Our Projects : Featured Project
Cabot Circus Development, Bristol
| Client name : | The Bristol Alliance |
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| Project value : | £500m |
| Skills provided : | Highway Design, Transport Planning |
Working on behalf of The Bristol Alliance, a four party consortium of retail and infrastructure developers and funding companies, Capita Symonds provided the transportation and highway engineering design for this major redevelopment of Bristol’s main shopping area.
In the later stages of the projects, Capita Symonds Limited was appointed to work for the development contractors on the Public Realm Regeneration Scheme, which included all new paving, street furniture and drawings.
The scheme comprises a mix of land uses, including up to 60,0002 of offices, 400 new homes, a car park for 2,500 cars with associated variable message signing, and a package of measures to improve accessibility by public transport including real time passenger information systems.
To release the land for development the scheme required the major diversion of the primary road network including the main gyratory junction at the city centre end of Bristol’s central motorway link, the M32, and diversion of major utilities infrastructure .
The design reduced the barrier effect of the dual carriageways by abundant provision of surface level crossings for pedestrians and cyclists. This has involved significant stakeholder consultation and close working between Capita Symonds, The Bristol Alliance, Bristol City Council and the urban designers.
For further information contact John Hurst
NCE/ACE Major Consultant of the Year 2006
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