Project: Town Square & Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare
Client: Skanska / North Somerset Council
Value: £2m
Description:
A fantastic new public space just off the High Street in Weston. EJ McGrath worked alongside Skanska to a tight and ambitious deadline set by the client, North Somerset Council.
Complete from Start to finish in less than 8 months, the scheme included:
- Installation of a new encapsulated attenuation tank holding a up-to a quarter of million litres of surface water
- A bulk reduction of levels removing in excess of 3000 tonnes of earth
- New service ducting, Aco and Gatic drainage
- Laying of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC)
- Relocation, restoration and extension of the historic Italian Garden walls
- Design and installation of bespoke cast white concrete cladding and copings, including a stage
- Iroko timber seating
- Granite kerbing and over 4000m² of granite paving
- Installation of a surface finished high volume illuminated fountain
