Client: The Alnwick Garden Trust Contract Value: £950,000 The World’s Largest Playground is the vision of imaginative and immersive play, created by the Duchess of Northumberland. A decisive move away from standardised play equipment, Lilidorei is a fantasy village – ruled by Lord Elfin – a place where there are lots of questions with no […]
Hexham Schools Project
Client: Galliford Try Contract Value: £703,000 The award-winning Hexham Schools Project constituted a £38 million investment for Northumberland County Council and brought together the Queen Elizabeth High School and Hexham Middle School on to a single campus with exceptional new learning and sports facilities located behind the Grade II Listed Hydro Building. The landscape plan […]
Synthetic Turf Pitch Surface Renewal, Chester-le-Street
Client: Park View Academy Contract Value: £57,000 Park View Academy had an existing, sand-filled, synthetic turf pitch which was worn and subject to drainage problems. Sustain Landscapes were the selected contractor to remove the existing surface, replacing it with a new playing surface suitable for football and netball. The works included the following: Lift and […]
St Bede’s School Long Jump Installation, Durham
Client: St Bede’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College. Contract Value £5498. Sustain Landscapes Ltd were contracted by the the outsanding school and sixth form college, based in Lanchester, to construct a new long jump facility on the sportsfields to the rear of the school. Designed with bespoke double run up the works involved: – […]
Academy of Light: Synthetic Turf Pitches
Client: Sunderland Association Football Club Contract Value: £196,194 Following the successful repair and maintenance works to SAFC’s artificial playing facility in 2011 Sustain Landscapes were nominated by the football club to lay the surfaces to the new artificial indoor and outdoor pitches constructed at its academy training facility, the Academy of Light in Cleadon, […]
Harton Quays Park, South Shields
Client: Balfour Beatty Contract Value: £198,767.25 Harton Quays Park is the first phase of South Tyneside Council’s Riverside Regeneration Strategy and is designed with the aim of providing additional amenity to the area, a cultural focus and spaces for events. Sustain Landscapes implemented the high specification soft landscaping package, which includes structural grass and floral […]
The Fells MUGA, Chester-le-Street
Client: The Cyrenians Contract Value: £35,499 Homeless charity The Cyrenians contracted Sustain Landscapes to construct a Multi-Use Games Area at their property in Chester-Le-Street. The MUGA will form part of the homeless charity’s work in providing a holistic approach to tackling the needs of vulnerable and socially disadvantaged people. The games area was fenced to […]
Houghton Kepier Sports College, County Durham
Client: Houghton Kepier Sports College Maintenance Period: 3 Years Sustain Landscapes were selected as the preferred contractor for the grounds maintenance contract at Houghton Kepier Sports College in County Durham following a competitive tendering exercise. The grounds maintenance contract comprises the following elements: Maintenance of amenity grass Maintenance of sports field areas to include: grass […]
Durham University Gateway Project, Durham
Client: Laing O Rourke Contract Value: £50,014 The gateway project is located on the edge of the university’s science site. The new development comprises a major library extension, new law school and a student services building. The project brings together services which were formally located at different university buildings across the city and when completed […]
Eldon Village, Shildon
Client: Groundwork North East Contract Value: £24,381 Eldon Parish Council and the Eldon Community Partnership received funding from the Big Lottery grants programme Community Spaces, to install an entrance feature and improve the surrounding area. An artistic stone was created by Phil Townsend who was able to incorporate the villager’s ideas into the design of […]
