Located in the city's dockland area the airport has received massive investment due to it's role as the only airport in the Central Business District.

Increased air-traffic called for the reconfiguration of the existing runway and reinstatement of grassed margins and areas surrounding the runway.  As the risk of a bird strike is increased due to the dock's permanent population of wildfowl living on the calm waters surrounding the site a special 'Bird Strike' seed mixture was required to reduce the threat, helping protect aircraft and the lives of all those in and around the area.

To find out more about our Bird Strike Mix and other special seed mixtures and how they might be of benefit, please contact us.
 

A72 Clovenfords - The Nest Stage II, Scottish Boarders

The final phase of the major improvement works to the A72 near Clovenfords required the establishment of wildflowers to the inaccessible steep slopes of the A72.

Hydroseeding with a special wildflora seed mix containing native species of flowers and grasses was used, blending seamlessly into the ecologically sensitive countryside that already exists.

This final stage extends the improved road system westward from the small town of Clovenfords to the Boarding Kennels at The Nest.
 

Adjacent to Pfizer's 69 acre Monk's Wall Nature Reserve, Hydroseeding was carried out along the river banks that follows the recently built private access road to Pfizer's Sandwich site in Kent.

Due to the very sensitive eco-system a specialist water course seed mixture was required that would not harm but aid the fragile environment which is home to many types of indigenous wild life including endangered water voles.
 

On going hydroseeding work and also clearance to railway embankments and cuttings throughout Southern England and Southeast Wales, these projects include;

• Greenford Embankment, London

• Ebbw Valley Railway, South Wales

• Perporrow Tunnel, Cornwall

• Westerleigh Embankment, South Gloucestershire

• Corsham Cutting, Wiltshire

• Reading Depot, Berkshire

• Honeyborne Embankment, Worcestershire

Problems with an unstable chalk cliff face that overlooked a public car park meant that lose rocks were a hazard to people and property below.

Using our knowledge and experience we were able to hydroseed the cliff face and introduce new vegetation onto the baron surface so that the threat of falling rock and stone was removed.
 

Hydroseeding of the giant landfill site at Rumney near Cardiff covered an area in excess of over 8 hectares and is part of the ongoing transformation of blighted land into a living landscape.
 

Using a special blend of wildflower seed, the largest earth sculpture in Europe is set to become transformed in to a blaze of colour with native species of wildflower.  The sculpture alongside and part of the newly-opened stretch of the Avon Ring Road between Siston Common and Emerson's Green is just one part of our overall contract to landscape the project.

The earthworks make up the giant 600 metre "Chain & Wheel" sculpture which was created out of the 100,000 cubic metres of soil excavated during construction of phase two of the new dual carriageway.

Photograph courtesy of Lorna Green
 

Both a Colliery & Coalite coking works once occupied this residential and public amenity redevelopment site.

An area of 32 Hectares was remediated and approximately 250,000m³ of colliery spoil and natural soils were extensively re-profiled to provide land for residential development, landscaped public amenity areas with sports fields, playground, extensive footpaths and much public open space totalling £3.4 million.

Hydroseeding was used to established vegetation on the poor soil which contained very few beneficial properties.  We over came this by choosing a seed mixture that contained grasses that require very little nurturance to survive and flourish.  
 

The Apache attack helicopter facility required, approximately 14,000m² of hydroseeding with the addition of an added tackifier coating to prevent the erosion created from incoming test aircraft before the new germination had become established plus the threat of F.O.D.
 

Over 8 miles of carriageway and steep embankments that required hydroseeding.  This included the reinstatement of several tips and slag heaps back to arable farm land that before were void of vegetation due to the poor soil conditions.

The way in which we tackled this problem was by identifying which components were missing and then correcting this shortfall by adding lime and other natural additives.
 

On going expansion and updating of the famous racecourse located to the north of the spa town has made the use of hydroseeding on several key areas of the site essential.

On the course itself where extensive work to upgrade the drainage had been carried out, the disturbed areas required seeding due to damage that might be caused by large machinery and inaccessibility, hydroseeding made the ideal solution not only for flat areas but for ditches that surround the course.

Increased traffic comes hand in hand with large events such as the 'Cheltenham Gold Cup' leading to the expansion of the relief car parks. To accommodate the type of soil (common throughout the Cotswolds) used to build the parking bays and balancing ponds, a low maintenance grass prone to periods of drought was suggested for hydroseeding the bays with.  This will not only save money in the short term but also in the long term as patching up and maintaining the grass are no longer required.
 

Over 10 miles of new carriageway and 10 hectares of adjacent land including 'The Bowl' was hydroseeded with a special wildflower seed mix.

The A417 ('Brockworth By-Pass') now links Gloucester with Cirencester and gives the city a new junction with the M5 to the north.  As the by-pass cuts through farm land great consideration was given to the potential impact on the surrounding environment, we were able to provide a hydroseeding service that incorporated special wildflower and grass seeds native to the area so that damage to the existing ecology would be kept to an absolute minimum.

During the life of the contract we were also able to provide a maintenance service to the main contactor, including the cutting of the steep embankments either side of the carriage way with the use of our specialist alpine mowing equipment.
 

Silverstone Race Circuit, Northamptonshire

Silverstone race circuit lodged £3.5 million with motor racing's world governing body the FIA as a guarantee that it has solved the track's access problems which have seen fans queuing for hours to reach the track over past years.

In response, Silverstone brought forward the first stage of a £40 million plan to improve the infrastructure and transport network at the track and has spent £10.6 million on car parking and access work to be complete before the 2002 British Grand Prix.

Our work, part of a £100,000 project being led by Fitzpatrick Contractors, we were asked to use our special hydroseeding techniques on numerous sites in and around the race circuit.  Areas include banks which surround important corners (club corner) and several balancing ponds located a long the new approach road.

The structure of the grass will help keep the slopes in place, some of which are used by spectators to sit and watch races from.

This for us is a very prestigious and special project because of Silverstone being the home of the British Grand Prix and British motor racing.
 

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