Primrose
gardens is a public realm area in Chorley, Lancashire which has recently
undergone a major regeneration.
Wade
Group based in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley was awarded the contract to install a
new parking area and carry out extensive soft landscaping and a planting
scheme.
They
offer a complete package from demolition and site clearance, design and build
through to external works and landscaping.
For this
project they carried out a clearance of the site and excavations of the
existing surface tarmac and stone. They installed a new parking area made up of
imported hardcore sub-base to all areas, installed 170m² of TruckPave 80 and a
two-coat tarmac system. Alongside the hard landscaping they also installed an
extensive soft landscaping and planting scheme.
FLP, a
brand of leading landscape supplier Green-tech supplied the 714 TruckPave 80
pieces required. Manufactured from recycled plastics, TruckPave paving is
robust, durable and capable of withstanding all levels of traffic up to and
including coaches and HGVs.
A roll
of Tensar TX160 Geogrid for ground stabilisation was also supplied. Geogrids
enhance soil shear strength and soil stiffness and do this by performing
two distinct geosynthetic functions; reinforcement and stabilisation.
Ellie
Brown, Project Management Support from Wade Group said: “Green-tech were very
accommodating with their service; they provided a quick service providing
materials to site with no delays or issues. We had one instance where we had
almost completed the laying of the TruckPave when we noticed that we were one
piece short.
"Green-tech
sent a piece over to us free of charge so we could complete our project on time
and to a high standard.”
