort Hotel.

In Blackpool, The Sands Venue Resort 96-bedroom hotel and leisure development represents a significant move up-market for the Lancashire resort’s hotel sector and is due to open in summer 2019.

TRP Consulting director Geoff Wilks said: “This is an exciting project for Blackpool and we’re looking forward to playing our part in what will be a real step-change for accommodation in the resort.

The project includes a vertical extension to an existing building in a sensitive planning area next to Blackpool Tower. Right on the seafront, there are also environmental and weather challenges that will have to be faced.

He said: “When it comes to the building, we are looking at creating a lightweight vertical extension. A steel framed structure will form the exoskeleton around the existing building.

“Internal floors will be put together from small components that can be lifted into place without continued reliance on cranes, because of the impact of the wind off the sea on the lifting process.