THE Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has appointed the construction firm behind Kearsley Academy and Bolton Sixth Form College to design and construct their new welcome building and lake on the site of the former Worsley New Hall.
The hall was a mansion and gardens by the side of the Bridgewater Canal in Worsley.
Salford-based BAM is the company behind the construction of over a quarter a billion of current new buildings across the region including universities, offices, schools and leisure centres.
The multi-million-pound project involves the construction of a new welcome building comprising of an arrivals hall, learning facilities, café, plant centre and gift shop, together with a new 4,750 sq m lake.
It will have high quality finishes throughout from the exposed concrete columns, concrete floor finish and timber roof structure to the elevations of curtain walling and larch cladding.
Ian Fleming, director for BAM in the North West, said: “The welcome building has high quality finishes throughout.
“I’m delighted the RHS has trusted us with this special scheme.”
Construction work is expected to start in January. and completed by 2020.
The scheme forms part of the RHS plan to create a 62-hectare garden in Worsley, Salford, which is currently the largest gardening project in Europe and the RHS’s first new garden in 17 years. It is anticipated that it will attract up to 700,000 visitors per year by its 10th year of opening.
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