Project: Landscaping to motorway widening project
Client: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd
Value: £1,200,000

Works carried out on the M25, junctions 12 - 15 and Terminal 5 spur road, comprising landscaping and environmental improvements to enhance the entrance route in Heathrow Airport Terminal 5.

Landscaping included:

• 597 30-45cm girth semi-mature trees, underplanted with rootballed shrubs.
• 15,000 feathered trees planted in large plots.
• 5,000 3-5ltr container grown plants.
• 3,000 aquatic/marginal plants in newly formed balancing ponds in addition to existing ponds.
• 41,000 transplants planted in fenced and individual tree protection plots to soften the landscape and encourage future wildlife conservation.
• 130,000 spring flowering bulbs.
• 10.1km of rabbit protection fencing.
• maintenance of 3ha of wildflower seeding and 5ha of amenity grass areas.
• 5 years aftercare.