ESP Portfolio 2012 Final (3)

For further information and how we can help you with your projects please contact:

Engineering & Special ProjectsPendle Borough CouncilElliott HouseMarket SquareNelsonLancashireBB9 0LX01282 [email protected]

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Engineering & Design Services

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We provide a wide range of services to enable fit for purpose solutions to projects of varying sizes, from pocket sites to multi million pound public realm schemes. Projects can be managed to meet the needs of our clients, from feasibility and grant applications to community consultation, design services and contract management. We are proud to have in our portfolio Nelson High Street and Victoria Park Bridge. Our team is made up of experienced and qualified engineers, landscape architects, asset managers, project managers, green transport professionals, and community liaison officers, supported by technicians. Working together, we can offer you the following services:

• landscape design • engineering design • structural design • and asset management.

Take a look at the range of our projects and achievements over the next few pages, and see how our expertise can fit with your own project.

Peter AtkinsonEngineering & Special Projects Manager

WelcomePendle Council’s Engineering & Special Projects Unit provides an innovative multi-disciplinary consultancy to both public and private sector clients.

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Our landscape design services include:

Desktop studies, feasibility studies and concept plans

Masterplanning and impact assessments

Presentation drawings supported by visualisations, both hand drawn and 3D models

Sketch design schemes

Detail design for both hard and soft schemes, including material specification, planting plans and construction details

Working collaboratively with designers, artists and fabricators to create bespoke handcrafted site specific solutions such as street furniture, sculptures, shelters and lighting Contract management including preparing contract documents, tender procedure, contract administration and monitoring work on site to completion

Tree surveys and woodland management plans

Planning guidance, including submission of applications and release of conditions, also approval from other statutory authorities

Control of invasive weeds such as Japanese Knotweed, including site inspections and report writing

Management and maintenance plans including audit, appraisal, upgrading and long term management.

We believe that all places for living and working should be valuable resources for local communities – promoting better health and wellbeing, preserving and improving heritage, community cohesion and biodiversity, while also supporting economic prosperity. We specialise in all aspects of civil, structural, highway and environmental engineering. Well versed in the many complex challenges that a project can present, we are skilled in devising holistic approaches that address local issues and objectives, and create deliverable schemes to the highest standard - always on time and within budget. Our consistently professional approach and proven reputation

support an already extensive portfolio of outstanding and wide-ranging projects. Now, due to local government reorganisation, we are in a strong position to share our expertise with new clients in the public and private sector. We are committed to working with our partners to conserve and enhance the quality and character of their respective environments, and have so much to offer prospective clients. Peter Atkinson, Engineering and Special Projects Manager, explains, “Our track record shows what we’re capable of, but that’s only the start. We take pride in offering a flexible, competitive and dedicated service, delivering high quality projects within timescale and budget.

About Us

“We are proud of our many accomplishments and invite prospective clients to review examples of our work and evaluate our professional capabilities.”

“We work hard to understand a site and the client’s needs. Then, by applying professional expertise and knowledge, we create an innovative, attractive, accessible and sustainable external space vital to a successful community.”

Debbie Taylor Chartered Landscape Architect & Project Manager

Our mission is to provide sustainable, integrated and creative solutions to meet our clients’ requirements. We pride ourselves on being flexible, responsive and cost-conscious.

“We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behaviour and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.”

Landscape Design Services

Lawrence Durrell

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Our engineering design services include:

Public realm design Road and sewer design

Site surveys including topographical and 3D land modelling Flood risk assessment, flood alleviation schemes and land drainage schemes

Car parking design

Traffic and transportation schemes, including adoption and traffic calming

Green transport schemes, including master planning, policy writing and green travel plans

Security measures, including CCTV and barriers

Urban and architectural lighting, including festive decorations

Community art projects and public art installation

Sports facilities, informal and formal play areas

Signage, both pedestrian and highway

Community parks and allotments

Creation of wildlife areas

Grot spot improvement

Community consultations

Grant application Housing developments – boundary treatment, open spaces, alley-gates, home zones.

Engineering Design Services“Engineering is the art of organising and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race.”

Henry G. Stott

“Having worked in both public and private sectors, we have a much greater undertstanding of public sector client needs in comparison to consultants.”

