As part of a £50 million regeneration project, the transformation of Barrow Port is set to bring new life – and jobs – into an area of the UK that has a strong heritage of commerce and industry. Part of the new development of the former dockyard site is a 23 hectare Innovation Park, that will form the centrepiece of the project, which also includes a marina village, waterside residential development and a cruise ship terminal. Adien was appointed to carry out a baseline survey of the proposed Innovation Park site. Topographical and buried services surveys carried out by the team has played a vital role in establishing the exact position of existing drains, telecommunication and electrical infrastructure. This information has been key in the design of proposed road, drainage and service infrastructure for the new site. | The Barrow Port project is not just about jobs and regeneration; but also flood alleviation, which is a major issue for the site. While the precise location of existing infrastructure is important for the project team to ensure the new drainage system has the capacity to deal with the anticipated demand, on-site safety is also a vital consideration. David Mainwaring, senior engineer on the project said; “Adien’s work to accurately position buried services relative to ground features has enabled boreholes and trial pits to be located safely, without compromising the project timescales or site workers’ well being. Understanding the exact location of all service infrastructure is vital to a project such as this as on-site safety is a key issue.” |
