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Specialists in Water Management for Landscapes, Fisheries, Leisure and Conservation

Engineering Division

We can offer a turnkey service to private, corporate and public clients, providing detail design, all the necessary civils and building works and if required, mechanical and electrical installations, to complete any project involving water.

Foxcote House Design and Build

Creation of a 1.5 acre duck flighting pond

Eastbach Court Liner Installation

Creation of 1 acre amenity lake 

Eastville Park Lake Restoration

Restoration of city council boating lake

Rycote Park Landscape Restoration

Restoration of Capability Brown landscape

Barbican Water Quality Improvement Scheme

Prestigious water quality improvement works

Bushey Park Restoration Works

Prestigious lake restoration project

Woodperry House Water Wheel Restoration

Water wheel restoration project

Dorset River Erosion Control

Rock armour revetment erosion control

RHS Wisley Water Feature Regeneration

High profile lake restoration project

Hampshire River Sluice Replacement

Fabrication and replacement of sluice gate

Our expertise includes:

    • New lake construction for amenity use
    • New reservoir construction for irrigation and storage
    • In channel works
    • Construction of earth embankments and dams
    • Installation of waterproof lining materials
    • Construction of concrete structures
    • Installation of either "green" or hard revetments
    • Installation of gabions, rock armour, rip-rap and sheet piling
    • Construction of timber bridges, jetties and boathouses
    • Work from pontoons and barges
    • Provision and installation of weirs, sluices, penstocks, stoplogs and other water level control devices
    • Fabrication of galvanised metalwork bridges, handrails and grills

We also supply and install stand alone or package pumping systems, including pumps, pipework, valves and control equipment for recirculation, irrigation or fountain display.

In addition to new build we are experienced in carrying out the restoration and repair of existing structures and features, these include:

    • Restoration of existing lakes and reservoirs
    • Rebuilding existing sluices,weirs and penstocks
    • Refurbishment and remanufacture of water wheels 
    • Repair or reconstruction of leaking dams and embankments
    • De-silting works, by excavation or pumping
    • Installation of ground anchors and retaining structures
    • Grouting and bentonite pressure injection

All our works are controlled on a day to day basis by an experienced foreman. We produce method statements, risk assessments and detailed programmes to control our works and hold weekly progress meetings to manage the resourcing and execution of the works.

Please browse through our case studies. These are examples of just a few of our past and ongoing projects. Click on the photographs to gain an insight to the diverse type of work we undertake. Click on the Firestone logo to visit our lining page. Click here to view our engineering gallery.
 

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