St Tudwal’s Island West (Ynys Tudwal Mawr) is a small island located on the coast of North Wales. It is approximately 670m in length and 185m at its widest point. Centrally situated are a lighthouse and the light keeper’s cottage, while a granite masonry quay can be found at the northern end of the island…
After three years of design and construction, one of Devons largest luxury homes reached completion in mid-2019. The multi-million-pound house nestles into the hillside overlooking the sea below. JGP provided civil, geotechnical and structural engineering services for the entirety of this state-of-the-art ultra-high spec example of modern domestic architecture. In order to achieve the architect’s…
JGP has carried out various design and investigation projects at Buckfast Abbey over the past ten years, from ground investigations, slope retaining structures, building conversions and refurbishments, to new builds. Located next to the River Dart, the monastery at Buckfast dates back to 1018 to the reign of King Cnut. The Abbey has been rebuilt…
The £350M regeneration of Millbay is transforming the 20-acre historic Brunel Docks area into a new harbourside community comprising housing, commercial/leisure space, college, marina, public squares and parking. JGP have been engaged for various phases of this on-going redevelopment. The first phases of this major redevelopment are now complete. Further phases are planned or underway…
The Eastern Corridor Link Road was a major road improvement scheme which upgraded a strategic transport corridor in Plymouth. The section of road improvement extended 8km from the Deep Lane Junction at Plympton into Plymouth city centre. The scheme accommodates increased traffic associated with the new power station and business park at Langage, Plympton and…
The Eden Project is a unique redevelopment of a Cornish China Clay Pit into possibly the world’s largest greenhouse. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001. JGP were the Geotechnical Engineers for the project providing the geotechnical investigations, supervision of the on-site laboratory testing / monitoring…
Lundy is a SSSI and the surrounding seas are a Marine Nature Reserve. JGP has worked on Lundy since 1987 engineering improvements to the island’s infrastructure. In 2010, the works achieved Winner of The Institution of Civil Engineers South West Region Civil Engineering Project of the Year Award: Minor Projects. Projects engineered by JGP on…
JGP’s full multi-disciplinary services were employed on this luxury sea front development within the Mevagissey harbour. The property is located in the historic Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey. The Little Meva development comprised the conversion of a former boat-building yard into nine sea front high-quality houses. The scheme also involved the addition of an extra…
