Crawley Skatepark Skatepark
A modern skatepark for Crawley Borough Council.
The 1200m2 park consists of numerous in-situ concrete bowls, ranging from 6-8ft in depth, and a 3.3m-high cave shell incorporating a pump hump. The street area includes various transitions of grind rails, fun boxes, pyramids, ledges, driveways, tits, flat banks and BMX jumps.
This state-of-the-art park was completed with tarmac access path and roads, timber-fence railing and seating and floodlights.
The park has had rave reviews from the riders, saying: “The ride in the park is smooth and quick, there are plenty of lines in both the bowl and the street area. All in all it is a great park and we recommend a visit.”
Client: Yvonne Newman, Crawley Borough Council, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley RH10 1UZ. Tel: 01293 438538
Contract value: £250,000
Contract duration: 12 weeks
Humberstone Skatepark, Leicester Skatepark
A new skatepark at Humberstone Park.
This skatepark contract consisted of installing five different sections to ensure smooth riding throughout the park for all ability levels.
Some of the features constructed included:
1.2m high Flat Ramp, 1.2m high Curved Ramp, 1.2m deep half Mini Bowl, 0.6m high Flat Ramp, 1.2m high Midi Flat Ramp, 0.6m Driveway Ramp with 0.3m high Grindbox, 0.9m high corner Funbox and 2.5m long x 0.3m high metal Grind Rail.
This modern skatepark was built using an in-situ, reinforced concrete for a smooth finished surface and coloured bitmac surface for ‘Run Out’ areas. The project was completed with a black bitmac surrounding footpaths.
Client: Bakim Dayaram, Leicester City Council, Regeneration & Culture, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester LE1 6ZG. Tel: 0166 252 8972
Architect: Munro + Whitten, 56 King Street, Leicester LE1 6RL
Contract value: £118,000
Contract duration: 8 weeks
Ryelands Estate, Lancaster Variety of sports facilities
The construction of a wide variety of sports facilities at Ryelands Estate.
This included:
- Installation of a 30m x 18m porous macadam multi-use games area for five-a-side football and basketball, with a 3m-high perimeter weldmesh fence and 1.2m rebound boards.
- A skatepark, including two 9m-diameter concrete bowls with grind rails.
- A junior play area with a pre-formed, safety-tiled surface with play equipment such as swings, a spring ride, spring seesaw, whirl and fun trial.
- The project was completed with tarmac footpaths, a vast amount of landscaping and planting of shrubs. The whole site was enclosed with 1.2m bowtop perimeter fencing.
Client: Lancaster City Council, Town Hall, Lancaster LA1 1PJ
Architect: Capita Symonds, 1 Mannin Way, Lancaster LA1 3SU
Contract value: £255,000
Contract duration: 13 weeks
