Highley Engine House
The new Engine House
Client:
Severn Valley Railway
Contract:
JCT Design and Build
Awaiting the Steam Engines
Severn Valley Railway (SVR) received a Lottery funded grant to construct a new visitor centre and storage for it’s historic engines. George Law were appointed by SVR to build the new Engine House at Highley in Bridgnorth, Shropshire which incorporated a visitor reception, gift shop, cafe and educational centre.
Innovative Design
Built on the side of the Severn Valley on the site of some old coal sidings and partly on the disused mine. Laws was charged with stabilising the slope on which the building was to be constructed.
Nearing completion
These works included vibro‑stabilisation, ground anchors, piles, gabion retaining walls and soil nails which were constructed in defined phases to enable progression of the works across the site.
Land stabilisation
Once well founded, drainage from the site was managed through a swale adjacent to the railway to hold and manage any surge and then under the railway to an outfall into the river Severn.
Track installation
This project won the ICE West Midlands award for Highly Commended Construction 2008 - for an “outstanding example of a civil engineering project”