Turkey Brook Landslip

After a large tree fell into the Turkey Brook at Forty Hall Country Park Estate, the bank of the brook was scoured out by fast flowing water.
Enfield Council contacted us to help with the revetment work and we came up with an unusual solution involving willow planting, gabions, infilling with soil and coir matting to keep the whole thing in place.
All looks peaceful and calm in this photo taken in June but in winter when the works were carried out, it was necessary to keep the water away from where we were working.  A temporary silt barrier was constructed from an impermeable curtain woven with a geotextile and floating oil boom, secured to the base of the riverbed.
The willow is growing well and the bank is much more secure than before - the clients are very happy with the result.

Quality assured!

For the past few months, we have been working towards accreditation in Quality Management for ISO 9001 and Environmental Management ISO 14001.

As a small, flexible company, we have been customer-focused from the beginning.  However, going through this process has forced us to implement better ways to keep on top of areas such as customer feedback and employee suggestions and really take note of issues that affect the smooth running of our business.

Willow better than plastic!

Many people believe that synthetic materials must be stronger, lighter in weight and more flexible than natural materials and that if something from nature has not been replaced by a manmade product yet, then it’s only matter of time.  But this isn’t the case for willow. 

Used for hundreds of years, willow would have been grown extensively in many parts of England from the Somerset Levels to the Norfolk Broads.  It was traditionally used (and still is) for making baskets, screens, coracles (traditional boats) and even for putchers (a specially woven fish trap).

Lovin’ the newts and snakes

2013 was the first year that we got fully involved with the actual trapping of newts and reptiles on the mitigation projects that we work on. Previously we would put up the fencing to enclose the development site and only come back later to maintain it. Last year we undertook the trapping programmes on 5 projects and met and saved a lot of beautiful amphibians and reptiles in the process.