Research and Development
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Energy Performance of New Carlton House
Following the successful completion of the new Gifford Studios additional electrical metering has been installed and a project i...
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Faraday Studentship ‘Exemplar Schools; Prediction and Performance’
Having completed a number of school buildings in the recent past which are now constructed and occupied by the end users a monit...
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Engineering Doctorate
Over the last two years, Gifford, along with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, have sponsored an Engineeri...
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PT Floor Slabs - Parametric Vibration Assessment
FE modelling of typical PT floor arrangements to determine dynamic characteristics. The aim will be to disseminate the performa...
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Composite Floors - Parametric Vibration Assessment
Parametric study using FE modelling of typical office plan arrangements constructed with steel and concrete composite floors wit...
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Monitoring Hospital Floors for Vibration
The results of floor vibration tests carried out by SCI on a Gifford designed hospital have been used to help determine suitable...
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Masonry Arch Bridge Serviceability Load Tests
An experimental and theoretical investigation was undertaken to investigate masonry arch bridge behaviour at the serviceability ...
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Skew Bridge Working Load Tests
Working with Bill Harvey of OBVIS Limited who has tested a highly skewed masonry arch bridge, Gifford are simulating the bridge ...
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Wind Engineering with Computational Fluid Mechanics
Modelling using ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Mechanical Gifford are planning on simulating several wind tunnel tests the results of which...