Center Parcs, Penrith

WORKS INCLUDED

• Gatehouse reception building
• Vehicle access barriers
• Adjustment of site levels; SuDS drainage system; installation of hardcore parking bays; bitumen macadam circulation roads; road markings
• Lighting Installation

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KEY RISKS/CHALLENGES

• Holiday Park business open as usual alongside construction work.  
• Challenging timescales set by Client.
• Working hours restricted to avoid nuisance to Visitors.  

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COLLABORATION AND VALUE ADDED

• Construction details value engineered to meet Client aspirations and budget.  
• Phasing agreed to ensure continued usage of existing facilities.  
• Frequent ‘Look Ahead’ meetings with Park management team so that everyone was fully informed.

PLANNING AND PROGRAMME

• Deliveries programmed to avoid busy change-over days (Monday & Friday)
• Programme continually monitored to ensure that the handover dates would be met. Important so that Center Parcs could take bookings as planned for their business case.
• Working methods planned to safeguard an environmentally sensitive area where wildlife is encouraged as part of the visitor attraction.  

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SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

• Works completed on time.  Handover with car park fully operational for change-over day.
• Variations agreed as work progressed, due to embedded NEC philosophy within our management team and ongoing timely correspondence within contract timescales.  
• Zero material sent to landfill (levels adjusted to balance cut / fill operations)

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BUILDING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORK

To view the works also carried out by Building and Mechanical on this project, please click here.