Land & Water celebrates a successful first half of 2020
DESPITE the challenges thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic, civil engineers Land & Water report an exceedingly strong first half of the year.
From landmark projects to increased demand for habitat creation services and ongoing investment in industry-leading plant, the company is on track for a successful year.
Demand for Land & Water’s solutions has remained strong. At Selly Oak in Birmingham the Land & Water team is delivering a complex footbridge installation at
Goodman’s Yard, over the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
The bridge will connect new student accommodation and a Sainsbury’s supermarket on the Battery Retail Park, to Bristol Road which runs alongside the Canal.
On the Isle of Man a project to remove 32,000m3 of silt from Peel Marina was launched in January. Joining the project on site in early March, the team continues to use its cutting-edge equipment, including a floating barge, to oversee these works on behalf of the Isle of Man Government.
At Blenheim, Land & Water is currently undertaking essential works to the Grand Cascade Apron which feeds the lakes from the River Glyme. It is creating a new resin injection curtain wall, currently the largest resin injection works undertaken in the UK to date. These works will ensure that the 300-year-old landscape designed by Capability Brown continues to be one of the most iconic in the UK.
Managing director Adrian Gascoyne said: “Land & Water entered 2020 with a healthy order book and lots of great opportunities to look forward to with no idea what the world had in store.
“When the March shutdown hit us, all of our teams showed great resilience and adaptability to adopt new working methods in order to keep all of our staff safe while continuing to work, where possible within all available guidance.”
He added: “Ironically, ‘social distancing’ has bought our teams closer together and resulted in improvements to both communication internally and with clients. This, alongside delivery improvements, means that we were able to finish the first six months largely unscathed and with lots to look forward to.”