We are now nearing completion of the new facilities near Keynsham for Bath and North East Somerset Council. The facilities include a major new investment in a “state of the art” Materials Recovery Facility for the area and waste transfer station. The project also includes a household waste recycling centre, a new vehicle servicing workshop for all the Council’s vehicles, offices and welfare facilities, a salt barn and all the associated infrastructure.

Designscape were employed by the Main Contractor (Farrans) to complete the approved design and to help deliver the project. It is unusual for Designscape to be involved only in the delivery stage of a project, and ideally, we would have been involved from the early design stages, but it has been an interesting journey, and has allowed us to use our “bigger project” experience and skills, working in a full 3D BIM environment.

Work started on site in February 2022, and the first element of the site was opened in the summer of 2023 – the household waste recycling centre. The whole project is scheduled to be complete and handed over to the Client by the end of 2023.

Status – Completion December 2023 

Client – Bath and North East Somerset Council 

Main Contractor – Farrans (Design and Build)  

Professional Team – Designscape, Sweco UK