The job
Recently we were invited to tender for a road construction project in the Midlands. The scheme had various main road sections, ditches and drainage sections including a carrier drain for filtered rain.
As part of our early intervention and brainstorming session, we challenged the design. Our proposition was to build a V ditch line with grass seeded mat to replace the concrete ditch proposed by the client.
It was cheaper, required less manpower, fewer concrete wagons on the road and reduced the CO2 footprint. It would also look good and so be better environmentally on several levels, leaving a great legacy.
Our idea was adopted by the client and this had a massive impact on the programme saving time and around £50,000 in costs.