Our brief was to construct a new single-storey extension to a fully operational Doctors’ practice and provide three new surgeries.

The works required demolishing part of an existing retaining wall in the car park to allow the new building’s footprint and the subsequent construction of retaining walls with 2.0m footings, beam & block flooring, and traditional external cavity walls with a mono-pitch roof.

Wellside Surgery site in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, was very restricted, being situated tightly amid residential properties and located on the small town’s main street. Accordingly, there was very little storage space, which required us to programme immediate removal of all spoil, smaller “Just in Time” deliveries, and liaise closely with the surgery staff and its neighbours.

The work commenced and was carried out during the Covid-19 crisis, with the project being satisfactorily handed over, and the surgery continued its service to the community. Given the location within a residential area, our Site Manager visited all the neighbouring properties prior to construction. He explained what we would build and how we would mitigate nuisance to them.

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