The design & Construction of WPD Spilsby

Protection of Biodiversity is very important to us as a responsible contractor.  At the end of the site there is an area of hedgerow that had to be removed to facilitate the construction of the new Western Power Building.  However, as we are currently in the middle of the bird nesting season we needed to check whether there were any birds using the hedge as breeding habitat.  We employed a specialist ecologist to come and check the hedgerow prior to any works to remove it - he identifed that birds were using the end section of the hedgerow pictured.  We have therefore left it in place for the time being and will remove it come the end of the bird nesting season at the end of August.

Although we have to remove this hedgerow to allow construction, the final landscaping scheme will mean the planting of many more native trees and shrubs than were on the site to begin with; providing future habitat for flora and fauna.