Growing Point, Eden Project
- Client: Eden Project
- Project Value: £3.1 million
- Duration: 12 months
- Location: Eden Project, Cornwall
- Client: Eden Project
- Project Value: £3.1 million
- Duration: 12 months
- Location: Eden Project, Cornwall
Overview
Growing point is Eden Project’s new on-site nursery which facilitates production of their own plant and food requirements, as well as a state-of-the-art research facility for Eden to continue pioneering the study of horticulture, aquaculture, and thalassotherapy. The scheme consists of approximately 7,250m² of greenhouse space to grow plants for the Biomes, crops for catering, and support for the National Wild Flower Centre. This is accompanied by 750m² of support buildings and research/education laboratories.
The design delivers habitats that can support soil carbon sequestration and biodiversity gain as well as demonstrating Eden’s circular approach to regenerative energy use through the harnessing of geothermal heat, and rainwater.
The construction was an exemplar for sustainable construction methodology that mitigates the life-cycle carbon impact by procuring labour resources locally/responsibly, as well as materials with a low embodied carbon content, that can be recycled.
The construction was an exemplar for sustainable construction methodology that mitigates the life-cycle carbon impact by procuring labour resources locally/responsibly, as well as materials with a low embodied carbon content, that can be recycled.
Key Project Stages
✓ Project Definition & Design Management
✓ Cost Planning & Project Commissioning
✓ Earthworks Cut & Fill
✓ Raw Material Screening & Processing
✓ Installation of SUD’s (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems)
✓ Polytunnel Sub-Structure, Superstructure, & Envelope
✓ Education/Research Facility Sub-Structure, Superstructure, and Envelope
✓ Site Wide High Voltage Power & Geothermal Heat-Main Installation, with associated trenching/surfacing
✓ RWH (Rain Water Harvesting) Lagoon, Infiltration Basin, Car Parking, and Connecting Roads Construction
✓ Mechanical & Electrical Connection of Development Including Plant Room Construction/BMS (Building Management System) Connection
James Hannaford (Ward William Associates)
“Having experience working with Construction Managers on a number of projects for a number of Clients, the CM’s approach with regards to commercial management, both in terms of the robustness of the reporting and identifying areas to overcome cost overspends is I think unparalleled in this region”.
