Job Title
Redhill Hospital
Client
East Surrey Hospital
Description
This projected £1m contract was undertaken jointly with sister company Hobart Paving and initially involved the construction of a new access road and car park.
This was followed by the construction of the foundations – including 120 no. 19m piles – and drainage for the new LINACs (radiotherapy linear accelerators) building, as well as ancillary external works and landscaping.
Duration
48 Weeks
Job Title
Shellbrook WTW
Client
South East Water / Enpure Ltd
Description
Construction of foundations, pipework and a 5m deep 2.4m pumping well that was sunk as a caisson.
This allowed the installation of new DAF tanks and pumping systems to upgrade Shellbrook Water Treatment Works. The contract was subject to a DWI completion date that was achieved on target, as well as being completed on budget.
Duration
20 Weeks
Job Title
Madeira Drive
Client
Brighton & Hove City Council
Description
Demolition, waste separation and disposal to clean underground storage area, including concrete repairs and reconstruction of reinforced concrete columns.
Duration
12 Weeks
Job Title
Chinese Bridge, Stowe
Client
The National Trust
Description
Stowe Landscape Gardens is an internationally important garden containing more than 40 listed structures. The National Trust are in the process of re-stoning the original circular walk around the gardens which required the replication of an original wooden bridge (known as the Chinese Bridge) which once spanned the southern end of the Worthies River to complete the circular walk around Octagon Lake.
The footbridge is designed to replicate the earlier historic bridge and to have foundations constructed below water to avoid any visual distraction from the bridge. The foundations were constructed in two metre depth of water and silt using concrete caissons placed to support the timber posts of the bridge. The result is a stunning bridge that gives the appearance of floating on the water.
Duration
4 Weeks
Job Title
Crowborough Boating Pond
Client
Crowborough Town Council
Description
Excavation for and construction of a new boating pond to add to the existing recreation facilities at Crowborough Leisure Centre.
The contract entailed carefully constructing the pond in a matter sympathetic to the existing environment, surrounded as it is by a number of mature trees which in turn are circumnavigated by the model railway track.
Duration
6 Weeks
Job Title
Brighton Wheel
Client
Paramount Entertainment
Description
Construction of steel framed ‘Brighton Wheel’ ride adjacent to one of Brighton’s busiest beaches.
The wheel was erected on top of a decaying Victorian amusement arcade requiring significant strengthening of the structure. Large concrete bases were built inside the restricted space of the old arcade and the steel towers then erected to transfer the leg loads from the wheel itself to ground, with the bases on the beach having to be piled through 20m of beach shingle.
The Wheel was erected by a team of Australian specialists, operating under our supervision as Principle Contractor.
Duration
12 Weeks
Job Title
Kings Road Arches Reconstruction – Phase 1
Client
Brighton & Hove City Council
Description
Demolition and reconstruction of 26 Victorian brick arches on Hove seafront. Whilst the new structure is an RC portal frame on piled foundations, great care has been taken to replicate faithfully the Victorian brickwork façade, and the project has been recognised for its innovation and sustainability by the Institution of Civil Engineers in its regional awards ceremony.
New cast iron railings and refurbishment of the existing shelter were also included in the scope, as was 1000m2 of block paving and a further 1000m2 of tarmac surfacing.
The project won the 2015 Sussex Heritage Award for a commercial development.
Duration
52 Weeks
Job Title
Woodmansterne Soakaway Lagoon
Client
Sutton & East Surrey Water
Description
Design and construction of a new 300m access road including S278 works and earthworks to construct a new soakaway lagoon as part of the enabling works for the expansion of the Water Company’s adjacent Water Treatment Works.
The earthworks element of the project involved a balanced cut and fill of approximately 4,000m³ for the lagoon construction, as well as a further 2000m³ of earthworks for the access road construction. The scheme also involved the installation of a new 350m pumping main (250mm diameter) to link back to the main works, as well as 400m of ducting for power supplies and the construction of all associated new road drainage.
Duration
20 Weeks
Job Title
Sheffield Park Gardens Cascade and Ponds
Client
The National Trust
Description
Restoration of Sheffield Park Gardens collapsed cascade between the Upper & Lower Woman’s Way Pond, and de–silting of the Upper Woman’s Way Pond. Extensive landscaping to ensure areas returned to their former beauty.
This project was awarded the prestigious Sussex Heritage “Landscape & Gardens” Award in 2005.
Duration
12 Weeks
Job Title
i360 Sewer Diversion
Client
Mackley Construction
Description
The construction of the i360 – Brighton and Hove’s 170m high viewing tower and major visitor attraction – involved diverting Southern Water’s main 5’ diameter combined sewer, which serves the City and runs along the seafront’s Lower Promenade.
The project involved the construction of four (4) manholes and 130m of new 1600mm diameter sewer – the live cut-in to the existing sewer was fraught with risk and achieved using large inflatable bungs with a bypass pipe through the middle to divert the flow into the new sewer and then back into the existing sewer whilst the two manholes were built. The construction of the two in-line manholes and installation/removal of the bungs can be seen on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfpViImVnw
Duration
24 Weeks