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Concrete seats and planters - Rushden Lakes retail park
The provisional street furniture package for this project was extremely over budget, with the concrete being the main cause of this due to the complexity of the moulds required. Bailey's in house design team managed to develop a new design for the concrete products to reduce the overall costs
Bailey Streetscene was approached regarding street furniture elements and a range of concrete products including planters, seating and a water feature, for Rushden Lakes shopping and leisure complex in Northamptonshire.
The provisional street furniture package was extremely over budget, with the concrete being the main cause of this due to the complexity of the moulds required.
Work undertaken
Bailey's in house design team managed to develop a new design for the concrete products to reduce the overall costs to the project by £300,000.
This became one of the largest concrete projects Bailey Streetscene had supplied to date. Due its scale, the project required communication with a number of third parties to manage designs, programmes, installations and damages.
Ascot waste bins, which have timber cladding and laser-cut stainless steel lettering, were selected to integrate with the surrounding architecture. 316 stainless steel bollards and cigarette bins rounded off the street furniture package.
Outcome
This new external space at Rushden Lakes now hosts events and social gatherings as well as providing a unique and inviting entrance area to Nottinghamshire’s premier shopping and leisure complex.
