Netherlands-based company Fastned employed I & H Brown to design and construct the UK’s first electric rapid car-charging station in Sunderland. Acting as Principal Contractor, and in addition to substantial design work, the project involved dealing with all permit requirements, TTROs and assisting in closing out planning conditions with both the client and Sunderland City Council.
We oversaw traffic management, ground investigation works, site clearance, dealing with existing services, Section 278 works, earthworks, piling, in situ pile cap construction, drainage and ducting, design, and construction of substation. The project entailed many electrical works, including provision of switchgear and permanent CCTV, hard landscaping, installation of columns, canopies and solar panels, street lighting, and soft landscaping.