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Frosts Landscape
Construction Ltd;
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,
East Marsh Football Pitches
For the 2012 Olympic Games part of Hackney Marshes football
site was taken over and converted to a hard standing coach park.
As part of the Legacy Transformation contract the 12 football pitches
had to be re-instated and returned back to Hackney Borough Council.
This element of the contract was let to Frosts as a Design and Build project
and they employed Tim O’Hare Associates and Agripower to design and
undertake these works under their management and supervision.
It was noted by the contractors that the original design was flawed and a
rethink was required to ensure the 12 sports pitches operated correctly and
could be maintained without the additional costs of a permanent irrigation
system. Works included stripping the existing carpark surfaces, levelling the
site, installing a land drainage system, seeding with a bespoke seed mix
suitable for the location and use and finally maintaining the pitches in
accordance with the management plan.
Works were hampered by the severe weather of early 2013 but the
final result were 12 high quality sports pitches. The scheme
won a 2014 Sports Grounds & Leisure Facilities BALI
award to sit alongside Frosts Landscape’s 47 other
BALI awards!
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