Heworth Grange Comprehensive School

Capita Property and Infrastructure Ltd.

Overview

Location

Location 

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Category

Strategic landscape planning

Landscape Architect

Capita Property and Infrastructure Ltd.

Client

Carillion

Brief

Capita Symonds were comissioned by Carillion, as a multi disciplinary design team consisting of landscape architects, architects and engineers to design the redevelopment of Heworth Grange Comprehensive School as part of the BSF programme, using a Design & Build contract through the Local Education Partnership ( LEP).

Awards

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Details

Project Team

Adam Pickering (Landscape Architect) Keith Lewish (Operations Manager) Main stakeholders: South Tyneside Council, Gateshead Council Inspired Spaces, Heworth Grange Comprehensive Schools

Local planning authority or government body

Year Completed

2008

Project Size

Technical's

Planting

Materials

spectator rails for football pitch, pier walls and vertical metal bar fence for secure perimeter in front, playing fields and hard cames courts with a curved pededstrian gated entrance and separate vehicle entrance. External teaching areas (pods) for various subject areas with external sculptures and science gardens. Proposed: Bitmac , saxon paving , key block, block apving, colorured bitmac, crushed stone, timber decking. Welded mesh fense 1.8m high, new railings 1.8m high, timber closeboard fence, bow top railings timber sleeper edge block work retaining wall gabion retaining wall

Contractors 

Capita Property and Infrastructure Ltd.

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Location

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

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