A programme of improvements
The A40 Penblewin to Slebech Park Improvement is an Early Contractor Involvement Project for the Welsh Assembly Government, which will reduce localised congestion and noise impacts whilst improving safety for road users.
The five kilometre highway passes through a National Park with the major new bridge structure being built across the Eastern Cleddau River, a designated Special Area of Conservation due to its importance for supporting a range of fish species, otters and bats. The Costain team has been working successfully with stakeholders to ensure that construction impacts on water quality and habitats are minimised. As part of the design, a number of underpasses and enlarged culverts will allow bats and other wildlife to cross beneath the scheme safely. Similarly, fencing will guide badgers, otters and other wildlife away from the road and into the safe crossings.
Reducing carbon emissions
Costain is currently delivering the refurbishment and redevelopment of the Sheffield Children & Adolescent Mental Health Unit. The scheme will reduce carbon emissions by 28% and has reduced costs for the unit by 33%. This has been achieved through the specification of high thermal insulation, natural ventilation and lighting, high efficiency electrical fittings and the provision of onsite renewable energy in the form of ground source heat pumps and photo voltaic panels. The scheme is making a positive contribution to the wider targets of the NHS to reduce its CO2 emissions by 26% (from a 1990 baseline) by 2020, whilst still providing the community with a building that is secure and able to completely sustain and rehabilitate local children.
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