Landscape & Urban Design Issue 34 2018 | Page 13

BESPOKE GARDEN STRUCTURES FROM OECO GARDEN ROOMS Oeco Garden Rooms is a family run business and have been manufacturing and installing timber framed structures for over 10 years. They specialise in building bespoke garden rooms, offices and studios for those who want to extend their living space for a multitude of uses. Made from a traditional timber frame construction, concrete pile and steel foundations and PVC-U windows and doors, these garden rooms are built to last and can be used all year round. Western red cedar external timber cladding finishes off the look, providing rich and varied browns, reds and pinks making each garden room unique. Our bespoke garden room service allows you to decide on site where you want the windows and doors positioned for best access, where switches, lights and sockets are placed and allows our installers to run any additional wiring such as internet, telephone or alarm cables inside the walls. Visit www.oecogardenrooms.co.uk or contact one of our sales team on 0800 170 1270 for more information or to request a brochure. Oeco Garden Rooms have been manufacturing and installing bespoke garden rooms, offices and studios for over 10 years. We deliver and install nationwide. Contact our team for more information. T: 0800 170 1270 E: [email protected] www.oecogardenrooms.co.uk MAKING WAVES AT ROSSALL COASTAL DEFENCE ECOLOGY PARK Three bridges with unique ‘wave’ their factory in Huddersfield prior to style parapets were installed by being delivered and installed on site CTS Bridges Ltd in the Mythic Coast in time for the opening of the Coastal inspired Ecology Park as part of the Flood Defence scheme carried out by Rossall Coastal Protection Scheme. Balfour Beatty for Wyre Council in partnership with the Environment Artist Stephen Broadbent of Agency. Broadbent Studios was responsible for the design of the ecology park and his concept for the bridges required the parapets to have a wave effect and each of the Ekki hardwood effect made from hardwood spindles. spindles were cut to shape from CTS worked with Balfour Beatty and the exact shape required. Once cut Broadbent Studios to develop the design into a buildable solution for the three bridges. CTS Bridges Ltd specialise in the Twelve spindles formed one wave design, manufacture and installation of footbridges in timber, steel or FRP. a larger timber section to achieve they were numbered prior to being methodically fitted by CTS’s joiners. The Ekki hardwood deck has Hi-Grip Excel non-slip inserts to provide a slip resistant surface on the multi use bridges. The three bridges were manufactured by CTS at For more information contact [email protected] www.ctsbridges.co.uk Issue 34 2018 Landscape & Urban Design 13