Sports Pitches - Busk Meadows

Contract Name: Busk Meadows
Contract Value: £ 450 000
Form of Contract: JCLI
Client: Sheffield City Council
Dates: Sept 2005 – Mar 2006

Busk Meadows was carried out by Killingleys for Sheffield City Council, under the direction of Landscape Architects Gross Max of Edinburgh.The scheme was £ 450 000. A major part of the project was a £ 80 000 design and build lighting sub-contract, which was designed and installed by our specialist sub-contractor IES Lighting.This worked so well that we would use the same company again on similar porojects. The scheme also involved high-quality gabion baskets to from architectural spatial divisions within the park area.Pre-formed concrete seating was imported from Spain to give the park a distinct feel.A technical geo-engineered earth bank was installed to give shelter, privacy and seating to a football pitch.Breedon paths linked the various discrete areas.A boardwalk was built to cross newly formed wetland areas which hosted artist designed steel dragon flies.The scheme also boasted some excellent semi-mature planting of multi-stemmed birch and hazel, imported from Germany.All followed by 12 months maintenance.

Reference: Bridget Bains: “I was extremely pleased with the work , the team have been good to work with.