Scott Whalley Development & Projects Manager

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Our structural design services include:

Structural engineering design, including beam and foundation detail

Structural reports, including calculations

Settlement cracks

Subsidence reports and remedies, such as underpinning

Non-highway bridge design

Checking service

Demolition

Retaining structure design, mass or reinforced concrete remedial works, such as structural alterations, lintel replacement and cosmetic repair

Asset Management

Our asset management services include:

Highway maintenance

Site supervision

Car park maintenance

Countryside access, including public rights of way

Maintenance of other infrastructure, such as town centres

Structural Design Services “There are usually a number of structural solutions for any one scheme. The chosen solution is a balance of functionality, economy and aesthetics.”

Angus McLeod Principal Engineer Development & Structures

“Well maintained assets portray a good image for the Council.”

Sandra Farnell Transport & Co-ordination Manager

“Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.”

T. J. Hoover

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“The team provided an excellent design and contract management service for a number of new landscape and public realm projects under the HMR Initiative. They understood our needs and translated our visions into reality, whilst bringing fresh and innovative ideas to the projects.” Julie PalmerChartered Town Planner Pendle Council

‘Pendle have an experienced Consultancy Unit that offer a diverse skills range. We are currently working with Pendle under a flexible joint working arrangement providing Landscape Architectural, Structural and Drainage design services’

J. S. HomanAssistant Director of PropertyLCC Corporate Property Group

“Engineering and Special Projects provided us with an innovative design for our town centre and met the challenges of an externally funded project which had to be delivered within a tight timeframe.” Dorothy Morris Regeneration Projects Manager Pendle Council

Case Study: Nelson Town Centre regeneration

Our role was to design all elements of the new town centre, complete with a road to bring back slow moving traffic through the heart of the town, with accessibility and visual attractiveness borne in mind.

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Project summary

To halt the spiral of decline of Nelson over a number of years, Pendle Council decided to recreate the high street through the town centre. The aim was to improve the shopping experience and make the most of the area at the heart of the town.

What we did

• We created a clear logical route through the town using an attractive tree lined boulevard. This was supported by a hierarchy of spaces from intimate seating areas softened with planting to the central space. We were also responsible for the highway design and management including the rationalisation of existing car parking and the introduction of new parking spaces.

• Traffic was re-introduced into the town centre that had been pedestrianised for the previous 20 years. This was a challenge to put cars back into the town centre but for the pedestrians to still have priority. • The engineering design used mainly locally sourced natural materials in a full rigid and sympathetically coloured asphalt to compliment the natural material colours. • Taking into consideration significant visual links and pedestrian flows, we introduced public art at key locations to act as town centre focal points. The most notable of these is from Memorial Square and its War Memorial to the stunning Shuttle sculpture.

• We designed the central space of an attractive ellipse-shaped amphitheatre with the 12 metre high Shuttle sculpture which acts as a focal point drawing users into the centre of the town. This aspect of the project included master planning and costings. We worked collaboratively with the stone provider and steel fabricator to work up detailed designs. A member of our team sat on the Working Group to enable approval following presentations to the Area Committee and Town Council.

• The shopping experience has been improved by providing an uncluttered street layout. We selected a simple palette of furniture and lighting to ensure continuity through the phased work that doesn’t become visually overpowering or uncoordinated. This included collaborating with the steel fabricator to develop a bespoke tree pit and guard detail to improve the long term success of trees.

• We created a lighting scheme including street lighting columns, festoon lighting to trees, and uplighters buried in the ground around features and buildings chosen for their architectural importance. • We introduced soft landscaping through a boulevard of mature trees and raised planters. This included detail and layout design of granite and gabion planters, planting appropriate species for the location, and developing an ongoing maintenance plan, complete with costings, for handover. • We led both weekly Client Meetings and Contractor Meetings to ensure good project management practice. • We helped the client to explore potential further funding such as ‘sponsor a stone seating cube’ and investment in urban play. We also involved the local community and developed the uniqueness of the whole scheme by introducing local dialect phrases and lyrics.

What we achieved

• A radically redesigned town centre with the potential to attract new businesses to the town centre.

Location: Nelson town centre Completed: July 2011Client: Pendle Council Funding Profile: North West Development Agency & European Regional Development Fund Contract Value: £2.1 million

For further information and to find out how we can help you with your projects please contact:

Engineering & Special ProjectsPendle Borough Council

Elliott HouseMarket Square

NelsonLancashire

BB9 0LX 01282 661661

[email protected]

Services Provided

Highways EngineeringStructural & Civil EngineeringLandscape ArchitectureContract/Site ManagementProject Management

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Case Study: Victoria Park Bridge

Our brief was to design a functional and aesthetically pleasing replacement bridge over the main river within Victoria Park.

