PROJECT DETAILS
Client: Tesco PLC
Contractor: McLaren Construction & Galldris Construction
Architect: LOM Architecture & Design
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK
Date: November 2017
Works Duration: 13 weeks total on-site
The Project Heart development is set to be a new and exciting central hub for Tesco staff, providing flexible spaces for staff to learn, collaborate and innovate, as well as hosting facilities for staff wellbeing and also features a customer experience centre.
The development provides an opportunity to host events, promote new initiatives and showcase products. Core to the building’s function is its central circulation and atrium: an open, multi-functional, communal space for events, presentations, collaborating and socializing that acts as the building’s focal point.
Enviromesh’s task was to design, supply and install a series of gabion structures surrounding the new building. This included the post-supported rain screen walls surrounding the building, post-supported Gas Kiosk enclosure, a freestanding BBQ area and Gabion Benches.
Services provided by Enviromesh
- Built sample walls on-site for approval
- Manufacture of the gabion mesh baskets in line with the design and supply to site
- Design engineer consultations and production of as-built drawings
- Post Supported Gabion Rain Screen wall installation and hand-placed stones
- Gabion Benches installation and hand-placed stones
- Post-Supported Gas Kiosk enclosure installation and hand-placed stones
- Free-Standing Gabion BBQ area installation and hand-placed stones
- RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements) provided prior to working on site
- Purchase, supply and delivery of 245 tonnes of 6G Gritstone during the thirteen week construction period
- Pre-contract meeting with the main contractor in August 2017
Project Build Components
- Galfan Coated Welded steel wire mesh gabions manufactured from 75mm × 75mm × 4mm wire diameter
- 245T Rockfill material (6G Gritstone)
- All fixing accessories including CL50 ‘C’ ring and helicals
- Gabion mesh test panel built prior to the commencement of work undertaken (for approval by all parties on gabions and stone types)
- A dedicated and experienced team of gabion wall construction personnel
- Supply of Square Hollow Section steel wind posts complete with welded base plates
