The Old Tooks Bakery Site, Ipswich, Suffolk Design and construction of a new housing development (mixed tenure), associated infrastructure work, construction of an electrical sub-station and ground remediation of the former Tooks Bakery site, Ipswich, Suffolk.
Works included new roads, footpaths, public green spaces and the planting of new trees and shrubs.
The dwellings were largely of traditional masonry construction but in an attempt to speed the process up and also to reduce the amount of contaminated soil being removed from the site, we used a pre fabricated off site concrete driven pile system with pre formed off site ground beams. The groundworks consisted of adopted highways and drainage and permeable private driveways.
The scheme was a single completion but with progressive handovers to suit the end users housing teams requirement, ensuring the safety of residents and public as remaining construction works finished.
Along with Asbestos remediation the site was heavily contaminated with Hydrocarbons, which after initial removal to reduce the amount of waste from the site, we used a treatment system by injecting the contamination and neutralising the hydrocarbons.
As responsible contractors who are ISO14001 accredited, we completed environmental risk assessments, minimised waste and any waste was disposed of using licensed companies. Waste was sorted at the collection depot. Typically, 90% of waste is recycled.
