Adman Civil Projects Ltd. were appointed by Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council as Principal Contractor to undertake a major project within the Billy Neill MBE Country Park to improve and extend the pathway and cycleway network and car parking facilities. The site is located close to Dundonald and forms a key part of the Billy Neill Soccer School of Excellence.
Key features of the works were as follows:
- Site prep & clearance to over 12,500m² inc. scrub/tree removal, breaking out old foundations, road surfaces, old pavements & hedgerows
- Earthworks including preparation of over 9,000m³ & cut/fill including formation of embankments & general landscaping to over 1,500m²
- New access roads & pedestrian pavements allowing for all prep works & laying of hot rolled asphalt and fibre mesh concrete, Roscommon buff aggregate pavements
- New overflow car park with 1,380m² asphalt finish & line marking
- Site Drainage including laying over 800m of uPVC perforated land drainage pipes, French drains, soakaways, V ditches, road gullies and manhole/inspection chambers
- 14,000m² of new light duty stone walking/cycling trails with 3,000m of treated timber edgings
- 1,000m of raised timber boardwalks over marsh ground including a 12ft single span timber footbridge
- 1,500m of Mountain Bike Pump Track
- Street furniture inc. lighting columns, plastic benches, signage & marker posts, cycle stands & information panels
- Site wide fencing works and vehicle restraint crash barriers
- Seeding out over 4,000m² & mixed planting inc over 4,000 shrubs & 600 semi-mature trees