Project summary

The existing bridge had degraded to an extent where it had become dangerous and was beyond repair. The aim was to create a bridge that made a visual statement as well as being functional. The bridge forms a visual focus and an essential link between both sides of the park which is split by the main river.

What we did

• Thebridgewasdesignedtobecontemporaryinstyle.• Theloadcarryingcapacitywasenhancedcomparedto that of the original bridge.• Themainbridgestructurewasmadefromweathering steel to minimise maintainence.• Thestructureiswellacclaimedandwillmakea statement for generations to come. • Thesurfacewasdressedwithbondgraveltomatchthecharacter of the park.

What we achieved

• Anengineeringsolutiontobeproudof.

Location: Victoria Park, Carr Hall, BarrowfordCompleted: April2008Client: Pendle Council Parks DepartmentFunding Profile: Pendle Council Capital ProgrammeContract Value: £150,000

Forfurtherinformationandtofindout how we can help you with your projects please contact:



NelsonLancashireBB90LX

[email protected]

www.pendle.gov.uk

Services Provided

Structural EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringContract/Site ManagementProject Management

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Case Study: Elevate Greenspaces

We were tasked with creating new community parks and improving a network of grot spots over a two year period, to support the regeneration works in the Elevate neighbourhoods.

Project summary

The Housing Market Renewal initiative shaped a vision for Nelson, Colne and Brierfield through Area Development Framework, regeneration plans over a 10 to 15 year period. The aim was to restore confidence in neighbourhoods of these towns by improving existing housing, assemble sites for new housing and greenspaces also carrying out a large range of environmental improvements.

Commisioned to improve a number of grot spots and gateways including the creation of community parks to realise a cohesive and well designed public realm.

What we did

• We analysed how the spaces could be used by the existing and potential local community to support the regeneration works.

• We used a range of consultation tools, including walkabouts, ward based workshops, ‘drop ins’ and public meetings, to engage with local residents.

• We worked with others, such as architects and regeneration professionals to link into housing proposals and create masterplans.

• We liaised with the Environment Agency around culvert improvements. This resulted in extra investment in the area.

• We managed designs from inception to completion, including the survey, detailed design and contract management. • We managed the financial programme for the grot spot initiative of around £250,000 per year.

What we achieved

• We created high quality landscaped areas as part of teh grot spot and gateway improvement project including new community parks, play areas, sports walls, adventure play equipment supported by footpath networks, quiet areas and tree planting.

Location: Elevate Neighbourhoods, Nelson, Colne & BrierfieldCompleted: 2009Client: Housing Market RenewalFunding Profile: Environment Agency and Housing Market Renewal funding Contract Value: £400,000




NelsonLancashire

BB9 0LX01282 661661

[email protected]

Services Provided

Civil EngineeringLandscape ArchitectureContract/Site ManagementProject ManagementFinancial ManagementCommunity Liason

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Drainage Services

Our drainage services include:

Investigation works – CCTV, pipe location, exploratory digs, study of records and use of local knowledge

Liaison with the relevant authorities. We have a good working relationship with organisations like United Utilities, The Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water, Lancashire County Council, British Waterways

Surveying

Proactive and reactive flood alleviation works

Pipe and culvert lining

Environmental impact assessments

Bank stabilisation – including piling works and installation ofgabion baskets

Good working knowledge of the current laws, regulationsand responsibilities

Flood risk assessments

Provision of sandbags to residents affected by flooding.(A temporary solution before alleviation work.)

Watercourse and screen maintenance – debris removal,stream bed/bank maintenance

Expert risk assessments

Specialist staff who are all trained in entering confined spaces

Staff trained in health and safety by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

“No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.”

Before After

Before After




NelsonLancashire

BB9 0LX01282 661661

[email protected]

Watercourse maintenance at Edge End, Brierfield

Gabion Basket reinforcement of banking at Earby Beck

Before After

Trash screen replacement at Hendon Brook, Nelson

“We have over 70 years’ experience in this field and routinely work in areas and watercourses to strict Environment Agency requirements. We have close links with our local communities and pride ourselves in delivering an excellent service. Here are just a few examples of the types of work we’ve carried out.”

Daniel SutcliffeAssistant Engineer

For further information and how we can help you with your projects please contact:

Engineering & Special ProjectsPendle Borough CouncilElliott HouseMarket SquareNelsonLancashireBB9 0LX01282 [email protected]

Graphic Design by Pendle Council Communications Team iJb 2963/11

Engineering & Design Services

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