Drax Power Station Flue Gas Desulphurisation 1990 National Power
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DRAX POWER STATION FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION 1990 NATIONAL POWER Extension of Drax Power Station site for FGD retro-fit Rail connection to import and unload dust free limestone Waste product gypsum for resale as plasterboard Screen planting and Ecology Park. Meadows and native species planting amongst the huge industrial sheds SLAG REDUCTION ROTHERHAM 1991 SLAG REDUCTION/STEELPHALT One of two sites for Slag Reduction Screen planting to prevent dust blow to neighbouring industrial sites Rapid growth acheived using irrigation and windbreak fences CALDER HEAT AND POWER PLANT SELLAFIELD 1992 BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS PLC Sellafield after construction of the Thorpe project The Calder nuclear power station was closed and a new power station was needed The Calder Heat and Power Plant, now named Fellside Power Station, is located at top right below. It uses natural gas The surrounding landform was an extension of the well established Calder Ramparts seen bottom right Enter Image Title, Location, Date CALOW SUB-STATION, CHESTERFIELD 1992 NATIONAL GRID A new sub-station to serve the gas fired new power stations in Lincolnshire Located within a landscape already having numerous overhead power lines and over 50 pylons visible Visual Impact Assessment and screen planting and mounding. THE PEARL CENTRE, PETERBOROUGH 1993 PEARL ASSURANCE New offices on Peterborough Business Park An early decision to put all car parking underground gave an opportunity for gardens of different character A herb and medicinal ‘Physic’ garden, sculptural eathworks, lakes, water gardens and flower gardens give multiple choices to staff during their breaks. The project won the 1993 Principal Award from the British Association of Landscape Industries CABLE TV TREE CONSERVATION YORKSHIRE CABLE, TELEWEST, DIAMOND CABLE, NTL 1994 CABLE & WIRELESS, LONDON CABLE, CABLETEL, GENERAL CABLE BELL CABLE & OTHERS In response to a national outcry about root severance by cable laying contracts, Weddles devised a techique of Tree Risk Assessment This approach was rapidly adopted by the cable companies. Tree Conservation at a national scale For 5 years we worked in over 50 towns and cities across Britain, assessing the high risk trees and training the contractors to work in accordance with a national standard NJUG 10 ‘Tree Roots and trenching’ Weddles also provided the same service to water, electric and gas utility companies for a ten year period ASH GREEN SPECIALIST LEARNING CENTRE CHESTERFIELD 1994 NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE NHS TRUST Winning scheme in a Design Build competition The Client already had developed a range of Snoezelem ideas within their gardens and wanted to use all their ideas on a larger scale We visited their garden to assess their requirements. The scheme for Ash Green created a series of garden spaces from Safe to Adventurous The resulting scheme was a great success and became an internationally acclaimed ‘exemplar’ of Snoezelem Learning KHALIFA PARK, ABU DHABI 1995 ABU DHABI GOVERNMENT Winning entry in International Competition £100 million budget Three square kilometre site SUPSA OIL TERMINAL & PIPELINE, GEORGIA 1995 GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA AZERBAIJAN INTERNATIONAL OPERATING COMPANY American funded refurbishment of an existing oil pipeline taking Russian oil to world markets, from Caspian Sea to Black Sea port at Supsa Best international environmental standards applied Environmental Impact Assessment chapter for EIA PETERBOROUGH SOUTHERN TOWNSHIP 1995 HANSON Second place in a national landscape architecture ‘ideas’ competition Hanson bought the land owned by London Brick for a token £1 They then formed the Peterborough Southern Township Development Company to masterplan a major New Town housing area on derelict land Weddles solution was strongly ecological and involved a long term land restoration to countryside before being developed as New Town. Similar to Corby New Town built on restored iron-ore workings Enter Image Title, Location, Date RIVER TRENT FLOOD DEFENCES 1995 LYSAUGHTS DRAIN, SCUNTHORPE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Environmental Clerk of Works on a complex civil engineering project Our role was to protect ecological interests, mainly birds and amphibeans The River Trent is tidal at Scunthorpe and the project holds back surface water runoff until low tide when the sluice gates allow the Lysaughts Drain to empty AVESTA STAINLESS STEELS, SHEFFIELD 1996 BRITISH STAINLESS STEEL, AVESTA STEELS British Stainless Steel environmental improvements scheme Upgrade of site gates, perimeter planting, car parks and building entrances But the greatest acheivement was the M1 Bison sculpture When Avesta Steels sold the site the bison moved to the Magna Centre WATHWOOD HOSPITAL, ROTHERHAM 1997 ROTHERHAM NHS HOSPITALS TRUST Wathwood is a secure hospital unit for psychiatric patients. Horticultural Therapy is posssible for some patients The Client Brief was to maximise horticultural therapy within courtyards of the secure hospital and to develop a production unit for vegetables and fruit on an adjacent field CONKSBURY OLD HALL, PEAK PARK 1998 PRIVATE CLIENT Garden development for Grade II Listed Building in the Peak District National Park STAFF SECONDMENT BARNSLEY SHEFFIELD ROTHERHAM 1998 BARNSLEY SHEFFIELD ROTHERHAM COUNCILS Between 1998 and 2012 several members of Weddle staff were seconded to local authority teams for periods of several months, and in one case several years Old Moor Wetland Visitor Centre for Barnsley MBC Trans Pennine Trail for Barnsley MBC Tree Officer secondment for Barnsley MBC Landscape Architect secondment for Sheffield & Rotherham Landscape Clerk of Works for Rotherham Clifton Park ROLLS ROYCE, DERBY 1998 ROLLS ROYCE Staff Gardens and visitor welcome spaces at entrances and car parks KILLINGHOLME GAS FIRED POWER STATION 1998 NATIONAL POWER Entrance feature Stone Gardens Trees and green plants not permitted within close proximity to the transformer switchgear within the power station site SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE, LIVERPOOL 1999 LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL Restoration of Victorian Glasshouse Plants selected from Liverpool’s Botanical Collection Geographic arrangement of Warm Temperate and Sub-tropical species Palm House Trust manage events throughout the year Temperature minimum 12 degrees C.