Arlington Business Park – Overflow Car Park
With additional parking at business parks coming increasingly sought after we were employed by IPM Facilities to extend, resurface and install fencing to separate the landscape department whilst also providing a new overflow car park to the business park. The works involved excavation, muck away, laying and compacting an MOT type 1 sub-base on geotextile […]
Chessington Tiger Enclosures
With 4 endangered Amur tigers coming we were tasked with doing the groundworks for their tiger house and 3 enclosures. Works started with clearing what was Mystic East to make space for the new building/ enclosures. Tarmac was broken up and removed from site as well as lots of excavated arisings to suit the new […]
Thorpe Park – HV Cable Trenching Works
In 2009 it was necessary to install a new 90mm high voltage cable. The cable run was from the dome to the area opposite Flying Fish. Works involved cutting the tarmac and excavating a trench 750mm deep. Various manholes were constructed using precast manhole rings. The cable was then laid in the trench and covered […]
Thorpe Park – Saw Alive
As part of the lake infill project, material was filled to allow for the development of the new attraction; Saw Alive is a floating maze aboard the old paddle ship (Thorpe Bell) themed along the lines of the Saw movies. It required a themed docking area as well as queue lines and a link route […]
Thorpe Park – 5 year lake infill contract
The project involved moving 300,000m/3 of soil from outside of the permitted development area to form new flood plains for Chertsey. The material was moved using a fleet of 25 tonne articulated dump trucks and various excavators from 45 tonnes down to 7 tonnes. Material was also imported to make up the volume required to […]
The National Trust- Frensham Little Pond Remedial Works
Rehabilitation of 800 year old dam After reducing water levels in the pond by siphoning over several weeks, work commenced by carefully gaining access by protecting roots of the trees and acid grassland by using aluminium trackway. Under the strict control of Surrey wildlife/bats/reptiles a borrow area was slowly cleared. (Borrow area was basically the […]
Chessington World of Adventures – Landscape Building
This project was to demolish an existing container storage unit and to do the groundworks for a new steel framed industrial building. The arisings from the storage unit were loaded away off site with our 7 tonne excavator with a grapple attachment. The foundation bases for the building were then excavated and concrete was poured. […]
P & O Estates – Staines Holding Tank & Pumping Station
After the severe flooding of 2014 in the Staines area and the backing up of the foul system in the main road, a large office block ended up with sewage on the car park and leading to the office door which resulted in the office being closed for several days with a large loss of […]
RHS Gardens Wisley Infrastructure Ducting
This project involved installing 1000m of multi duct system for the use of supplying new electric/data cabling to various areas within the gardens. Trenches were excavated with caution to avoid damage to trees and plants. Numerous duct chambers were installed as well as traceable warning tape over all ducting. Works also included molling under Wisley […]
Chessington World of Adventures- Zufari Workshop
This project involved clearing an old storage area and constructing foundations and concrete hard-standing ready for a new steel framed workshop. Works also included installing an oil separator tank for a refuelling area. The existing concrete was broken out and crushed on site allowing it to be reused within the new sub-base.