Cunning Park, Ayr
Poor ground and seasonal flooding were just two of the challenges Woolgar Hunter’s civil engineering team overcame in the design of a luxury residential development in a picturesque setting in the west coast of Scotland.
Client:
Architect: ARM Architects
Cunning Park, Ayr
Poor ground and seasonal flooding were just two of the challenges Woolgar Hunter’s civil engineering team overcame in the design of a luxury residential development in a picturesque setting in the west coast of Scotland.
Working closely with ARM architects, our civil and geotechnical engineers developed an engineering strategy to allow the engineering issues to be managed efficiently to allow the first phase of 24 luxury dwellings to be built.
The site had well-recorded issues in that it had poor ground to depth and was susceptible to seasonal flooding due to a tidal burn and sea influence. The obvious solution was to raise the site level by up to 2m as part of flood prevention scheme, however, the poor ground conditions meant the site would be susceptible to uncontrolled settlement once imported material to establish new levels was placed.
The solution we adopted was to over-consolidate the site and introduce a series of vertical sand filled ‘band’ drains which would allow us to monitor the rate of settlement against our computerised model and allow a controlled earthworks exercise. The earthworks also involved re-routing significant sewers and services to the site perimeter away from the major up filling works. The Works also included providing roads and drainage to the development in a sustainable manner.
Working closely with ARM architects, our civil and geotechnical engineers developed an engineering strategy to allow the engineering issues to be managed efficiently to allow the first phase of 24 luxury dwellings to be built.
The site had well-recorded issues in that it had poor ground to depth and was susceptible to seasonal flooding due to a tidal burn and sea influence. The obvious solution was to raise the site level by up to 2m as part of flood prevention scheme, however, the poor ground conditions meant the site would be susceptible to uncontrolled settlement once imported material to establish new levels was placed.
The solution we adopted was to over-consolidate the site and introduce a series of vertical sand filled ‘band’ drains which would allow us to monitor the rate of settlement against our computerised model and allow a controlled earthworks exercise. The earthworks also involved re-routing significant sewers and services to the site perimeter away from the major up filling works. The Works also included providing roads and drainage to the development in a sustainable manner.
Client:
Architect: ARM Architects