The practice acted as landscape architects for one of the last significant inward investment projects in the North East – the establishing of Samsung at Wynyard, nr Billingham, Teesside.This was a major development by Samsung to create their new European manufacture and research centre.
We assisted in the design of the masterplan and went on to design the hard and soft external landscape, creating swathes of screening woodland, a English garden as the focus for the main training and administration building, avenues and grids of trees and extensive ornamental beds along the main staff footpath routes that cut through the site to link the main buildings.
Our work also included extensive consultation with the local planning authority and residents, who initially were uncomfortable about the proximity of such a large industrial development.
The scheme was fast track and went in eight months from a green field site to a fully landscaped and operational factory.
·The practice was responsible for:
-Inputting the development masterplan
-Formulation of costed landscape masterplan
-Stock purchase
-Design, tendering and administration of the landscape contract
-Landform design
-Formulation of long term management plan
-Local planning authority liaison
·The landscape softworks capital budget was approximately £300,000.
·The value of the RLD led commission was approximately £50,000.
·The design and capital implementation work was carried out between 1995 – 1997 with management work continuing until 1999.
·The work was carried out from our Newcastle office, with project and contract meetings held on site.
·The work was completed to the satisfaction of the client.
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