Portfolio Category: <span>Earthworks & Landscaping</span>

Client

National Cat Centre

Description

Improvement to parking and safety, with the work split into a number of discrete areas, each of which had to be completed before the work could begin elsewhere.

For the Lower Car Park (Picture 1) the team had to lay a ‘No Dig’ tree protection system and fill with graded stone to form a permeable sub-base before the permeable surfacing was laid. This is an ideal solution for tree sensitive areas where traditional construction methods are not permitted.

The Lower Car Park was then marked up and ready to be used (Picture 2). The permeable solution was specified as part of the planning process and removes the need for any additional drainage to be installed.

The new retaining wall (Picture 3) was installed along the access road to the National Cat Centre. This was a bespoke wall and guard rail and has now enabled the widening of the road and improved the sight lines for visitors to the centre.

Duration

6 months

Forest Row Bridleway

Client

East Sussex County Council

Description

Reinstatement of the existing Bridleway through Wetwood which connects Hammerwood to Forest Row.

The work included skimming off the top layer of mud and leaves on the Bridleway then laying down a hardcore base with type 1 limestone over the top. Some of the ditches along the way were renewed and drainage was installed along a section of the bridle way to as this section does get extremely wet during the winter months.

The work will now allow much better use of the bridle way throughout the year.

Duration

2 Weeks

Blackwell Hollow Bank Stabilisation

Client

Sussex Police / East Grinstead Town Council

Description

Stabilisation of an 80m long steep bank above a busy road including re-profiling of the slope and soil nailing to prevent landslips

Duration

6 weeks

Chartham Park Golf Club

Client

Transcontinental Golf Construction Ltd

Description

Earthworks and landscaping in the construction of this 18 hole golf course, including excavation of the 6 lakes and construction of the stone retaining walls, as well as sympathetic landscaping in keeping with the surrounding features.

We also carried out the construction of the access road and reinforced concrete cart paths.

Duration

48 weeks

London Golf Club

Client

Transcontinental Golf Construction

Description

Excavation of 10 lakes and construction of such golf course features as tees, greens and bunkers, as well as reinforced concrete buggy paths, main access road, and the installation of the main carrier drains across the golf course.

Duration

52 Weeks

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

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

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

East Sussex National Golf Course

Client

Horsted Properties

Description

Construction of new roundabout on the A22 to serve the East Sussex National Golf Course, involving extensive earthworks to form the ten man-made lakes and landscaping to create the key features of the golf course such as greens, tees and bunkers.

Duration

42 Weeks