Groundworks at The Sill

The Sill Landscape Discovery Centre was completed in June 2017, and it has attracted more than 150,000 visitors in its first year. As the new infrastructure beds in, some minor works are necessary to reflect the ground conditions that have evolved though the appearance of high water levels and to adapt to traffic use. The works outlined below sets out to address those items. Phase 1. Over the last 12 months localised areas of high level ground water have appeared. This can be caused by the natural water table or by compacted ground as a result of the large scale building works over the previous years. Our engineers have detailed local solutions to each high water spot, and these are outl…