Remedial Works Completed at Roman Hill School in Suffolk.

Total Build carried out urgent remedial work on a retaining wall at Roman Hill Primary School in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The work had to be done to a tight timeframe before pupils returned to the school after the autumn half term.

Roman Hill is a primary school located within Lowestoft, Suffolk. Total Build were approached regarding urgent work that required undertaking to make safe and replace retaining walls in the school playground and at the school entrance.

Ideally, the work had to be completed in such a way that it did not disrupt the school pupils of create unnecessary risk. The autumn school holiday was the perfect opportunity for us to carry out the project when no children are on school grounds however this in turn created a very tight deadline to get the work completed before the children returned.

**Completed Retaining Wall at Roman Hill Primary School**

The retaining walls had become unstable and therefore potentially unsafe. These identified sections had to be first taken down before the new sections were built. The existing bricks were unfortunately not suitable to be re-used within the project so instead new reds were used. The new retaining wall was made considerably stronger in order to hold back the small section of garden behind it.

The new section of wall is tied into the existing wall further up and alongside the path. We then topped off the wall with blue engineering bricks to match the newer sections that had already been replaced.

The soil behind the retaining wall was reduced in height and an area was concreted ready for new slabs to be laid. The new slabs were laid in the requested position ready for a new bench to be placed for the children to use. The area around the new bench will be planted with sensory shrubs for the children to enjoy as part of their learning experience.