Contract:   JCT Design and Build
Value:          £1,300,000
Duration:   25 Weeks

DESIGN - Read have long standing relationships with many local design practices, resulting in a favourable service to ensure a robust, sustainable and efficient (both in terms of buildability and operational cost). By rationalising the design and understanding the brief for the new ticket sales area, a structural solution for the roof was developed which generated a programme and cost saving to the client.

PUBLIC INTERFACE - Having delivered many schemes in live campuses, Read have a wealth of expertise in managing the interface and segregation requirements of any scheme. By agreeing a strategy with the client team in advance, routes, segregation and public protection measures, communication approach and emergency preparedness are all considerations which were effectively managed on site. Clear demarcation and signage ensured the works were physically segregated from visitors and staff at all times.

CONSIDERATE - Read staff respect client sites and understand that their undertakings reflect on our client's image, managing all projects in accordance with the principles of the Considerate Constructor Scheme. Having worked adjacent to the public and animals at Chester Zoo on high profile projects for over a decade, Read maintain a record of ZERO complaints, accidents or injuries.