Netherton Square Public Realm, Paisley

Client: Renfrewshire Council

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We were Principal Contractor on this project which was for the creation of green space and access roads within Paisley’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS). It involved site clearance, earthworks, installation of bespoke paving designs and other hard landscaping features, street furniture, access roads, road signs, markings, soft landscaping, drainage including Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS), architectural lighting, Public Utility connections, cabling and trenching. Also included was maintenance of the hard and soft landscaped areas for 24 months.

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Principal Elements

•  Block Paving 6,700m2

• Carriageway Surfacing 800m2

• Kerbing 800m

• Soft Landscaping 2,600m2

• Trees 137 no.

• Shrubs 2,500 no.

• Bulbs 8,900 no.

• Ferns 1,000 no.

• Grasses 2,800 no.

• Turf 700m2

• Timber Benches 52 no.

• Concrete Benches 20 no.

• Timber Litter Bins 16 no.

• Cycle Stands 27 no.

• Tree Grilles 9 no.

• Bespoke Lighting Columns 15 no.

• Illuminate Bollards 88 no.

• Lighting Cabling 2,600m

• Event Space Feeder Pillars 4 no.

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Points of Interest

• Long lead items included bespoke lighting, concrete walling, street furniture and natural stone paving products from the Netherlands

• Maintaining access to National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) and Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) buildings during construction

• Working interface with Building Contractor and AMIDS Infrastructure Contractor