The £22 million development at Newhall in Harlow comprises of two to three storey timber frame private houses and two, four storey RC frame mixed-use buildings.

The ground conditions comprise of desiccated clay hence the foundation solution had to cater for swelling of the clay soil. This was achieved by using suspended beam and block ground floor slabs spanning between mass concrete strip footings for the timber frame buildings. The 4 storey concrete buildings comprised of a RC ground slab built on Cellcore, with the slab spanning between ground beams which in turn span on to mass concrete pads.

The timber frame buildings had to incorporate cantilever windows, this was achieved by designing the internal cross walls as cantilever walls with perimeter timber beams spanning between these cantilever walls supporting the windows.

The concrete buildings comprised of RC flat slabs spanning between columns, with stability provided by a mixture of portal frame action and the internal stair cores.