Harbour Walls, Phases I and II

Description:

In response to the TfL (Transport for London) initiative to take measures to prevent Crowd Surge in public spaces, The Royal Parks committed to designing and installing a hidden wall strengthening scheme on the Grade I Listed Harbour Wall to the surrounding Portland stone balustrades which forms part of the Victoria Memorial and Gardens. This attraction is frequented by tens of thousands of people on a daily basis and was of prime consideration and concern to TfL and The Royal Parks for safety measures. 

The works involved:

• Full site set-up, road traffic and pedestrian management throughout to ensure high levels of public safety.

• Tailored quality plan to ensure the delivery of project objectives.

• Install a hidden stainless steel framework, connected to Cintec sock

  anchors to resist lateral crowd loading.

• 3D topographical & detailed site condition surveys, dismantling and rebuilding of the Portland stone balustrading in St James’s Park and Green Park.

• 626 core drilled holes into the balustrade bottles.

• To satisfy conditions of Royal Parks/Buckingham Palace the hoarding was shrouded with a bespoke banner depicting the arboreta view behind.